MIDDLE SCHOOL Providing opportunities for every boy to excel HANDBOOK 1 MOTTO DUTY OUR VISION PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY BOY TO EXCEL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE TO BE A LEADER IN BOYS’ EDUCATION: • Where students achieve to their potential and enjoy their school years. • Where staff are supported professionally in an excellent working environment. • Where society benefits through the contributions of the Hale School community. 2 Section CONTENTS 1 Vision and Values 17 Communication • Obligations and Expectations 2 Welcome to Hale School • Newsletter • The School History • Email Communication • From the Headmaster • Parent Interviews and Reports • From the Head of Middle School 18 Sport 6 School Organisation • Code of Behaviour in Sport • Students • Behaviour and Expectations • Parents and Other Spectators HALE SCHOOL VALUES 7 Student Leadership • Middle School Student Leadership 19 Illness at School and Medications • Long Term Medication 8 Pastoral Care • Short Term Medication TEACHING AND LEARNING • Pastoral Care Overview • Day Boys We encourage a lifelong • The Pastoral Care System • Boarders • Nurse Initiated Medication passion for creativity, • Illness at School and Medications Policy innovation and learning. 10 House System • Emergency Medication • Boarders and the House System • Asthma • Boarding Houses • Allergies INTEGRITY • Day Houses • Auto-Injectors We act in a manner • Medication on Camp/Excursion/Tour which demonstrates respect 12 Curriculum • Misuse of Prescribed Medication and engenders trust. • Timetable • Food Allergies • Gifted and Talented Education • Curriculum Support 22 Contact Details EXCELLENCE • Student Diary • Homework We strive for excellence 23 Campus Map and Floor Plans in all that we do. 15 The School Day • Late Arrivals/Absentees COMMUNITY • Approved Leave We contribute enthusiastically as • Drop Off and Pick Up - Buses responsible members of the school • Bus Travel - Code of Conduct • Canteen and wider communities. • New Student Debit Card Account • Lockers and Padlocks • Bicycles LEADERSHIP • Uniform We take responsibility for our own • Personal Property actions and have the care and • Mobile Phones, MP3 Players and courage to guide others. Similar Devices Contents 3 Hale School is the oldest independent boys’ school in Western Australia. It was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Dr Mathew Blagden Hale. THE SCHOOL HISTORY Mathew Blagden Hale, the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, founded the Bishop’s Collegiate School (Hale School) in 1858. It first opened its doors on 28 June with an enrolment of 22 pupils. The first student to arrive, 11 year-old Laurence Eliot, had taken three days to ride his horse from Bunbury. The little colony was less than 30 years old and was struggling for survival, and Bishop Hale received no government support for his school. It began on the sandy track that was St Georges Terrace and after occupying temporary premises for a short time, moved into The Cloisters. The new school attracted a number of boarders as well as day boys, many of whom later became prominent citizens in the colony - Laurence Eliot became Colonial Secretary, John Forrest - the first Premier of the state, Alexander Forrest - an early Mayor of Perth and Stephen Parker, the Chief Justice of Western Australia. WELCOME TO HALE SCHOOL But the economy of the colony remained in a perilous state and the Bishop’s Collegiate School was finally forced to close in 1872. The Located in the suburb of Wembley Downs, the current campus is school, however, did not come to an end. Mr E.W. (“Paddy”) Haynes, situated on a magnificent 48 hectare site, approximately 13 kilometres to on his own initiative and in co-operation with the Governors, carried on the north-west of Perth and two kilometres from the coast. operating the school under the same name. Hale School is an Anglican day and boarding school offering primary Under an Act of Parliament in 1876 the school was re-constituted with a and secondary education through to Year 12. Whilst day boys are new name, The High School. When it began operations on 1 March 1878, accepted from Year 1 to Year 12, boarding opportunities exist from Year Paddy Haynes walked his 14 pupils across the road to the new school. 7 to Year 12. The school moved to Pensioners Barracks as a temporary measure We aim to engage our boys in a broad, well-balanced education, in 1880 and across to the Imperial Military Hospital in George Street within a Christian environment. The boys are encouraged to involve several years later. Charles Faulkner, a graduate of Trinity College, themselves enthusiastically and wholeheartedly in the wide range of Cambridge, arrived from Christchurch, New Zealand to take up the post activities that are available as they seek to make the most of many of Headmaster of The High School in September 1890. It was to prove opportunities on offer. a fortunate appointment in a critical phase of the struggling school’s evolution. When he took up the reins, only 24 boys were on the roll but At Hale School, a very high proportion of our boys progress to his arrival, fortuitously, coincided with the inland gold discoveries and its universities and other tertiary institutions; however, the School consequent influx of population and economic stimulation. recognises that academic abilities can differ widely. Our strong belief is that all boys benefit from being encouraged and challenged to achieve By 1914 the George Street site had proven inadequate and the to their full potential, both within and outside the classroom. Hale School foundation stone was laid for new purpose-built school premises in is committed to meeting the contemporary needs of our current and Havelock Street. The next Headmaster of The High School, Mathew future students and preparing them for the world of tomorrow. We aim to Wilson, reported at the end of 1920 that for the first time the enrolments provide opportunities at all learning levels for developing the character at the school had exceeded 300. of boys through their participation in a wide range of educational experiences. 4 Welcome to Hale School At the annual meeting of the Old Boys’ Association in 1923, T.A.L. changed to Tregonning (named after Dr Ken Tregonning, Headmaster (“Taddy”) Davy moved that the name of The High School be changed 1967-1988) and in 1990 two new day houses were added, Havelock and to Hale School. It was to take another six years before the name Hale St Georges, to commemorate former school sites. School came into being. Mr John Inverarity was appointed Headmaster in 1989. During his The shortage of playing fields and the increasingly inadequate facilities tenure, significant advancements were made in the cultural and at Havelock Street influenced Chairman of the Board, W.L. (“Bill”) Brine technological aspects of the school's curriculum. The Peter Wright and Headmaster Dr Arnold Buntine to search for a more suitable site. Technology Centre was completed in 1994, taking Hale School to Eventually they purchased 198 acres in the Tuart gum bushland known the forefront of Australian education in that area of study. In 2002 the at that time as Herdsman’s Lake. The shift to what became known as magnificent John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre opened its doors to Wembley Downs, however, was thwarted by the outbreak of World War II. a new generation of drama and music students. The foundation stone for the new site at Wembley Downs was laid in Under the current Headmaster, Mr Stuart Meade, Hale School continues 1958, the centenary of the school’s tenuous beginnings. Tuition began at its outstanding record in all fields of endeavour - in the arts, the sciences, the commencement of 1961, with the first lesson being given to Year 1 on the sporting field, in the laboratories and on the stage. We look pupils by Miss Doris Green who had been a staff member for 35 years. forward to the coming decades with a confidence that the young men graduating from our institution in the future will continue the rich example The new house system was implemented at Wembley Downs (Buntine, set by the many who have already built a profound heritage, leaving an Faulkner, Haynes, Loton, Parry, Riley, Stirling and Wilson), most of them indelible ‘footprint’ as leaders in the affairs of this state and the country. named after prominent Old Boys or past Headmasters. Stirling was later Welcome to Hale School 5 The Headmaster, Mr Stuart Meade, WELCOME FROM THE HEADMASTER was born in New South Wales. He was educated at The Scots College, Sydney, where he was a School Prefect, vice- The vision of Hale School is to “provide opportunities for every boy to excel”. This captain of cricket and a member of is a big statement but one we take seriously as we strive to engage, challenge and the 1st XV rugby team. He completed a celebrate with each and every boy who walks through our doors. The test of a good Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of NSW, majoring in Geography and school is whether the Vision and Values espoused in its documentation are part of Economics, a Diploma of Education and a the day to day experiences of each student. A school day for any student consists Masters of Education degree. of dozens of human interactions, meetings between teacher and pupil, boys of the Prior to his appointment as Headmaster same age, older and younger boys, between close friends and those who know of Hale School, Mr Meade was Deputy little of each other. These daily interactions should ideally be positive, stimulating, Headmaster at Cranbrook School in Sydney from 1997 to 2002. His earlier challenging, mutually respectful and enjoyable. appointments included the role of Deputy Headmaster at Newcastle Grammar I urge you to read this handbook carefully as roots and wings.