PE Policies

PE DEPARTMENT VALUABLES POLICY

It has been our policy that students are instructed not to leave valuable items unattended in the PE changing room(s), and to place such belongings in the secure box provided by PE staff, which is subsequently locked away.

• Students are encouraged to purchase a PE valuables bag from the Student Services (priced at 25p), as part of their school PE uniform requirements. The bag has a zip enabling it to be sealed, together with a label on the front for students to clearly mark their name and form. Students will be expected to seal all appropriate items in their PE valuable’s bag before placing it in the secure box prior to an activity.

• Students will not themselves be able to retrieve their valuables from the box at the end of an activity, but are expected to wait to receive their valuables in person from a member of staff.

Please note the PE department will not take responsibility for missing items when they were:

Left in the changing rooms during the lesson. All students have been informed of the procedures during the first lesson of the academic year by the HOD, and continually throughout the year by their subject teacher.

• All staff members are required to lock the change rooms during the lesson. Do not allow students to enter the change rooms by themselves during the lesson. For all first aid requirements, depending on the severity, a student (preferably a non-doer) should accompany the injured student to Student Services or a First Aider should be called.

• Change rooms are to be monitored during the start and the end of a lesson.

DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOUR POLICY
The PE Department Discipline and Behaviour Policy works alongside the Academies policy with the belief that ‘good behaviour creates a climate where effective learning can take place’. 
AIMS:

• To maintain a safe, orderly learning environment.
• To encourage students to work together safely.
• To teach students to be courteous and co-operative to members of staff and their peers.
• Encourage good behaviour and respect for others and, in particular, prevent all forms of bullying among pupils.
• Secures a standard of acceptable behaviour where pupils are encouraged to uphold the school ethos of honesty, respect and care for each other.
• Embed moral values and creates a fair and realistic regard for right and wrong.

 

BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

It is advised that it would be both difficult and inadvisable to give hard and fast procedures for dealing with inappropriate student behaviour, as every situation is different. Below are procedures that should be taken to insure appropriate behaviour expectations are met during lesson time (it is essential that as a department we are consistent in our response to inappropriate student behaviour):

• Where students are involved in minor misdemeanours e.g. not listening to instructions; the teacher should speak informally to the student in order to correct the situation instantly.

Where a student persistently misbehaves, a teacher should use the following as appropriate:

• Issue a formal warning.

• Cool-down time. This could be standing at the end of the sports hall for 3 or 4 minutes so the student can think about what they have done wrong. The teacher would then try and rectify the situation. If successful and the teacher is happy with the student’s response then re-integration into the lesson would take place (this could be done by changing groups if necessary).

 

• Use breaks and/or lunch times for detention. It is not advisable to give whole class detentions as this alienates students who are obeying Department rules. This should be recorded in the teacher Department Detention folder (located in PE office).

• Issue a formal after-hours detention (parents must be given 24 hours notice), give community service, which is appropriate to the offence. This must be recorded on SIMS and the HOD made aware. If an after-school detention is awarded parents are either contacted by phone or an after-school detention form is completed (available in PE office and in shared area) by the teacher assigning the detention. This form must be signed by the student’s parents/guardian and returned to the staff member involved before or on the day of the after-school detention. Parents who do not wish their child to do detentions after Academy should be aware of the fact that they place their child at risk of an exclusion

 

• Persistent subject issues should be referred, in the first instance, to the HOD. If the problem continues then the student will either work with another teacher for a period of time or be internally isolated within the Department (i.e. isolated from normal PE lessons and given other tasks to complete). The isolation period will be determined by the HOD and involve input from DOL, Student Managers and the Line Manager. Parents/Guardians will be informed of this decision by phone and/or letter (refer to isolation letter). Students will be required to complete a 4W form before re-integrating into PE lessons.

• Further behaviour problems will require consultation with parents and be referred to SLT and DOL and sanctions will be determined by them.

 

• For serious misdemeanours/cause for concern, a referral should be passed to the HOD in the first instance, and a referral should be passed to the Student Manager/Director of Learning. A serious misdemeanor would include incidents such as; swearing at a member of staff, consistent rudeness and disrespectfulness towards students and staff, consistent mid-high levels of misbehavior. This type of behavior would warrant at least stage 4 of the above procedures but will be determined by the HOD.

• Where an incident is considered to be of an extremely serious nature, or is part of a developing pattern, the HOD should refer to the Department Line Manager where the course of action will be determined in the light of the written evidence presented.

 

• Any incident of racial abuse must be referred directly to a Deputy Headteacher and/or Line Manager who will investigate such incidents and ensure that the legal requirements to record and report incidents of racial abuse are fulfilled.

REWARDS FOR MEETING BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS
The following reinforcement of positive behaviour should be applied where possible:

• Frequent verbal praise.
• Stickers and merits.
• Positive written comments in the student planner.
• Letter home (sent by the subject teacher)
• Praise in assembly to acknowledge good class behaviour.
• Congratulation certificates to be sent home.
• Positive comments made regarding good behaviour in individual subject reports.