General

School Times

GRADE 1

START: 08:00
END OF DAY: 14h00. 

Collection from outside the Grade 1 classrooms. Learners who are not collected at this time will be sent to aftercare and billed.

GRADE 2

START: 08:00
END OF DAY: 14:00. 

Collection is in the Amphitheatre. Learners who are not collected at this time will be sent to aftercare and billed.

GRADE 3

START: 08:00
END OF DAY: 14:30. 

Collection is in the Grade Three Quad.  Learners who are not collected at this time will be sent to aftercare and billed.

Aftercare

Aftercare is a combined group of Grade 1-3 learners. Parents, please inform the College via email should you wish to make use of our aftercare facility. Learners may wear their Parklands College sports uniform and in the interest of security, learners are signed out when collected.  Learners attending Aftercare will be escorted to the venue.  Parents who wish to make use of our aftercare facilities, must please inform us via e-mail. Learners must be collected promptly by 17:00, as the College is locked at this time.

Drop Off and Collection



Please ensure that learners arrive on time for the start of the academic day.

Preparatory parents are reminded that the Pre-Primary Drive-through is reserved for Pre-Primary parents ONLY.  

Junior Preparatory parents are welcome to drop their children off between 07:30 and 07:55 and are requested to use the Drop and Go Zone at the back of the school in Wood Drive.

You are welcome to park in Wood Drive and walk your child to their classroom for the first few weeks of the quarter. Our Junior Preparatory parking area is a Drop and Go Zone and parents may pull into the yellow zone for learners to get out and walk into school on their own. Please do not park or leave your car in the Drop and Go Zone.


Security and Car Stickers 


For safety reasons no learners are permitted to wait outside the College gates at any time.

Parents entering our campus are required to have a car identification sticker which can be collected at reception. By displaying the sticker on your car you will gain easy access to the College premises.  Vehicles who do not have a sticker will be scanned. ‘At the Gate’ access solution is used by the College and involves drivers and car license disc being scanned.  This information is stored on a secure database off-site for future reference should the need arise.  Pedestrians are also required to produce identification.

Lunch and Snacks


Learners require a packed lunch box and a bottle of water for an early morning snack and two break times. Please note that Parklands College is a nut free zone and no nut butters i.e. peanut butter or nuts may be sent to school.  Learners store their lunchbox and water bottles in the classroom. All items must be clearly marked with your child's name. There are NO tuckshop facilities for the Junior Preparatory learners.

Sunblock and Sun Hats


Please apply sun block on all exposed parts of your child’s body before they come to school in the morning. All learners must wear the Parklands College cap/hat for break time and sports. In order to protect your child’s skin from the harsh rays of the sun, we have a “no hat, no play” policy.

Houses

Our school houses are Oxford (yellow), Yale (red), Harvard (green) and Cambridge (blue). The house system provides opportunities for each learner to develop friendships across all levels within the College, and at the same time provides occasions for a healthy spirit of competition. Learners earn “house points” for internal sports and cultural activities, as well as outreach projects. Each teacher and learner is assigned to a house upon enrolment.

For new learners, within the first few weeks, a badge will be ordered and issued to your child to wear on their blazer. House shirts may be ordered from School and Leisure.

Parent and Learner Information Directory





Please read through the Parent and Learner Directory, which includes important information about Parklands College and the Junior Preparatory learners.

Junior-Preparatory-PL-Information-Directory-2024Download

Transport from Sandown to the Pre-Primary and Preparatory 

We have a school bus that leaves at 07h15 from the Secondary Campus, Sandown, every morning to transport learners to the Preparatory and Pre-Primary campuses. There is a supervisor on the bus to ensure that the little ones travel safely.  Kindly email Gillian (goppenshaw@parklands.co.za) if you would like your child to make use of this transport.

Medication and Immunisations

Should your child have a medical condition/ allergy /require perscribed medication to be administered, please e-mail Meagan Petersen on mkotze@parklands.co.za or Sisanda Mvulana on smvulana@parklands.co.za.

Please ensure that your child’s immunisations are up to date and forward a copy of the updated immunisation record to the secretary once your child has received the vaccine.

Department of Health recommended schedule: Childhood Immunisation Schedule