SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS

The Timaru Boys' High School community presumes that boys attending school present well and give their best. The expectation is that boys get it right:

right time - right place - right gear - right attitude.

The rules provide this guidance. These rules apply to all situations where you are:

• at school

• travelling between home and school

• at a school function or activity, including school trips

• anywhere in school uniform

Follow these links for further information about school expectations:

• Moving to and from school.

• Appearance

• Out-of-bounds areas

• Personal and School Community safety

• Classroom conduct

• Two Weekly Notes

Specific Points

Smoking and/or drinking
by boys when involved in any activity associated with the school, and at all times when in school uniform, is prohibited.

Attendance
All boys are expected to attend except for medical reasons. If a boy is absent, unless a verbal or phone message has been received, he is required on the day of his return to bring a note, signed by the parent or guardian, stating the reason for the period of the absence. Students may be excused for other reasons if necessary. It is only courtesy to give prior warnings for such requests. If a boy is likely to be absent for a lengthy period, parents should notify the Rector or Form Dean so that help with studies can be arranged.

Jewellery or articles of personal adornment
are not part of the uniform, and must not be worn while in school uniform, e.g. rings, ear-rings, lockets, bangles, etc.

Buildings and grounds
The school is clean and tidy. Keep it that way. Keep off all garden areas. Keep to the paths and keep off the grass please.

Visiting shops
The dairy opposite the main school gates and the fish and chip shop on the corner of Otipua Road and North Street are out of bounds for students.

Motor vehicles
Requests for permission to bring motor vehicles to school must be lodged immediately with Nick Simpson. Drivers must not transport other pupils without express parental and school permission.

Damage
All damage to school property must be reported immediately to the office and a Damage Report completed. Wilful damage must be paid for.

First Aid
Report serious injuries to any staff member. Boys with minor injuries go straight to the student office.

Daily routines
There is a warning bell five minutes before the commencement of morning school, before the end of morning break, and before the resumption of afternoon school. This warning bell is a signal to move towards the classroom.

Lockers
Lockers may be visited only before school, at morning break, at lunch hour and after school.  Students must arrange their book requirements around these permitted visits to lockers.

Lunch at School
Boys lunching at school may not leave the school grounds except with the permission of Deputy Rector or Rector. Boys who normally go home for lunch must have a lunch pass.

Morning Interval
10.35am to 10.55am - no Year 9 - 12 students can leave the school grounds.