Code Black Alert

There was a gunman loose in Melbourne yesterday and we received this alert. Some schools had to ‘lock down’ because of the danger.

CODE BLACK ALERT

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IRIS Incident 57429 Alert

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Incident No:	57429
Category:	Police Operation
	Police Matter
Date:	21/06/2010 11:31:00 AM
Principal:	Glenn Fankhauser
Principal No.:	9755 4527
Location:	Rowville Secondary College
	Paratea Drive, Rowville, 3178
	On Camp or Excursion
	During School Hours
Region:	EASTERN METROPOLITAN
Incident Details:	Rowville S/C reported that a group of students are on an excursion in the city where a highly pubicised Police operation is in progress.

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Alert Key

Alert Level	Action
Standard	Standard Incident
Green	Information Only
Amber	Increase levels of vigilance & preparedness
Red	Inform school / community & take appropriate actions
Black	Implement School Emergency Plan

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Working Bee

On Saturday last we had our second Working Bee. Parents volunteer to come to the school for a couple of hours to do some work. The first Working Bee entailed lining the basketball court, small paint jobs, gardening and window cleaning. This one had more indoor work, window cleaning, chair and table cleaning, removing cobwebs, weeding the gardens and sweeping paths. Each family attends one Working Bee a year and there are four in total, one per term. It is another example of volunteerism at a different level to home. Most sporting groups have Working Bees, it is a part of life here. The PFA also do a huge amount of catering and fundraising but this is separate from them. I will write about the amazing amount of work that they do for the school, later in the year when I have a better overview.

Merri Munchers

Last week I was invited to 'Merri Munchers' a social club of professional people who meet once very two month s for a meal and some wine tasting. (Merri is the name of the local river) Mark’s daughter Jane had mentioned me at work, she is a nurse at the local hospital, and Dr. Nick Houghton invited me to join them on Wednesday last. I have decided to say ‘yes’ to as much as I can on this exchange and had a very pleasant evening, where I met some very interesting people and enjoyed the stories they told about their lives and the paths taken to date.

RFID and GGS

Next port of call was Geelong Grammar School (GGS) a magnificent complex on 400 acres near the centre of the city. We passed their own Equestrian Centre on the way in and saw their fleet of boats in their own harbour as we drove from one of their libraries to the other. We did not visit their third library. We saw their recently opened new 'Centre for Wellbeing' which is only a gym and swimming pool. The fact that it cost $16 million meant I suppose that they had to give it a fancy name. (Okay it does have a diving pool, weights and fitness rooms, dance studio, medical centre and classroom facilities!) The head librarian was a Fran Walsh whose ancestors come from Galway. She is going to send me her family tree to see if we are related! We visited The Fisher Library (Grades 7-12) and The Panckridge Library (Grades 3-6) magnificent places both. The photos are in the slide show on the left. The photo above shows a poster on the wall which explains RFID. If you click on it it gets bigger-clever or what? To quote Fran: "Bar codes are yesterday's technology". They have approx $380,000 worth of the technology which I cannot imagine many libraries in Ireland can afford, never mind any schools. (We are hoping to design something costing about $10,000 with the company, which would suit the minimal needs of primary schools.) All the staff had on campus accommodation and it came as no surprise to learn that Prince Charles was a past pupil. I wonder does he come back to the reunions? and if he does do they make him wear a name tag? I would love to go back and visit the Junior and Middle Schools and to soak up more of their 150+ year traditions.

Belmont Library Geelong

Visited this library today to see RFID in action, once again. Not as impressive as Mount Gambier and a far more traditional set up. The RFID was working very well and we picked up some new ideas. We are going to approach the company (FE Technologies) and ask them to design a technology especially for our needs, which will combine teacher check-in and check-out with self-check. The self-check stations cost around $14,000 so that is out of the range of mosts primary schools-but not all as you can gather by my next posting. I intend bringing the system back to Trim for our new library. FE Technologies system is not in any Irish schools or libraries.

Not a coat in sight.

The weather has been cold in the last week, especially in the mornings, when it can dip to two degrees with wind and rain also. During 'wet day supervision' today I checked out the Grade Six cloakroom and there was not a single coat hanging up, yet yesterday they were shivering with the cold in the yard. Strange.

Code Green Alert

This was sent to our school today:

CODE GREEN ALERT

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IRIS Incident 57205 Alert

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Incident No:
57205

Category:
Alerts & Warnings


Extreme Weather Alert/Warning


Date:
16/06/2010 1:49:00 PM


Principal:

Principal No.:

Location:
Emergency & Security Management


109 Reserve Rd, Beaumaris, 3193


Off Site


Outside School Hours (Monday - Friday)


Region:
CENTRAL OFFICE


Incident Details:
Extreme weather warning with damaging winds averaging 50-65km/h with peak gusts around 100km/h are forecast to develop late Wednesday for Western, North Central, Wimmera, Central, West and South Gippsland and Northeast forecast districts. In Alpine Regions winds should average 55-80km/h Wednesday night and Thursday morning with peak gusts to 130km/h



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Alert Key

Alert Level
Action

Standard
Standard Incident

Green
Information Only

Amber
Increase levels of vigilance & preparedness

Red
Inform school / community & take appropriate actions

Black
Implement School Emergency Plan



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