2013 Senior Admissions Handbook - The Southport School

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38 The Southport School Senior Handbook 2013 3. Illness Other Absences • Any day boy who knows in advance that he needs to leave the School for a legitimate appointment (medical, dental, or driving test, etc.) must bring a note from his parents to his Housemaster, who will annotate the Record Book. The boy is required to sign out at Student Services before leaving the School Grounds during School hours. • All requests for permission to be absent from School for reasons other than those listed above should be addressed to the Dean of Students/Dean of Boarding well in advance of the event. Emergencies, Accidents or Illness When any of these occur at School, a day boy or boarder will be sent to the Health Centre where Sister will inform parents, and the Dean of Students/Dean of Boarding. In the event of urgent medical treatment being required, the boy will be sent immediately to a doctor or to Pindara Hospital and parents notified. 4. Punctuality Minor Accidents and Illness. Day boys or boarders who are taken sick during the School day, or incur a minor accident, seek permission to leave their class or activity and report to the School Health Centre where Sister will take the appropriate action. After school hours, all reports are made to the Master on Duty. • Any boy who arrives for a lesson after the class has commenced will be regarded as late and may have this recorded on his file. • Boys who are late for School must report to Student Services. 5. Classrooms, Buildings and Grounds • If boys arrive at a classroom before the teacher they should line up quietly outside the classroom. • Boys should leave all classrooms in a neat and tidy condition. • Verandahs, stairways and balconies are out of bounds at recess and in the lunch hour unless boys are waiting to attend an official meeting. At no time are these areas to be used for running, playing games or eating. 6. Record Book - Compulsory Years 7-9, Available for Years 10-12 7. Homework 8. Property 9. Lockers • All boys are to be in possession of a Record Book and to take it with them to every class. • Failure to present a Record Book on request, failure to maintain a Record Book in respectable condition, and the defacing of any Record Book are all serious offences. • Parents are asked to sight and sign Record Books on a fortnightly basis. • All work set as homework is to be entered neatly in the Record Book which should also show the time spent completing the task. • If set work has not been done, the boy should report this fact before the beginning of a lesson. Any homework not done should be completed out of school time as a detention and given to the member of staff concerned. • All property should be clearly marked with the owner’s name. • Books and other property must not be left around the School grounds. • Any ‘lost property’ found should be handed in directly to the Laundry where lost items are kept. • Any damage must be reported to the Housemaster immediately. Lockers are provided for all boys for the storage of School books or property. Each boy must provide his own suitable lock and leave a spare key with his Housemaster. A combination lock is recommended, with the Housemaster provided with a copy of the combination. Each boy is responsible for the condition of his locker. Under no circumstances may a boy open a locker or interfere with a locker belonging to another boy.
The Southport School Senior Handbook 2013 39 10. Paper, Rubbish and Litter 11. Social Media 12. Bicycles All rubbish is to be placed in the receptacles provided. Food and drink other than water are to be consumed at the Café, in the Day House Area, in the Dining Hall or in the Boarding Houses only. No food or drink other than water is to be consumed at any other location in the School without the specific permission of a member of staff. Social media are not be used by students of The Southport School to cause hurt to others in any way including cyberbullying. Students may not refer to school staff or the School itself in a derogatory fashion in any form of social media. • Bicycles are to be kept locked and the School cannot accept responsibility for them. • Bicycles must not be ridden across any grassed areas or along any footpath. • Bicycles must be parked in the areas provided. • The use of bicycles must comply with Queensland road traffic regulations, including the wearing by the cyclist of an approved helmet. • Bicycles are not to be kept for use by Boarders. 13. Matches, Explosives, Firearms or Fireworks 14. Bounds These may not be brought into the School precincts or maintained there for any reason. • Bounds are clearly defined as all School property between Ferry Road, Winchester Street and the Nerang River. • Boys must not leave the School between the time they first arrive and 3.20pm without permission. Permission will be available, when merited, from either the Dean of Students/Dean of Boarding, if the intended period of absence is during class time, or from a boy’s Housemaster if the request is during lunch. In either case permission is to be recorded in the Record Book and the boy must sign out in person at Student Services. • All House areas are out of bounds during class time. • All classrooms and laboratories are also out of bounds except during School hours or at prep times or under a Master’s supervision or, at his discretion. • No boy may enter another House or House Area without direct permission from the Housemaster, his Assistant or the Master on Duty. 15. Motor Vehicles The parents of a day boy in Year 11 or 12 may make a written application, on the prescribed form, for their son to drive a motor vehicle to and from School. The parents and the boy must be aware of, and abide by, the following rules: • A day boy driving to and from School must park his vehicle in the area set aside by the School for that purpose. • Each vehicle intended to be parked at School must be registered with Student Services. • The Dean of Students will maintain an up-to-date record of all boys permitted to bring vehicles to the School. The record shall include the boy’s licence number, registration number and a description of the vehicle. • No student is to travel with any other student unless written permission is received from both parents. • No boarders are permitted to travel as passengers in day boy driven vehicles unless written authorisation from boarding parents has been given. (Parents of day boys should be clearly conversant with this rule, especially in cases where they entertain boarders as house guests). • The day boy parking area is out of bounds to all boys other than registered users of the vehicles. • It must be understood that in giving permission for day boys to travel to and from School in motor vehicles, the Headmaster means just that and no more. Day boys will use such approved vehicles for the purpose of attending normal School activities and will use the shortest trafficable route between School and home. • No day boy will use a motor vehicle at lunch time or during normal School hours. • A day boy granted approval to use a motor vehicle may use such a vehicle while attending sports and other activities conducted at School. However, he must use transport provided by the School when attending sports and other activities conducted elsewhere.
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