GUIDE FOR PARENTS 
 

4. Expectations

School Rules
These are posted in each form room. They are incorporated on this site to give parents an understanding of the expectations of Dubai College.

Form Rooms
The pupils form room is the base for morning and afternoon registration. It is also used by the pupils during morning break and at lunch time, and contains a locker for storing books, P.E. Kit, etc. Use of the form room is restricted to form members only; use by non-members must be approved by the form teachers.
 

 


General Behaviour
Pupils of Dubai College are expected to follow normal standards of acceptable behaviour:
treat other people with courtesy and consideration
treat school buildings and all property with care
behave in a calm and orderly manner
Pupils are members of the school at all times. Throughout Dubai they represent, and are associated with Dubai College. Their behaviour should be such as to reflect only credit on themselves, the school and their families.

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Inside the Building Pupils Should
walk; not run
keep to the left in the corridors and on stairs
not use corridors and stairways as meeting places
keep form rooms and lockers clean and free from litter
treat furniture with respect, sit on chairs only, and always with the four legs on the ground
keep doors and windows closed when the air conditioning is on
use fire doors only in an emergency
go to lessons punctually and quietly

Outside the Buildings Pupils Should
keep to the paths, avoiding grass and sand, and where possible gravel
not play running games in the courtyard or on the pathways
hold doors open for visitors, staff and other pupils and always be ready to greet strangers with a cheerful “May I help you?”
 not have cassette players and radios in school with the exception of pupils in the Sixth Form. Sixth Formers must restrict their use to the study areas and ensure that the headphones employed are of a type which will exclude all noise-nuisance for other Sixth Formers in the study room

Information Technology / Computer and Internet Rules
Pupils have access to computers at the school in class time, as well as in the library during lunch, breaks and after school. 
 Pupils have access to the Internet primarily as a tool for learning and for researching information relevant to school work.
 No information is to be downloaded without the permission of a teacher
 The use of chat lines and sending personal e-mail is not permitted.
 Out of school, pupils should not use the Internet is a way which brings discredit to Dubai College
Copyright: the usual condition is that the source of downloaded material must be credited.
Floppy disks or memory sticks are not to be brought into school and used on the network in Years 7,8 and 9 unless a subject teacher has given the pupils permission.  Pupils in the G.C.S.E. and 'A' Level years may do so, but disks or memory sticks should be virus checked using the schools' security system before being used.
 
 

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