Ellesmere College Handbook for Parents www.ellesmere.com Handbook for Parents as at January 2011 Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Contact with the school .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Code of conduct for pupils at Ellesmere ......................................................................................................................... 5 Lower School ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Middle School and Sixth Form ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Learning to learn successfully ......................................................................................................................................... 6 General information for pupils and parents ................................................................................................................... 7 School Aims and Ethos including Boarding Principles and Practice ................................................................................ 7 Absence ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Address ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Alcohol ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Anti-Bullying .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Appointments with staff ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Arts Centre ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Buses ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Calendar .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Captains of House ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Careers .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Cars ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Chapel ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Charging for overnight accommodation ....................................................................................................................... 10 Child protection ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Clothes .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 College Prefects ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Concerns ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Correspondence ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Counselling .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Examinations ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Expeditions .................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Fees and Insurance ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Guardianship arrangements and College requirements ............................................................................................... 13 Health ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Homework ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Houses ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Housemothers ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 House Prefects .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Illness whilst at school ................................................................................................................................................... 16 Insurance ....................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Lateness ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Leave of absence ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Library ........................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Lost property ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Missing pupil procedures .............................................................................................................................................. 17 Music tuition ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Lunch ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Off games ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Old Ellesmerians ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Parents’ Meetings ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Parents’ Society ............................................................................................................................................................. 19 Progression through the school .................................................................................................................................... 19 1 Pocket Money ............................................................................................................................................................... 19 Post ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Reporting on pupils ....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Scholarship awards ......................................................................................................................................................