NORQUAY’S CODE OF CONDUCT

 Norquay students are respectful

  • Use good manners
  • Please, Thank you, Excuse me…
  • Speak politely at all times
  • Listen
  • Take turns
  • Use inside voices
  • Leave others’ belongings alone

 Norquay students are responsible

  • Be responsible for your learning
  • Get involved in school activities and be responsible for your part
  • Be responsible for your behaviour, do not blame others for your actions
  • Think before you act
  • Be on time
  • Do your homework, return library books, bring gym strip, take notices home
  • Be hardworking and allow others to work
  • Be responsible for the environment  (Pick up, clean up, recycle, care for equipment)
  • Ask for permission (before leaving the classroom, before using someone else’s things, etc.)

Norquay students are kind and caring

  • Smile
  • Encourage others to try
  • Be friendly, include others in play
  • Be helpful to your teachers and others
  • Think before you speak...are your words helpful or hurtful?
  • Remind others to be kind
  • Stand up for what is right

 

Norquay students are safe

  • Walk inside the school, in the halls and in the basement
  • Go outside to run and play running games
  • Stay on the school grounds
  • Play in play areas (not in the washroom or hallways or stairs or at the front of the school)
  • Keep hands and feet to yourself
  • Follow classroom rules
  • Report strangers
  • Leave valuables or harmful items at home
  • Leave “wheels” at home
  • Ask an adult for help if you need help and are unable to solve the problem yourself

How Parents and Guardians Can Help

  • Inform school of personal crises that may influence your child’s behaviour.
  • Spend time reading and talking with your child each day.
  • Discuss the school’s Code of Conduct as a family.
  • Help your child to understand that we aim to live up to the code at school and when participating in school events in the community.
  • Help your child to be as independent as possible, with their lunch, their belongings, their schoolwork