Lockdown

Lockdown and Evacuation Procedures

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Each term the school is required to run practice drills for fire evacuations and lockdown procedures. In the next couple of weeks we will be running a lockdown drill.

This will be communicated via text message and the school Facebook page to remind you all that it is a drill and there is no need to contact the school. The two types of drills in brief are:

  • Evacuation (Fire drill) – moves staff and students from an area of higher risk to an area of lower risk.

  • Lockdown – keeps staff and students from moving from an area of lower risk to an area of higher risk.


The most likely reason for the school to go into lockdown is an off-site situation where the police or other emergency service have advised the Principal there is an imminent danger to all personnel and students on site and they require the school to be locked down. Events of this nature could include; chemical spill, gas leak, swarm of bees, fugitive in the area or an intruder alert.

These drills are important in allowing students to understand what to do in these situations. So they are prepared should this happen and are able to move quickly and calmly to the appropriate spaces.