A MAN has been charged after allegedly watching students playing on the oval of a Brisbane school.

It is understood the man was parked near the Hendry Oval at St Joseph’s Nudgee College last week when a parent of a Year 6 student spotted him watching the students.

The school did not comment but in its newsletter released to parents said:

“I would like to congratulate and thank one of our Year 6 mothers who noticed a suspicious car on the council access road from the Hendry Oval on Thursday morning,” Deputy Principal Graham Leddie wrote.

“A man was parked and appeared to be watching some of our students who were playing on the oval.”

He said the mother had taken a photo of the car with a staff member’s partner also stopping to photograph the car with the incident immediately reported to police.

“It is great that we have two community members that took initiative in this particular circumstance and it is a reminder to all of us that we have to be aware of the safety of all our students wherever possible.”

Mr Leddie wrote in the newsletter that the school has reiterated strategies that students and parents could put in place to maximise the safety of each other.

“We have reminded the boys during Pastoral Care time that they need to be vigilant about strangers and possible unsavoury adults that exist in our society,” he wrote.

A 45-year-old Fortitude Valley man has been issued with a notice to appear for Public Nuisance and is due to appear Sandgate Magistrates Court June 15.