Our Expectations: The Code of Behaviour

This Code of Behaviour is printed in each girl’s homework diary. It has been drawn up to ensure the smooth running of our School and to promote consideration for others in the School and in the community.

At Queen’s Gate

• We expect high standards of behaviour at all times both in the classroom and outside. • We aim to create a community where consideration and respect are shown to all its members and their property. • Good manners and politeness are expected in all situations.

In the Classroom

• You should arrive punctually at each lesson with the correct equipment. • When a member of staff or a visitor enters a classroom, you should stand up until he/she has addressed you; you should reply accordingly before sitting down. • You should get on with your work quietly and sensibly in lessons. You should never talk when staff are talking and should put your hand up to ask or answer a question. • Classroom furniture and equipment should be treated with respect and should not be moved without staff permission.

Outside the Classroom

• You should walk on the left in corridors and on the stairs and allow others to pass you.

You must not create so much noise that it will disturb others. You must take care when examinations take place and obey any

‘Silence’ and ‘No Entry’ notices. • When moving between the school buildings, you need to walk swiftly (without running) and watch out for traffic when crossing roads. • On the pavements you should show courtesy to members of the public; remember that a crowd of young people can be intimidating. You should also refrain from eating and drinking whilst walking near the School.

Personal Property

• Never open another person’s desk or bag, or interfere with anyone else’s property. If you leave property (coats, bags etc.) unattended, it is at your own risk. • Outdoor clothes should be hung on pegs in the Form Room or kept in lockers. Bags should always be in lockers. • Money and valuables must be locked in your locker or given into the School

Secretary’s office for safe-keeping. • No digital device that plays music, connects to the Internet or allows you to make a ’phone call may be used from 8.35am–4.10pm. Any such device must be switched off during the day and only removed from your locker when you leave the School. If you are found with a digital device around the School, it will be confiscated until 4.10pm and a letter will be sent home to your parents. • If you arrive in School early, you may contact your parents on entering the building to inform them that you have arrived safely. This means that you may use your mobile phone, briefly, on the ground floor as you arrive at School but no girl should be seen using their mobile phone (or other personal digital device) in their

Form Room or anywhere above the ground floor - even if the School day has not officially started. All such devices must be locked away safely. • You may not bring your own laptop, netbook or iPad into school unless you have permission from a teacher.

Environment

• Help to keep the School tidy; this includes classrooms, corridors, labs and other areas, as well as your Form Room. • Graffiti on furniture, etc. is not permitted and is considered a serious offence. • Eating is not permitted in the corridors or on the stairs and drinks should not be carried around the School. • Always leave the bathrooms as you would like to find them. • Chewing gum is not permitted in School or when representing the School at any event. • Help the School to recycle paper and other materials.

Our Expectations: The Code of Behaviour

Safety GYM:

Nobody is allowed on the apparatus unless a member of staff is present. LABORATORIES:

Nobody is allowed in the laboratories,

DT workshop or ICT Room without supervision. FIRE ALARM:

Silence must be observed. Leave the building in a quick and orderly manner, and line up in silence at the appointed place for registration. SECURITY LOCKDOWN:

When you hear the tannoy announcement, stay in your classroom. Shut doors, locking them if possible, otherwise, blocking them with a desk. Close windows and pull down blinds. Silence is to be maintained.

Lockdown will stop when you hear a further message via the tannoy system.

If you see something which is a health and safety risk, you must tell a teacher or a member of the caretaking staff.

You must not

• Bring any illegal substance, tobacco, e-cigarettes/vaporisers, or alcohol into

School. • Smoke or vape in the School or within 500 meters of the School. The above are matters for suspension or expulsion.

Illness and Accidents

If you feel unwell or have an accident, you must tell a member of staff straight away. Normally you will be sent to the School Office where a trained First Aider will take care of you. If you are too ill to remain at School, or if hospital treatment is necessary, then your parents will be contacted and suitable arrangements will be made.

Under no circumstances should you leave the School or go home without permission, nor should you contact your parents directly on a mobile phone. If you need to take medicine at school, you should bring a letter from your parents stating when you need to take it. Your medicine must be left in the School Office. The only exception is if you have an Epi-pen or an inhaler for asthma.

If you need Paracetamol, the School Secretary will only be able to give you a tablet if your parents have given written permission.