Code of Conduct
Chimney Hill Elementary School Code of Conduct 2024-2025
Chimney Hill Elementary School strives to provide a safe and caring environment that fosters the individual and diverse learning needs of all students.
At Chimney Hill Elementary School, staff work with students to develop and maintain the skills necessary to create a welcoming and safe school environment free of:
- Bullying, cyberbullying, harassment, threats, intimidation, verbal or written abuse, racism, homophobia,
- Discrimination based on skin colour, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, culture, and other forms of discrimination of any kind.
- Any form of violence
- Theft
- Vandalism
Safe and caring school environments do not tolerate the presence of:
- Intoxicating or banned substances.
- Weapons (or replica weapons, including at Hallowe’en) and explosives; and
- Intruders or trespassers.
At Chimney Hill we believe in restorative practices that help students to understand the consequences of their inappropriate and or harmful behaviour. Consequences for hurtful behaviour are very individual and involve careful consideration of age, maturity and ability level. We work through problems with our students, aim to get to a place of sincere apology and accepting responsibility for their actions.
We support students with education and opportunity for growth. We continue to wrap around our students with support from teachers, counsellor, child care workers, Principal and Vice Principal. We believe that with this support we are teaching our students how to be responsible, caring individuals.
We know that problems occur and conflict happens. We teach our students that the only behaviour they can control is their own. We always have a choice in how to respond to conflict. It is our goal to teach all of our students, strategies to resolve conflict in peaceful ways.
If extreme or repeated offences occur, the school team will consider suspension. This will involve parents and great attention to privacy will be given.
