Some Examples of Disciplinary Measures

Middle and Senior Schools

Record Book Comments

These can be either positive or negative about student attitudes and behaviour or class work.

Merits

Merits are formal recognition of good class work or actions by students in Years 7-9.

Demerits

Demerits are issued to students in Years 7-9 for failure to reform their behaviour, complete required work, fulfil a minor imposition or take heed of warnings.

Detentions

Detentions are issued to students in Years 7-12 for failing to modify behaviour, complete required work or for specific breaches of their responsibilities. They may be a One-Hour Detention to be served on a week day afternoon, or a Three-Hour Detention to be served on a Saturday morning for more serious misconduct.

Suspension

For serious misconduct, a student may be issued a Suspension.

During a Suspension, the student is not permitted to attend classes, train or play with his team or attend other School activities.

Probation

For Serious Misconduct resulting in the sanction of a Suspension, a student may also be placed on Probation. During the Probation period the student’s enrolment is conditional and his behaviour and engagement is monitored by periodic reviews over the term of the Probation period.

A student who is on Probation may not apply for any overseas or interstate Tours and may not attend any overseas or interstate Tours.

Expulsion

Students are likely to be expelled from the School if they bring illicit drugs on campus and continue to engage in behaviour or serious misconduct.

Exclusion

Exclusion is the act of preventing a student’s admission to a number of schools. The Headmaster or his delegate may recommend to other schools that a particular student be excluded if he is a risk to the safety and wellbeing of other students or staff. The School will pass on relevant information to other schools under the provision of Chapter 16A Exchange of Information – Children & Young Persons (Care & Protection) Act 1998, so that risk assessments can be formulated by potential future schools when making enrolment decisions.

Preparatory and Junior Schools

Like the Middle and Senior Schools, Preparatory and Junior Schools have consequences for rule-breaking behaviours. Details of these vary in relation to the developmental stages of students, individual needs and individual circumstances. Sanctions for rule-breaking behaviours include: loss of privileges, time out/class detentions, in-class exclusion from specific activities, internal suspension from class and external suspension. Expulsion is used only when other interventions have failed or in the event of behaviour deemed to be extremely serious.