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15. Attendance at CCAs. The extensive Co-Curricular Programme is an important part of a Malvern education. Staff take registers. If you cannot attend a scheduled CCA you must request permission from the staff member involved.
16. School rules apply when travelling to and from school and they may apply during Leave Outs, Half Terms and Holidays in some serious circumstances. Pupils should be aware that some serious misdemeanours (e.g. breaking the law) during school holidays may be dealt with by the College, especially if detrimental to College life.
17. Large sums of money should not be kept in House for obvious reasons. Cash pocket money up to £100 can be handed into the duty room for safe keeping. Sums above £100 should be paid into UK bank accounts at the earliest opportunity.
18. Breaking out of House. Houses are alarmed at night for the safety of everybody. Breaking out of House at night is dangerous and means that other people could potentially break into the House. This is treated extremely seriously by the College.
19. Tattoos (including ‘poke and stick’ kits). Pupils must not possess tattoo equipment or tattoo themselves or other pupils for obvious reasons. It is against UK law to give a tattoo to a person under the age of 18.
20. Road safety. Please be careful with road crossings and not walking in the road when walking to sport or going uptown. High visibility clothing is recommended for winter months especially when running or cycling etc.
Why are these rules and expectations in place?
• These rules are common sense and are underpinned by three main considerations:
• respect for other people
• protecting your own safety
• the law
These rules and expectations are continually reviewed and there are many appropriate channels for pupils to discuss any of these rules and expectations:
• Lower School Council
• Upper School Council
• Your HouseM and Head of Year
• Heads of House and Chapel Prefects (who meet regularly with the Headmaster and Senior Management Team).
Pupils are also reminded that there are plenty of people in College that they can go to for support and to discuss any concerns, no matter how small:
• Your House Pastoral team: HouseM, Deputy HouseM and House Assistants.
• Your tutor
• Head of Year and Deputy Heads of Year
• The Reverend Ibbotson, the School Chaplain
• Nurses and doctors in the School Medical Centre
• The school counsellor is Mrs Lucy Davies (lucy.davies@malverncollege.org.uk)
• Senior pupils e.g. Head of House team and Peer Mentors
• Mrs Angus (Senior Deputy Head) and Mr Faulkner (Deputy Head: Pastoral)
• A final important reminder that all pupils should know that Mrs Bijl and Mrs Brown are the Designated Safeguarding Leads and Mr Hilton and Mr Faulkner are the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
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