Professionalism
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Being ready to learn
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We expect the highest standards of conduct from our students and we work with them to establish the 5 Ps of Professionalism:
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Punctual
Polite
Presentable
Positive
Prepared
Students created their own rules that they wanted to live by at School 21
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Instead of imposing school rules on the first children to start at School 21, we asked them to devise a set of rules that they could live by. This is what they came up with. These are the rules that they are held accountable for:
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Make everyone feel welcome.
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Look out for each other.
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Never discriminate against someone.
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Own up to things.
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Be true to your word.
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Show manners.
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Respect the environment, property and others.
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Show zero tolerance of bullying or unkindness.
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Always put in your best work and do your best in lessons.
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Not talk back to teachers.
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Persevere.
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Be ambassadors for School 21.
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These rules are up on every classroom door. School rules: designed by students. And every time one of those rules is broken, we hold the students to their own commitments.
Professionalism points
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At School 21, every student in secondary starts the week with 50 professionalism points. Students lose points for unprofessional behaviour – for lateness, for lack of homework, for disrupting the learning of other students – and cannot get them back again.
We celebrate the large number of students who retain all of their points throughout the week – and, every Monday, each student gets another chance to show their professionalism.
The Six Attributes
Eloquence
Grit
