House - Jane Austen

House Managers & House Staff

House Manager

Mr Chris Fellow – Jane Austen – Purple - Communicate

Timings of the Day 

Lunch Rooms

Lunch rooms are supervised by 6th form students and are available for any pupil from that house to eat there packed lunch in so that food is not eaten in corridors.

Worship and Assemblies

Worship occurs every morning across all four houses. Worship will take place in one of the two halls following the rota below and these will be supported and in some cases delivered by the Chaplin. When houses are not designated a hall space for worship they will meet with mentors in their clusters for the thought of the week. 

Fire Evacuation Procedures

FIRE / HAZARD EVACUATION PROCEDURE

• The Principal / Vice Principals / Members of Staff will ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that the rest of the building is vacated.

Equipment and Uniform

All young people at the Academy must follow the guidelines below taken from the whole school equipment and uniform policy.

Boys	Girls	All Young People
St. Aldhelm’s grey suit	St. Aldhelm’s grey suit – trousers or skirt	No vests or T shirts etc should be visible
St. Aldhelm’s tie	White open neck blouse	An outdoor coat can be worn to and from the Academy but must be removed indoors
White shirt	Black smart shoes – maximum heel height of 1”, no open backs	Have an appropriate school bag for their equipment and books; this should include a pen, pencil and ruler, calculator, pen drive and geometry set.
Black smart shoes – no trainers	St. Aldhelm’s tank top, V neck jumper or cardigan – optional
St. Aldhelm’s tank top, V neck jumper or cardigan - optional

Post 16

All post 16 young adults are expected to wear a smart suit, and appropriate footwear. 

PE Kit

All young people, including the 6th form, will be expected to wear the Academy’s PE kit.

• St. Aldhelm’s long sleeved top
• St. Aldhelm’s polo shirt
• St. Aldhelm’s tracksuit bottoms
• St. Aldhelm’s shorts, fleece and waterproof jacket – optional
• Trainers

Hairstyles

• Hairstyles must be suitable for the working environment.
• Hairstyles and colours should not be unusual (as considered by the  Academy), not less than a Grade 1 and not follow extreme fashion trends.
• Long hair must be tied back for practical lessons.
   

Make up

• If make up is worn it must be discrete and barely noticeable. Excessive make up will be removed

Jewellery

• A watch and a maximum of 2 small studs in each ear lobe are the only acceptable items
• No facial piercing to be worn, including retainers. Young people who choose to have facial piercings must accept that it is not the Academy’s responsibility if the piercing closes. This cannot be used as an excuse for wearing the facial piercing to school
• Other items of jewellery are considered health and safety risks and must not be worn. These items will be confiscated if worn and only returned to the parent/carers

Tattoos

• Tattoos must not be displayed and must be covered at all times

Mobile Phones

• Mobile phones and any other electronic items must not be turned on or used in the Academy grounds and buildings unless supervised by a member of staff within a learning setting

Bicycles

• All bicycles brought onto the Academy site must be chained inside the bike sheds provided. All young people are encouraged to wear safety helmets when cycling to the Academy

Cars, mopeds, scooters and motorbikes

• No young person is allowed to bring any of the above onto the Academy site without permission. Any young person who wishes to bring one of the above on site must submit an application for permission. (See App. A)
   

Learning Behaviour

The following information is taken from the Behaviour for Learning Policy. This is essential reading and must be followed at all time to ensure consistency.

At St. Aldhelm’s Academy we believe that good behaviour is essential for good learning and teaching to take place. We believe that each young person has the right to learn in an environment that is underpinned by the principles of Inclusion.

Learning should be fun. The teacher, when planning lessons, must take into consideration the learners’ learning style and any other additional needs or requirements they may have or need, to maximise their learning experience.

All young people will be supported to develop effective learning skills through the Academy’s ‘Learning 2 learn/Learning 2 think’ and ‘Individual Learning Mentoring’ programmes.

The fundamental principle underpinning this policy is unconditional respect. This combined with Rights, Responsibilities and Routines will produce good behaviour conducive to good learning.

Detentions and Sanctions

The following information is taken from the Behaviour for Learning Policy. This is essential reading and must be followed at all time to ensure consistency.

CONSEQUENCES OF UNDESIRED CLASSROOM BEHAVIOUR
There will be circumstances when behaviour will be unacceptable and a hierarchical structure of consequences needs to be applied.

Classroom rule reminder

• Opportunity 1 (to correct specified poor behaviour)
• Opportunity 2 (move the young  person to another seat or area of the work room/space)
• Opportunity 3 (young person sent to work in a separate room for the remainder of the lesson and issued with a class teacher detention. Parents should be given a minimum of 24hours notice. Staff should always send written confirmation of the detention. All detentions should be recorded in their planner. Failure to turn up to the detention should be referred to the Learning Zone Director)
• Informal chat with parent by class teacher
• Contact parent to have a formal meeting
• Request Learning Zone Director/House Manager intervention (temporary accommodating of the young person. Referral to the Student Focus Panel)
• Young person has a permanent change of teacher
• Student Support team intervention (Individual behaviour Plan, Pastoral Support Plan)
• Internal exclusion or Fixed Term exclusion

Young people who arrive to the academy without the correct uniform and/or equipment and without a valid reason (parent note) may be included in their House until parents/carers have been contacted to rectify the situation.

Rewards (taken from the rewards policy)

St. Aldhelm’s Academy aims to celebrate the successes of our students by actively promoting a fair system of rewards that motivates and recognises the achievements of our young people both within the Academy and beyond the classroom.

Teaching and Support Staff, together with young people, are encouraged to celebrate success in others and to recognise that achievement comes in many different forms.

We operate a House Point system within the Academy, clearly structured so young people can progress and at key points gain additional rewards by earning house points for their efforts.

To earn House Points, young people must meet one or all of the following effort criteria:

• Contribution and effort sustained within learning, including extra curricular activities
• Contribution and effort  sustained within learning - peer nomination through Student Voice
• Outstanding pieces of work
• Contribution to the Academy Community (ie Parents Evening, Open Evenings Student Voice etc)
• Displayed independent learning/initiative skills within learning
• Effort displayed regarding homework and research connected to learning
• Meeting or exceeding learning targets
• Exemplary behaviour encompassing uniform, equipment, citizenship and adult/peer relationships
   

Mentoring Guidance and clusters

Most members of staff will Mentor and will be given a group of young people who will become their mentee cluster. Mentoring is an assertive, target focussed and driven, evidence based conversation based on the young person’s progress. Young people should be given targets which are aspirational and achievable. Mentors will provide feedback to the young people on their progress. Ensure that each mentee understands the significance of the feedback. Ensure that information is being taken seriously. Praise pupils who are achieving and on target. Reject excuses. Seek solutions to underachievement and to remove barriers for learning. Be supportive but assertive in nature.

Mentors will keep a record of pupil progress on their ILPs and also record their progress onto e-portal.

House Challenge week

During the course of the year we run Challenge Weeks in the Academy. This is an opportunity for all of our Young People to represent their Houses in a variety of activities within different subject areas. Examples of such activities range from poetry competitions in English and rocket making in Science to dance and football tournaments in Physical Education. As such our Young People can express themselves individually and develop their learning in a competitive context whilst at the same time enjoy the benefits of representing a team (their House) and expanding their leadership and group work skills.

Prizes and rewards will be presented for individual and year group successes and these in turn will be collated as points on behalf of the whole House. These points will then be converted into rewards/money which will be spent on our Young People at the end of the school year in the form of trips and days out.

Breakfast club

Breakfast club occurs every morning from 7.30am and is open to any young person who wishes to attend. Fruit Juice, Cereal and toast is provided free of charge.

Extracurricular clubs

There are a number of different after school clubs which take place from Monday to Thursday evenings between 3.30 to 4.30 pm these will be changing on a termly basis.

Listed below are the clubs that are available for our young people: