Rules and Guidelines

SCHOOL ROUTINE

1. BELLS
   
   

   8.35 am	Staff Meeting	11.30 am	Period 3
   8.45 am	Warning bell	12.30 pm	Period 4
   8.50 am	House Time	1.55 pm	Warning Bell
   8.58 am	Warning bell	2:00 pm	House Time/SSR
   9.00 am	Period 1	2.20 pm	Period 5
   10.00 am	Period 2	3.20 pm	End of school day
   11.00 am	Interval

   Bell times Wednesday

   8.50 am	House Time	12.30 pm	Lunch
   9.00 am	Period 1	1.00 pm	House Time
   10.00 am	Period 2	1.20	Period 4
   11.00 am	Interval	2.20 pm	End of school day
   11.30 am	Period 3

   
   
   
2. CORRIDOR MOVEMENT
   (a)     Keep left in single file. Running is not permitted.  Walk quietly without stopping.
   (b)     Move by shortest route from one classroom to another. If moving from ground floor to first floor, use the FIRST stairway you come to. If waiting outside the classroom, stand quietly in a single row against wall on room side of corridor.
   (c)     You are permitted to visit corridor lockers before and after school and at lunchtimes and interval.
   (d)    The corridor outside the Staffroom is not to be used during staff meetings 8.35 - 8.50 am.
   
   NO PUPIL SHOULD BE IN CORRIDORS DURING ANY TEACHING PERIOD WITHOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM LEAVE PASS.
   
   
   
3. OUTSIDE AREAS
   • Pupils must not loiter around boundary fences or gateways at intervals or lunchtimes. 
   • Staff car parks are strictly out of bounds.
   • Local shops are out of bounds at intervals and lunch times.
     
     
     
4. INTERVAL AND LUNCH TIME INSIDE AREAS
   Lunch can be eaten in the café or outside.  No food is to be eaten at any times in the corridors. Lunch areas must be left tidy with furniture in place. No lunching in changing rooms, toilets, corridors or other classrooms.
   
           
5. LUNCH PASSES
   Only students who live within close proximity and who regularly go home for lunch are eligible for a lunch pass.  Application forms may be obtained from the office. Students who do not have lunch passes must obtain a leave pass if they are leaving the school at lunchtime.  These may be obtained from Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Grogan or Mr. Hutchins.
   
   
   
6. SICKNESS
   Report to school office.

   (a)     Pupils must not leave school on account of injury or illness without FIRST reporting to Mrs. Barclay at Student Reception.  The school office will then inform parents of any illness or injury.
   (b)     Pupils needing prescribed tablets at school should notify Mrs. Barclay.
   
   

7. LOST PROPERTY
   (a)     All property brought to school must be clearly named.
   (b)     Report losses or items found to the Deputy Principal immediately.
   (c)     Valuables and money should be left at the office for safe keeping.
   (d)     Radios/walkman/MP3 players/ipods etc, should ideally not be brought to school.
          

8. EMERGENCY EXITS
   Notices are posted in all rooms.   Pupils should make themselves aware of procedure for all areas of the school.
   (a)     Follow the instructions of your teacher, moving quietly (not running).  Wait in an orderly manner at allocated assembly area until instructed to disperse.
   (b)     Roll Monitors take Roll Book.  Leave other books in room.
   
   

9. ABSENCES
   (a)     After absence for any reason you must bring a note from a parent or caregiver.   Hand this note to your House Teacher on the day of your return to school.
   (b)     If leave is needed for any reason then parents must write a note requesting such leave from the Rector, Deputy Principal or Assistant Principals before leave is taken.
   (c)     No pupil may be away from the school grounds during the day without a leave pass from the Deputy Principal or Assistant Principals.   This includes lunch times for those who do not qualify for a lunch pass.
   (d)     A pass may be obtained from the main office for dental or medical appointments.
   
   

10. TRANSPORT
    (a)     No cars or motorcycles to be brought to school without written authority from parents (permission form is available from Student Reception).  Approval is required before the car is brought to school.   The completed permission form is to be returned to the school office with your licence for inspection.  A new form needs to be completed for each year.
    (b)     No pupil may travel to or from school in a car or on a motorcycle driven by another pupil without the school having received written authority from both sets of parents (permission form available from Student Reception).
    (c)     At no time during the school day is anyone to be away in a car unless a leave pass has been obtained from Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Grogan or Mr. Hutchins.
    
    
    
11. WEDNESDAYS

    On Wednesdays school will finish at 2.20 pm. The bell times are slightly different for the Wednesday afternoon. There may be cultural rehearsals and sports practices held at this time. All bus pupils will be expected to stay at school unless they have made alternative arrangements with their parents. Supervision will be provided for any students who wish to stay at school.
    
    

12. CELL PHONES

The school accepts no responsibility for cellphones lost at school.  If parents consider it essential for their child to carry a cellphone for use after school this must be switched off and out of sight during school hours (8.50 am – 3.20 pm). Any student found using a cellphone during the school day will have it confiscated until the end of the next school day. If it is the second time a student has used the cellphone during school time the cellphone will be confiscated for 48 hours. If a cellphone is confiscated three times within a school year, it will be confiscated for a week and the parents will be asked to come and collect it at the end of that time.

GENERAL INFORMATION

COMMUNICATION:
To keep parents informed of what is happening at school, a Newsletter is given to each student to take home every Friday.   A copy of the Newsletter is available on the school’s website.

HOMEWORK:
Homework is an integral part of school life and students cannot expect to realise their full potential unless they complete all set homework.