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GREAT HOUSE

GREAT HOUSE

EXPECTATIONS

We strive to keep a happy House, where students of Please ensure you have sturdy cases for your iPad and phone
different backgrounds, cultures and countries can live side as they are expensive yet fragile.
by side in harmony. Everyone has something to offer and
we can all learn from each other. The aim is for you to leave HOUSE SNACKS
Millfield having furthered your progress and education Will be available in the House kitchen during break times and
and for Millfield to have played an important role in your in the afternoon after school or activities. Bread, spreads,
development. Millfield should be viewed as a significant fruit, hot and cold drinks etc will be available on a daily basis.
stepping-stone in your life. You are welcome to bring a snack from home if you wish and
the school tuckshop is open at break times. There is a School
We expect everyone to behave with the highest level of tuck shop and vending machines at the swimming pool and
manners, courtesy and respect to everyone that they in other locations, but please do not bring in more than £5
encounter – staff, parents, fellow students, juniors, local for snacks and be aware that we have limited change for
people in Street, taxi drivers, the maintenance and grounds vending machines.
staff, house managers and cleaners: everyone. Being positive,
enthusiastic and outgoing are qualities that we all look for. MEALS
All students will eat lunch at the same time from
In addition, we expect you to dress to the highest of 12:10-13:45 in the main dining hall. If students have sports
standards with top buttons done up, shirts tucked in, tidy or other commitments then coaches or teachers will arrange
hair and your shoes polished. These are great habits to have otherwise.
which will pay you dividends in the long term.
CLOTHES
PERSONAL HYGIENE IS IMPERATIVE Please ensure that you have all the recommended clothes
Whilst I am sure your parents will keep a close eye on this and sundries on the School list. These must all be clearly
it is worth reminding you that you should shower at least named with sewn on name tapes. Lost property found in
daily, clean your teeth twice a day and floss! Please keep House will be kept for the term in the house office. Any
your fingernails short and clean. Wash your hands before other lost property should be reclaimed from the School
every meal. We strongly encourage roll-on and non-aerosol shop.
deodorants in house.
ORDERLIES
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL These are domestic duties done by all on a rotational basis.
STUDENTS KNOW WHAT IS OKAY AND They consist of basic washing/drying/tidying up in the
WHAT IS NOT OKAY RIGHT FROM THE communal kitchen area, but are essential to the on-going
START… maintenance, optimum hygiene and general pleasantness of
All students are absolutely required to adhere to the School your living environment. They are also life skills which are
policies set out clearly on the school website - and, more best learnt young!
briefly, in the School calendar. It is essential that each child
and parent takes some time to look through these policies FIRE ALARMS
together in the holiday preceding their time at Millfield. These will be sounded on a regular basis so that you are
We will, of course, also have some house rules for you to all familiar with the emergency routine should the worst
follow. These House rules are designed mainly around the happen. Action plans/fire exit procedures and gathering
smooth running and efficiency of House life (like being at points will be made clear to you all from the outset. This
home but on a larger scale!) information will also be posted around the House.
HOUSE MEETINGS AND REGISTRATION OUT OF BOUNDS
These will be posted in the House and details given very The campus perimeters (and details therein) and other areas
clearly to you from the outset. accessible to all students will be made very clear to you from
the outset. These will also be displayed on notice boards
ELECTRONICS around the House. Anyone caught out of bounds will face
Including telephones, iPads, laptops etc – must be clearly sanctions.
named and are your responsibility in School. There is a
charging point for iPads and phones in the House office; SIGNING IN/OUT OF THE HOUSE
however, you should arrive at school each morning with The House is open from 8.00am each morning and students
your iPad fully charged. can return home after their final activity each day. Great
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