Reading Test

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

Revised July 2011

THIS APPLIES TO ALL PERSONS ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS

In cases of emergency (e.g., fire), find the nearest teacher who will: send a messenger at full speed to the Office OR inform the Office via phone ext. 99.

PROCEDURE FOR EVACUATION

  1. Warning of an emergency evacuation will be marked by a number of short bell rings. (In the event of a power failure, this may be a hand-held bell or siren.)
  2. All class work will cease immediately.
  3. Students will leave their bags, books, and other possessions where they are.
  4. Teachers will take the class rolls.
  5. Classes will vacate the premises using the nearest staircase. If these stairs are inaccessible, use the nearest alternative staircase. Do not use the lifts. Do not run.
  6. Each class, under the teacher’s supervision, will move in a brisk, orderly fashion to the paved quadrangle area adjacent to the car park.
  7. All support staff will do the same.
  8. The Marshalling Supervisor, Ms. Randall, will be wearing a red cap and will be waiting there with the master timetable and staff list in her possession.
  9. Students assemble in the quad with their teacher at the time of evacuation. The teacher will do a headcount and check the roll.
  10. Each teacher sends a student to the Supervisor to report whether all students have been accounted for. After checking, students will sit and wait.

Questions 1 to 8

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.

  1. In an emergency, a teacher will either phone the office or
  2. The signal for evacuation will normally be several
  3. If possible, students should leave the building by the
  4. They then walk quickly to the
  5. will join the teachers and students in the quad.
  6. Each class teacher will count up his or her students and mark
  7. After the , everyone may return to class.
  8. If there is an emergency at lunchtime, students gather in the quad in and wait for their teacher.