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| School Life |
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Standard of Behaviour |
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Students are expected to behave in a manner which makes Macleans College a civilised and pleasant place and where students show courtesy and consideration for others. All students and parents/caregivers accept a Code of Conduct on enrolment. |
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Behaviour Outside the School |
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Students should always be aware of the fact that their conduct reflects upon themselves and upon the reputation of the college. Uniform should always be worn in a way that is a credit to the college. A high standard of conduct, including good speech and manners, and not eating/drinking in school uniform is expected while travelling to and from school. Macleans College students are expected to show consideration and courtesy towards younger children and adults. |
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Detention |
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A student will be given 24 hours notice of being kept in for more than half an hour, eg school detention. The school reserves the right to detain a student for up to half an hour on any day without prior notice, eg house detention. |
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| Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs |
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| Students are not to be involved with cigarettes, alcohol or drugs at school, or to and from school, or on any occasion when they are wearing school uniform or at any function held under control of the college. The school views such involvement (in possession of, actually taking, or association with the activity) as a serious offence. The Police Youth Aid will be informed of any student attending Macleans College who becomes involved in criminal activity while at school, or while taking part in any event associated with the school. |
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| Driving to School |
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| Students are not to drive motorcycles or cars to or from school, or be a passenger on a motorcycle or in a car driven by students to or from the school. Because of the great range of activities outside school hours, however, the Board of Trustees has allowed certain dispensations. All of the following conditions must be met for a dispensation to be granted: |
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| The activities are outside normal school hours (i.e. 8.00 am to 4.00 pm on weekdays) either for an authorised activity at school or to provide transport to an away venue, eg. Girls’ soccer on Monday afternoons at away venues and late evening or night practices, eg. Band practice on Tuesday nights at school. It is not for attending normal sports training or other co-curricular practice, immediately before school or immediately after school. It is not for driving to or from school for normal lessons under any circumstances. |
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| The student holds a current driving licence. |
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| Permission has been sought from the Associate Principal in writing, in advance. A card indicating approval will be issued to the student for the year. |
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| The teacher in charge of the activity has given approval. |
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| The student’s parents consent to approval being given. |
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| General |
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| Visitors to Macleans College must report to the administration office. |
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| Students are under the school's authority from the time they leave home until they return home, or at any function held under the control of the college. |
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| Cellphones, electronic devices, matches and lighters, or any dangerous implement must not be brought to school. |
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| All clothing, books and sports gear must be clearly named. No responsibility will be taken for lost property, but considerable effort will be made to find it if clothing and equipment are named. |
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| Students are not to chew gum. |
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| No school-age or personal friends of students may be on the school grounds during school time. |
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| Students crossing Macleans Road to and from school must use the pedestrians crossing opposite the school. The school provides supervision of the crossings at busy times. |
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| Bicycles may not be ridden in the school grounds and there will be no doubling. |
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| Damage (eg. broken windows) must be reported to their house leader. Students must be prepared to pay for damage they cause. |
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| If parents wish to locate their children during the day or after school, we request that they enquire at the school office. If parents wish to discuss a problem with teachers, we ask that an appointment be made. |
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| Internet Statement |
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| The following activities are forbidden on the Macleans College network: |
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| Sending, receiving or displaying offensive messages or pictures. Offensive material includes racist or sexist material, pornographic pictures or text, dangerous goods or practices and any other material the Information Technology committee decides. |
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| Employing the network for commercial purposes. This includes purchasing of materials through the Internet. |
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| Accessing files belonging to other students, staff or the school without permission. |
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| The School Day |
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| The school teaching day starts at 8.30 am Monday to Friday. The school day finishes at 3.15 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. On Thursdays the school day finishes at 3.05 pm. This allows students to participate in after-school sport/cultural activities that they may be involved in. Note that in the event of bad weather or closure of the playing fields the lunch break is reduced by 10 minutes and school will end 10 minutes early. |
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| Students entering school after 8.20 am i.e. late to school or after an appointment, must report to the office for a late pass. |
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| Homework |
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| Students at Macleans College receive regular homework. Homework is expected to be done otherwise a note should be produced. Because students work at different speeds, it is difficult to lay down guidelines for hours of homework, but students would normally do one to two hours homework each night in Years 9 and 10, while senior students would be expected to do two to three hours each week night. |
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| Homework includes: |
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| reading and background research |
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| preparation of new work |
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| learning vocabulary |
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| revising for tests/examinations |
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| preparation of projects or assignments |
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| Parents can assist by: |
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| taking an interest in homework |
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| checking a student's homework |
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| helping students plan their time effectively |
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| providing a quiet place or room |
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| Stationery |
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| Stationery is available from the school shop for all school needs at prices that are competitive with normal retail prices. Students are encouraged to support this, because profits are used to further improve the school. Students can purchase stationery before school and at interval and lunchtime. |
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| Tuckshop |
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| The tuckshop is run under contract to a catering firm and offers a wide range of healthy food. A price list is available to parents from our school website. |
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| Textbooks |
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| Textbooks are provided for all students. Unreasonable damage caused to a textbook in any one year may result in a charge being imposed. The charge will be at the discretion of the faculty head whose book has been damaged or lost. All textbooks must be returned when a student leaves school, as per instructions on the leaving form. |
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| School Donation |
| The school charges each student a school donation. The donation is payable between enrolment in August and the start of the new school year. The donation is to primarily fund the “extras” that the government grant given to finance the operations of the school does not provide for. Macleans deems these “extras”, such as music, drama, dance, sport and cultural activities, to be vitally important for the on-going educational enrichment of students and the school is very reliant on the parent donation for major assistance in this area. The donation also helps pay for shortfalls in government funding to cover such items as class materials, curriculum related class trips, computer technology, library books, the school magazine, sports and cultural equipment, or any such purpose as may be approved by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees will take good care that the money paid by parents will be properly administered and be used for the purposes approved by the Board under its statutory authority, as determined by the Education Act. Receipts will be issued on payment of donations. The Board of Trustees reviews and sets the donation each year and for 2010 it will be $460.00 per student. |
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