Every learner must act with respect towards and concern for:

• the bodies, feelings, property, and right to education, of other learners;
• the bodies, feelings, property, duty to educate, and authority, of the principal, deputy principal, teachers and support staff;
• the property, good name, and traditions, of the school.

Every learner must avoid doing anything that might harm his or her own body or education.
Every learner should strive always to be polite, friendly, conscientious, honest, peace-loving, and loyal.

To give effect to these guiding principles, the school has adopted rules setting out conduct that is prohibited (things that no learner may do), conduct that is required (things that every learner must do) and conduct that is desired (things that every learner should strive to do). To get learners to follow these rules the school has adopted measures to encourage and reward good conduct, and measures to correct and discourage misconduct. Primary responsibility for the implementation of these measures lies with the learner’s class teacher, the deputy-principal and the principal. However, teachers may be assisted by learner-leaders.

No learner may:

• bully or deliberately hurt another;
• steal or deliberately destroy or damage another’s property;
• spit at or verbally abuse another (such as by racially insulting or swearing at him or her);
• be absent from school without permission;
• be outside the school grounds during school hours without permission;
• be in the school building before school or during breaks without permission;
• be in the school passages unless he or she needs the toilet or is helping a teacher, or it is raining;
• be in the school’s reception area and foyer, unless with a teacher or with his or her parents;
• be in an area within the school grounds that is out of bounds without permission (for example, in the girls’ toilets if one is a boy, in the recycling area, or in the hall);
• be outside his or her class room during class time without permission (permission is indicated by the wearing of the appropriate badge);
• chew bubble gum on the school grounds;
• eat or drink in class without permission;
• talk in class when not permitted to do so, in assembly, or in lines after the second bell;
• miss a sports practice, sports match, or any event at which he or she is representing the school, without permission;
• cheat in a test or examination;
• bring a dangerous object to school;
• ride a bicycle on the school grounds (that includes the sports field); a learner who cycles to school must thus push his or her bicycle into and out of the school grounds;
• bring a skateboard, a scooter, or rollerblades to school;
• litter on the school grounds;
• challenge the principal’s, the deputy principal’s or a teacher’s authority.

Every learner must:

• be on time (learners are expected to be on campus by 07:50);
• be in line by the second bell;
• wear the correct, full school uniform;
• wear the correct, full sports uniform during practices and matches;
• copy his or her homework off the board into his or her homework book;
• complete his or her homework;
• ensure that his or her homework is, and tests are, signed;
• when in a passage, walk (not run) quietly and, if with others, in line on the left-hand side;
• leave the toilets clean after use (a learner must therefore flush after use and pick up toilet paper dropped on the floor);
• avoid eating in, or taking stationary into, the toilets;
• keep to his or her playing area;
• when playing a ball game, do so with a soft ball and away from windows;
• hand in valuable objects for safe keeping;
• respect, listen to, and obey the instructions of, the learner-leaders.

Every learner should strive always to:

• avoid using bad language;
• speak and listen politely to others;
• greet teachers, parents and visitors;
• be helpful to new learners and visitors;
• deal with problems by talking about them;
• tell the truth;
• pay attention in class;
• hand work in on time;
• look after his or her possessions (such as by marking all stationary and clothing);
• look after the school’s property;
• keep the school tidy;
• play fairly;
• act as a loyal ambassador for the school;
• support the school’s sports teams and players.

For good conduct, a learner:

• will receive encouraging verbal and written comments
• may be given a sticker, star, or stamp in his or her work book;
• may have work sent to the principal for a principal’s award sticker;
• may be issued a merit award;
• will, after receiving 10 merits, be presented with a merit certificate handed out at the weekly assembly; in addition, the learner’s name will appear in the weekly newsletter and points will be allocated to the learner’s house.

If a learner has excelled, his or her parents may receive a telephone call, known as a ‘Sunshine Call’, from the principal.

In order to correct less serious misconduct, a learner may be:

• given time out;
• required to write out lines;
• issued a demerit.

In order to correct serious misconduct, or persistent less serious misconduct, a learner may be:

• placed in detention;
• put on report;
• removed from class;
• required to do school service;
• suspended.

A learner who is issued a demerit is given a demerit slip which must be signed by his or her parent(s) and returned the next day.

A learner who is placed in detention is required to remain in a designated class room for a period of one hour for first time, and one-and-a-half hours for each consecutive detention, after school. The fact that a learner has been placed in detention will be recorded in the school’s detention register and in the learner’s personal file.

A learner who is put on report is issued with an ‘On Report Card’. Usually for a period of two weeks, the learner must get the On Report Card signed every morning by the deputy principal, every afternoon by his or her teacher, and every evening by his or her parent(s). The learner’s teacher will make notes about the learners’ behaviour and work on the On Report Card. The deputy principal and the learner’s teacher will check that the learner has obtained the necessary signatures.

A learner who is removed from class may not attend his or her class for a period of three days or longer. The learner is required to spend his or her school day at a desk either outside the principal's office or in another class. The learner must report to the deputy principal every morning. Work will be set for the learner, and will be monitored, by his or her teacher. The learner will spend his or her breaks away from other learners.

A learner who is required to do school service may be given a duty to perform within the school grounds and in line with the nature of the misconduct: for example sand-papering of desks, removing graffiti from walls, assisting at the recycling depot, picking up litter, weeding the garden, or sweeping.

A learner who is suspended is prohibited from attending the school for a maximum period of one week.

A learner will automatically be:

• placed in detention if he or she has received three demerits in one term or four demerits in two consecutive terms;
• put on report if he or she has been placed in detention twice in one term;
• removed from class if he or she has failed to obtain the necessary signatures on his or her On Report Card while on report.

However, the correctional measures, both for serious and less serious misconduct, are not necessarily consecutive. A learner may be given a demerit for less serious misconduct even though he or she has not previously been given time out, or made to write out lines, for that misconduct. Likewise, a learner may be required to do school service for serious misconduct even though he or she has not previously been placed in detention, put on report, or removed from class, for that misconduct.