By: Yasmin Angullia

For: All

Date: NA

Deadline: NA

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Dear Colleagues,

As we embark on our last leg of the school term for 2021, you would know that we will continue to face many difficult situations and challenges ahead.

In terms of Discipline, we will continue to pull our resources together, as a school, to support our children. The Tier 3 (select group of high needs) cases have reduced in number and are being supported by the CMT team as well as the FTs/ Subject teachers, Counsellors and Discipline members. A big thank you to all staff for supporting these boys tirelessly.

Moving forward, my focus this term for Discipline is really to look at the Tier 1 children (the main student body) in terms of the tone setting in class and the expectations set in their daily routines.

Reports in our Discipline portal show an increasing number of boys who are persistently disruptive, not doing work and defiant. Our biggest areas of concern are in the following categories:

1. Highly disruptive in class;

2. Defiant to teachers and challenging them;

3. Non-submission of homework / schoolwork;

4. Bullying in the form of name calling;

5. Use of inappropriate language; and

6. Bringing prohibited/ weapon-like items which are further distractions and dangerous to themselves and others.

Please continue the discipline reporting for discipline cases as we do not condone acts that impede the teaching and learning in classrooms. We will take them to task if repeated reminders and engagement with parents have been carried out and support has been given.

At a glance, the cases reported in Term 3 is shown in the attached slides.

You will notice more offences are being committed in the upper primary pertaining to misbehaviour in classrooms, disruptions and defiance. Many also do not hand in work and not taking their learning seriously. We will have to establish underlying reasons and provide the necessary and appropriate intervention for them. Do approach Discipline Comm or YHs to have further discussions if you feel more needs to be done for such boys. Consequences would not be the means to an end for the boys if they have other home or personal challenges.

Do ensure our morning routines are adhered to within your class:

1. Tokens – all students to have their token with them;

2. Attire – to look smart and sharp at all times with proper white socks, shoes and name-tags;

3. Masks – must be worn at all times;

4. Greet – a culture of greeting one another, including peers and staff;

5. Temperature – to have a working thermometer and have their temperature recorded daily;

6. Reading – to read and enjoy that few minutes of self-learn, enriching their knowledge and growth;

7. Seated – fixed seating and no inter-mingling;

Do feel free to approach me or the Disc Reps if you need any help. Enjoy the good tips below:

https://principalsdesk.org/2017/02/02/5-ways-to-decrease-disciplinary-issues-in-the-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR1bsHEpJwGG15h2lMrgXCvUvGZJJkqR7iEPjFxbRw7Vevt0coNruvcsqbY

Have a good term ahead! Jia you!

Yasmin