The Nower Hill Way

           At Nower Hill we are endeavouring to have a happy school where the students are nothing less than the most well-mannered,             most articulate, best behaved, hardest working, smartest and kindest students there can be. Here’s what we mean:

    Most Well-Mannered  We always:

• Say ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and ‘you’re welcome’;
• Say ‘Good morning’ and ‘Good afternoon’;
• Make eye contact and greet everyone with a friendly smile;
• Acknowledge a greeting and respond to it in a positive way;
• Keep to the left when moving around the school and follow the one-way system;
• Hold doors open for those immediately behind us;
• Use the bins and never drop litter;
• Are considerate of parents and other adults when leaving school in the afternoon, especially at the bus stop, allowing   members of the public on the bus first.

​Most Articulate We always:

• Avoid slang and swear words;
• Avoid any kind of derogatory or discriminatory language;
• Seek opportunities to extend our answers when answering questions;
• Think carefully about what we are about to say;
• Pronounce our words as they are meant to be pronounced;
• Avoid unnecessary ‘fillers’ such as ‘basically’, ‘like’, ‘erm’, ‘sort of’ or ‘kind of’.

Best Behaved  We always:

• Respect the possessions of others;
• Look after our school environment and treat it with respect;
• Queue sensibly, never pushing in ;
• Refrain from shouting;
• Follow instructions first time, every time
• Wait for the right place and right time to speak to staff
• Stay on task at all times in class;
• Take responsibility for ourselves and our actions;
• Seek help from a member of staff if something is going wrong;
• Move around the school in a calm, orderly and purposeful fashion.

     Hardest Working  We always:

• Are prepared to learn and help to create a positive learning environment;
• Take pride in everyone’s successes and achievements;
• Take risks with our learning and know that it can be good to make mistakes and learn from them;
• Concentrate and stay focused in class at all times;
• Complete our classwork and homework to the very best of our ability and meet deadlines;
• Revise thoroughly for any tests or examinations.
• Find time to participate in regular extra-curricular activities.

       Smartest  We always:

• Wear a clean, tidy uniform with clean black shoes – never trainers other than for PE;
• Take pride in how smart we look in our uniform, both in school and to and from school;
• Students who choose to wear skirts must wear the Henley skirt at knee length and no adjustments to skirts;
• Abide by all of the school uniform rules at all times.

       Kindest  We always:

• Treat each other the way we would like to be treated ourselves;
• Respect the feelings, beliefs and culture of others;
• Help each other when one of us needs a helping hand, an open ear or a shoulder to cry on;
• Apologise when we make poor judgements and forgive each other easily and quickly;
• Avoid talking about others unkindly or teasing others, either in person or online;
• Try and do a good deed every day.