CODE OF DISCIPLINE - Effective: September 2007

HOMEWORK JOURNAL / SCHOOL DIARY:

The Homework Journal / School Diary is designed to:

(a) monitor the student’s attendance and punctuality
(b) monitor the day-to-day behaviour of each student
(c) provide a number of permission forms which require the signature of the student’s parents/guardians
(d) provide journal to organise homework on a daily basis

Each student must have a special Journal / Diary to record homework given and work done. In addition, staff members may record the student’s progress (or lack of it), breaches of discipline and any other information parents should be aware of. Parents should also use the journal to explain student absences, lateness and requests for a student to leave school during school hours. Parents should sign the diary every night as well as providing sample signatures on the front page.

The purpose of the diary is to monitor academic progress as well as ensuring constant communication between school and home. The Class Tutor will check the diary each day. Loss of the diary or persistent failure to present a signed diary will be considered a serious offence as will the defacement of a diary by graffiti etc.

In such circumstances a student will be requested to report the matter to his / her Class Tutor and purchase a replacement one at a price which will include a penalty fee. Additional sanctions may be imposed in cases where a diary is lost or has to be replaced. The College reserves the right to admit to school a student who fails to produce a school diary in every class.

Each student is required to have his/her School Diary with them in all classes. In order to facilitate entries in the “Absence Record” or “Permission to Leave School” sections and to facilitate parents checking the diary, it is essential that students bring the diary home each evening.

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