Advice around personal safety in public We have recently seen some incidents where suspicious individuals have been reported approaching school students in public.  Some of these reports have been found to not be suspicious, but others remain concerning. With this in mind, it is timely to provide some advice to students who are walking to or from school, or in public areas at other times.  With all of this considered though, we still live in one of the safest countries in the world, and we still want our young people to be able to walk freely to and from school