The traffic on Winchester Street continues to cause issues for parents, students, and residents.

The sheer volumes at the beginning and end of each school day are more than the small street can cope with, especially when commuters who use it as a cut-through add to the challenge in the mornings! To help alleviate some of the pressure for everyone, please may we request the following:

· If possible, please drop off and pick up students on Andover Street, Merivale Lane or other nearby streets and have them to walk the final few metres

· Please respect that the carpark adjacent to Maggie's is reserved for Pre-School and Year 1-4 Junior School parents from 2:30pm onwards. For the safety our these young families, only those with a pass are permitted to park there.

· Please don't stop in the middle of the road to let students in or out of the car - it causes immediate congestion and frayed tempers!

· Please don't park over any driveway, ever!

· And, in keeping with our Environment Week messaging, where practical bike, walk, scoot or bus to and from school.

We have spoken many times to the Council about implementing speed restrictions, speed bumps etc but are yet to have any success given the road's classification. We will keep working on this as this would at least reduce commuter traffic and speed.