Student Handbook Golflands Campus 2017 Table of Contents Pages INTRODUCTION 3 VISION STATEMENT 4 GENERAL AIMS 5 ELIM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CURRICULUM 6 - 8 Vision Statement/Principles/Arise/Values PARENT COMMITMENT & RESPONSIBILITIES 9 STUDENT GUIDELINES 10 - 15 At school/At home/Mufti Days Before School Rules/ Lunchtime Rules/Playground Rules Expectations for Student Behaviour/Golflands Campus Behaviour Management/Expectations for Classroom Use Digital Citizenship GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROCEDURES 15 - 30 Term Dates/Bell Times/ARISE Parents/Assemblies/BYOD Complaints made against Teachers Emergency Evacuations/Homework/Illness or Accident/Lateness Leave or Absence/Library/Lunches/Messages to Students During School Time Movement To and From School/Newsletter/Office Hours/Parent Involvement Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences Prize Giving Ceremonies/Property/Queries/Reports/School Fees/Donations/School Links/ Stationery Staff Only Days/Student Counsellor/Telephone/The School Day/Toilet Blocks/Uniform - Regula- tion Details/Hair/Uniform Uniform sales/Second hand items/Visitors/Withdrawing from Elim/What to do if… PEOPLE TO KNOW 31 - 33 APPENDICES 34 - 39 Appendix 1 - Procedure: Internet Acceptable Use Appendix 2 - Agreement: Internet Acceptable Use Agreement Appendix 3 - Blended Class/BYOD Agreement Appendix 4 - Student Contract Appendix 5 - A Brief History of Elim Christian College 2 Introduction Welcome to the 2017 school year at Elim Christian College, one school on two sites! We are so glad to have you and your family as part of our school community. In fact this is your school and we look forward to a wonderfully productive partnership. Students I encourage you to allow God to challenge, shape and grow your character this year. It is the depth and quality of your character that will open doors for you, enable you to face hard situations and to help you pursue your dreams. I love the ARISE Elim culture that repeatedly emphasizes Achievement to be the best you can be; taking Responsibility and acting with respect; being Inspired in your thinking and developing an impressive backpack of skills; all laid on a deep foundation of Christian character and Elim values. Again this year you will hear the right time, right place, right thing and right attitude message. We make no apology for this because you must be highly focused to achieve academically and grow socially, emotionally and spiritually. With dogged determination we take seriously our responsibility to facilitate your highest growth in all areas. Murray Burton MNZM Principal 3 VISION STATEMENT Elim Christian College community aims for each student to be inspired, responsible, academically and practically skilled lifelong learners, living their Christian values and exploring their God-given potential, to achieve personal excellence for God’s glory. ARISE to a future and a hope. This Vision Statement is displayed in each classroom and is an integral part of all classroom programmes and activities. A.R.I.S.E The ARISE strategic framework is one of the tools the College has developed to guide its development. The heart of this strategic framework is described by the word A.R.I.S.E. A Achievement We want all students to achieve their personal best. We want all students to be self-disciplined, diligent citizens and life-long R Responsibility learners. We want all students to have fun learning, celebrate success with an attitude I Inspiration for excellence. We want all students highly skilled and equipped to make a creative and S Skills innovative contribution to society. (Elim) Christian We want all students to have a foundation of Biblical knowledge expressed E Character vibrantly in Christian values and character. 4 General Aims Elim Christian College Community (Staff, Parents, Guardians, Caregivers, Whanau) seeks: 1. To provide an excellent Christian education, developing well-balanced young people with a view of life fashioned and unified by GOD’S WORD. 2. To promote and teach the Lordship of JESUS CHRIST, the fullness of the HOLY SPIRIT and the ultimate authority of GOD’S WORD in all aspects of the school and life in general. 3. To facilitate excellent stewardship of spirit, mind and body, where the whole person is developed in a “whole of life” context producing disciples who are released in their God-given gifting and calling. 4. To enable each student to achieve personal excellence in a wide range of educational endeavours. 5. To cultivate servant leadership in students and equip them for work and service in the world of the twenty-first century, having a Christian philosophy of life, values and standards. 6. To provide high quality facilities and equipment, in a warm, friendly, open, and disciplined environment. Elim Christian College aims to provide a stimulating environment and programmes which: 1. Contributes knowledge, skills and experience relevant to contemporary society. 2. Engenders school spirit and a sense of community where there is respect for the dignity of each individual (made in the image of God), and where self-esteem, self-discipline, diligence, initiative, tolerance and caring are actively fostered. 3. Provides a balanced Biblical World View curriculum providing a wide range of subjects and learning opportunities. 4. Acknowledges and respects the uniqueness of the individual assisting them to become culturally sensitive, caring, tolerant and accepting of others. 5. Encourages students to become self-motivated and self-disciplined, committed to the pursuit of excellence and with high personal standards of endeavour and achievement, behaviour, manner and dress. 6. Ensures there is effective communication between school and parents to enable home and school to work together. 5 Elim Christian College Curriculum VISION STATEMENT Elim Christian College community aims for each student to be inspired, responsible, academically and practically skilled life long learners, living their Christian values and exploring their God-given potential, to achieve personal excellence for God’s glory. ARISE to a future and a hope. PRINCIPLES Consistent with a Christian World View- High Expectations; Treaty of Waitangi; Cultural Diversity; Inclusion; Learning to Learn; Community Engagement; Coherence; Future Focus. VALUES KEY COMPETENCIES LEARNING AREAS Respect for God Achieve your best: Using Scripture Obedience language symbols and English Respect for People texts Integrity Arts: Music, Drama, Be Responsible: Managing Dance, Visual Arts Equity self Health & PE Respect for God’s World Be an Inspired thinker: Ecological Sustainability Thinking Mathematics Respect for Faith and Use your Skills to serve: Science Character Participating and Social Science Excellence Justice contributing Technology Respect Mercy Display Elim Christian Languages Respect for Knowledge, character: Be an example Understanding and of Christ. Relating to Careers Wisdom others. Digital Citizenship Innovation Inquiry Curiosity THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM 6 7 Christian Worldview The Curriculum reflects a Christian Worldview underpinning all areas of learning. The curriculum supports and empowers all students to learn and achieve personal High Expectations excellence, regardless of their individual circumstances. The curriculum acknowledges the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and the bicultural Treaty of Waitangi foundations of Aotearoa New Zealand. All students have the opportunity to acquire knowledge of te reo Maori me ona tikanga. The curriculum reflects New Zealand’s cultural diversity and values the histories and Cultural Diversity traditions of all its people. The curriculum is non-sexist, non-racist, and non-discriminatory; it ensures that students’ Inclusion identities, languages, abilities and talents are recognised and affirmed and that their learning needs are addressed. The curriculum encourages all students to reflect on their own learning processes and to Learning to Learn learn how to learn. Community The curriculum has meaning for students, connects with their wider lives, and engages Engagement the support of their families, whanau and communities. The curriculum offers all students a broad education that makes links within and across Coherence learning areas, provides for coherent transitions and opens up pathways to further learning. The curriculum encourages students to look to the future by exploring such significant Future Focus future-focused issues as sustainability, citizenship, enterprise and globalisation. VALUES Respect for God, Self and Others ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Matthew 22:36 ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Matthew 22:39 8 Parent Commitment and Responsibilities Parents who send their students to Elim Christian College do so as a matter of personal choice. In so doing, they make a firm commitment to support the philosophy, goals and practices of the school and agree to abide by its policies and procedures, in particular: 1. Support the teacher as the classroom manager and learning facilitator. 2. Send students to school on time and pick them up after school on time. 3. Respond promptly to school communications which require a reply. 4. Expect students to be responsible for their own behaviour and take some responsibility for their own learning. 5. Send students to school encouraging them to have a positive attitude toward learning by expecting them to do their best work at all times. 6. Send students to school clean, healthy, rested and adhering to the uniform dress code. 7.