Lateness
Start of the School Day
The Chimes go at 8.25am, at this point students should make their way to mentor time from their school gardens (years 7, 8 & 9), from the Shoreham Port Hall for year 10 and the atrium for year 11.
A missed bus. Lost keys. The car won't start. Most people will have experienced being late for school or work or even a social engagement. Whilst it is accepted that everyone will be late once in a while, persistent lateness in a school can have a huge effect. The individual who is late will miss important information and may find it more difficult to catch up in lessons. It is not always just the individual that is affected but also the class that is disrupted on arrival of late students.
Please support us by getting your child to school on time.
Lessons
Lessons start at 8.30am. Students must be outside their mentor room, ready to enter the classroom for 8.30am start.
When students miss the beginning of lessons they may become frustrated because they are unclear as to the purpose of the lesson or may miss essential information such as homework.
Teachers have to stop teaching the whole class and turn their attention to the late individual to repeat the lesson objectives or other information that has been missed.
Teachers are encouraged to do their registers at the beginning of lessons during the starter activity so that learning can be uninterrupted.
If students are late the teacher has to re-open the electronic register to add the student's mark. This takes attention away from teaching the whole class.
If more than one student is late, the teacher may have to repeat the objectives and re-do the register more than once. Each time this happens it causes disruption to the whole class.