Health & Safety
When Centre Managers have advance notification of scheduled practice lock downs PCDC families will be notified via group email and/or See Saw post. When advance notification has not been provided to the Centre Manager, a group email and/or See Saw will be sent to PCDC families informing them of the lockdown practice. In the event of an actual lockdown down parents will be informed via group email and/or See Saw post. The group email and/or See Saw post will be sent when the lockdown notification has been lifted. PCDC families will also receive a copy of the letter distributed by the school to school families.
Fire
In the event of a fire drill or actual fire, the staff lead the children out of the building immediately, not stopping for coats or footwear. Parent contact information, Crisis Management information and room attendance forms are taken along.
The children and staff will gather in their groups at the designated space (see evacuation plan picture) and attendance is taken. The Centre Manager will send a group email/See Saw to PCDC families informing them a fire drill has occurred.
Power Failure
The Centre is equipped with an emergency lighting system. For long term power failures and/or depending on weather (cold winter conditions) the centre may close and parents may be contacted to come and pick up their children.
Evacuation Procedures
Early learning programs - the children and staff would meet outsideat designated meeting space for fire drills and then:
- Brevoort Park Location - walk to St. Matthews School gym. If the area needs to be evacuated they will take a chartered city bus to the St. Philip location. Parents would then be notified to pick up their children.
- St. Philip and St. Bernard Locations - take a chartered city bus to the Brevoort Park location. Parents would then be notified to pick up their children.
( The school age children at all locations would follow the school evacuation plan. For non school days all children would follow the early learning evacuation procedure.)
Lock Down Procedures
A perimeter lockdown is implemented because a threat or potential threat exists outside of the early learning centre/school. Children that are in the attached play yard or school park will immediately return to the early learning centre. All school and early learning centre exterior doors are locked to ensure no unauthorized individuals leave or enter the building. Exit and entry will be via the school main entrance only. Parents/guardians are permitted access to the building and their children if it is safe for them to do so.