Home School Agreement

The School Will:

• Provide equal access to all pupils to a broad and balanced National Curriculum.
• Encourage pupils to do their best at all times.
• Encourage pupils to respect other children and adults who work and help in the school.
• Encourage pupils to respect their surroundings and the property of others.
• Inform parents of the progress of their child at regular intervals during the year.
• Inform parents of matters for praise or concern affecting their child’s work or behaviour.
• Inform parents about the broad aims for the teaching at the beginning of each term.
• Keep parents informed about school through regular communications.

The Parent(s) / Carer Will:

• Make sure their child arrives at school on time.
• Ensure that their child attends regularly and provide a note or message of explanation in the event of absence.
• Support the school’s expectations of acceptable behaviour within the school environment.
• Let the school know about any concerns or problems that might affect their child’s work or behaviour.
• Support the school’s policy of dress code for daily wear and for P.E. and games.
• Be expected to attend Parent evenings and pop-in times to discuss their child’s progress.
• Support their child when engaged in home learning.

The Pupil Will:

• Always abide by the school’s code of conduct.
• Always be polite, courteous and considerate to pupils and adults.
• Maintain the good name of the school by their actions and behaviour.
• Be punctual and attend regularly.
• Be dressed correctly in school uniform.
• Ensure that home learning activities are completed and returned to school or if advised use learning platform e.g Seesaw or Google Classroom.
• Work to the best of their ability.

Code of Conduct for Educational Visits

All children and young people taking part in any educational visit organised by Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn must:

• Be aware of the educational purpose of the visit and make every attempt to learn from the experience;

• They must also for their own safety and the safety of others in the group:

• Follow instructions of the visit leader and other members of staff including those at the venue of the visit;
• Dress and behave sensibly and responsibly;
• Look out for anything that might hurt or threaten anyone in the group and tell the visit leader or other member of staff about it;
• Take no unnecessary risks;
• If abroad, be sensitive to local codes and customs;
• Agree to follow the code of conduct for the duration of the visit.

REMEMBER

• Be attentive and listen to instructions;
• Be organised and careful with valuables and belongings;
• Be punctual for all meetings;
• Be polite and respectful to others;
• Be caring and considerate to your friends;
• Be helpful and co-operative to staff and organiser;
• Be aware of danger around you!

Be alert!
Be safe!
Behave and we’ll all be happy!

Thank you for your co-operation and support.