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After receiving a letter from "Three PeaksAcademySchool" today we have been informed they will be closing one of the school gates to apparently safeguard children. The gate their closing is along a safe cycle path of which does not cross with any roads, giving children the freedom to ride their bikes with no dangers involved. In addition to this, other parents allow their children to walk ahead safely.
The gate they will have to use is on a busy road, that will not only have double the amount of children and parents entering it will no longer be safe for children to have the freedom of running in front and enjoying a nice safe walk to school. I feel extremely strong about this as I am sure other parents do. Children enjoy walking to school and I feel this is an important part of development. Keeping the gate open as it has been for over 20 years has never caused any problems for children. Safe guarding children can be done by closing the gate at 9am and re-opening the gate at 3pm or like other schools having it assisted by a member of staff for the 20 mins required.
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April 20, 2015
im still waiting to hear back from the front office after sending over our concerns. the amount of messages ive gotten from other parents is proof that we all see this the same way and they cant just ignore us forever.
April 20, 2015
im honestly blown away by how many people agree that this gate needs to stay open. it feels like we finally have some real momentum behind us now.
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for me the main entrance is in fact higher risk due to the fact it's on a main road, then once you have entered there's a car park to cross. parents will still have to walk down the side path next to the school so don't really see the point of it, but now the main entrance is going to be even more manic with crowns of people and even more traffic.
I think closure if the side gate will be more dangerous for the children, as a parent, grandparent and childminder i think the side gate gives our children more safety than a main road entrance, many children go to school on their own , on scooters and bikes, so it should remain open, its been usef since day one when school opened cant see a good enough reason to see it closed.
unsure why it couldn't just be locked during the school day, it sounds silly to me, plus I know how much children love walking ahead with parents feeling safe knowing there are no roads, I hope they re think this for you all
Keep the children safe
Cannot see any reason why this gate should be closed, once children are in school the gate can be locked and opened again at home time, this was done in the past why not now
dont really understand why this would help if anything it will course more trouble everyone parking and having to use the top gate I feel the children's safety would be more at risk
Keep the gate open
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Final supporters
After receiving a letter from "Three PeaksAcademySchool" today we have been informed they will be closing one of the school gates to apparently safeguard children. The gate their closing is along a safe cycle path of which does not cross with any roads, giving children the freedom to ride their bikes with no dangers involved. In addition to this, other parents allow their children to walk ahead safely.
The gate they will have to use is on a busy road, that will not only have double the amount of children and parents entering it will no longer be safe for children to have the freedom of running in front and enjoying a nice safe walk to school. I feel extremely strong about this as I am sure other parents do. Children enjoy walking to school and I feel this is an important part of development. Keeping the gate open as it has been for over 20 years has never caused any problems for children. Safe guarding children can be done by closing the gate at 9am and re-opening the gate at 3pm or like other schools having it assisted by a member of staff for the 20 mins required.
Updates
April 20, 2015
im still waiting to hear back from the front office after sending over our concerns. the amount of messages ive gotten from other parents is proof that we all see this the same way and they cant just ignore us forever.
April 20, 2015
im honestly blown away by how many people agree that this gate needs to stay open. it feels like we finally have some real momentum behind us now.
15 Comments
I think its safer for children to walk on the paths at the lower gater rather than having to go up to the main road. I have used this gate for the last 10 years with no problems
for me the main entrance is in fact higher risk due to the fact it's on a main road, then once you have entered there's a car park to cross. parents will still have to walk down the side path next to the school so don't really see the point of it, but now the main entrance is going to be even more manic with crowns of people and even more traffic.
I think closure if the side gate will be more dangerous for the children, as a parent, grandparent and childminder i think the side gate gives our children more safety than a main road entrance, many children go to school on their own , on scooters and bikes, so it should remain open, its been usef since day one when school opened cant see a good enough reason to see it closed.
unsure why it couldn't just be locked during the school day, it sounds silly to me, plus I know how much children love walking ahead with parents feeling safe knowing there are no roads, I hope they re think this for you all
Keep the children safe
Cannot see any reason why this gate should be closed, once children are in school the gate can be locked and opened again at home time, this was done in the past why not now
dont really understand why this would help if anything it will course more trouble everyone parking and having to use the top gate I feel the children's safety would be more at risk
Keep the gate open
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I think its safer for children to walk on the paths at the lower gater rather than having to go up to the main road. I have used this gate for the last 10 years with no problems