Kay leads way on school crossing

KAY Hoskin is feeling blessed from the support she has received for her work helping keep school children safe crossing the road.

Hoskin has been nominated for the Supervisor of the Year at the School Crossing Victoria Awards, to be announced Friday 10 July in Melbourne.

Her nomination for her work at Bannockburn’s High Street crossing has drawn congratulations online and in person from across the community.

“I feel a bit overwhelmed and you don’t think people take much notice of what you do, but obviously they do,” she said.

“Half of Bannockburn have got their fingers crossed for me.

“I’ve got comments or likes from friends in America, the mayor of Golden Plains … a whole variety of different people.”

A crossing supervisor for five years, Hoskin started during COVID when a vacancy became open.

With her sign Hoskin steps onto the road to allow children from St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School and Bannockburn P-12 safe passage.

She even gets into the spirit on holidays, dressing up to bring out the joy in children.

“I do dress up when there’s a special occasion, like Easter, I put an Easter Bunny costume on, and Halloween, I put a ghost or something on,” she said.

When asked why she loved the work, Hoskin’s answer was simple.

“The kids,” she said. “They’re amazing. They all say, ‘Good morning, Kay’, ‘Good afternoon, Kay’, ‘How are you going, Kay?’

“I know there’s probably 450 kids. I probably know about 60,70 names, but they all know mine. So they’re just amazing.

“And the teachers, the staff down there are amazing as well.”