Relief Teachers

 Information for casual relief staff

Welcome to Curtin Primary School.

We hope this information helps to make your teaching experience with us enjoyable. When ever possible, it is suggested you make contact with the class teacher to discuss an appropriate program.

On Arrival

Try to arrive at school by 8.30am.

Any photocopying should be left in the tray in the print room, with instructions attached. Send a student to collect any copies from 9.20 am onwards.

Check whether you have playground duties for the day. The roster is posted in the staffroom and in the print room. Also check the ‘Daily Happenings’ board in the staffroom.

The bell will ring at 8.55am. Your students will be waiting for you to collect them from outside (unless it is raining, when they make their way into class on arrival at school).

In the Classroom

Review the class rules.

Indicate your expectations.

Read any notes addressed to the teacher and leave these in the roll. Any envelopes containing excursion information should be sent, unopened, to the Office Manager, in the pouch provided.

Mark the roll for morning attendance.

Ensure that lunch orders are collected and sent to the canteen, which is open every day.

Wherever possible try to follow the class timetable, which should be displayed in the room.

Use ‘time out’ in the classroom for any disruptive students. Students who continue to be disruptive should be sent to an agreed upon time-out area in another classroom. If disruptive behaviour continues, please send the student to the Executive Teacher in charge of that area of the school. In extreme cases, students can be sent to the front office, to the Deputy or to the Principal.

In the Playground

Areas for supervision include the junior playground, the senior playground, the courtyards, the canteen, the oval and the library. (The last four are lunchtime only.)

Recess 10.30am –11.00am

Senior playground duty. Children are not allowed access to the oval at recess. All food should be eaten on the hard surfaces (concrete or asphalt).

Junior playground. As above. Students will ask permission to go to the toilets before entering the building.

Lunchtime. 12.30 – 1.30pm.

Class teacher duty. 12.30 – 12.45 pm.
Each class teacher stays with their class for the first 15 minutes of lunch time.

At 12.45pm, having placed their rubbish in the bins and their lunchboxes in their class basket, students are dismissed, and walk quietly through the building to the playground. One teacher accompanies the students through to the playground, until 1.00pm. In the junior playground, there is one teacher on duty. In the senior playground, one teacher supervises the basketball courts, the climbing equipment and the handball courts. Another teacher supervises the oval.

Canteen Duty. 12.45 – 1.00 pm. Students should wait quietly in lines until they have been served by the canteen staff and volunteers. As soon as they have made their purchase, they should proceed to the outside playgrounds.

Sports equipment. In the senior school, each class has a set of equipment they can take to the playground. In the junior school, equipment is provided at the discretion of the teachers. Some senior students may be present on the junior playground, refereeing soccer and helping with skill development.

Sunsmart Policy. All students and staff are required to wear broad brimmed or legionnaires caps in the playground. Otherwise, they must stay in the shade.

Toilets. Children wishing to enter the building to go to the toilet must ask permission first.

Second Half Lunch Duty. 1.07 – 1.30pm

Please be punctual.

Library. At 1.00pm, the teacher on duty collects any senior students who will be waiting near the canteen steps. Junior students will ask the teacher in the junior playground for permission to go to the library. Children may play quiet games, read, research, complete work or just relax. Book borrowing and internet access on computers is not allowed. At 1.20pm, students should tidy up the library and return to the playground.

Outside Duty. Teachers should be vigilant in moving around their designated area of supervision, monitoring behaviour, litter and traffic to and from the toilets.

Out-of-bounds Behaviour. Use ‘timeout’ on the playground, or for more serious offences, send the child, accompanied by one or two others, to an executive member of staff. In case of emergency, send a child to the staffroom for help, do not leave the playground unsupervised.

Oval Duty. Students playing on the oval need a few minutes notice before the bell rings at 1.30pm, so they can finish playing and reach the assembly area on time.

At the end of the lunch break, children should make their way to the outside assembly areas, and wait for their teachers to collect them. You should stay on duty until all children have been collected.

Afternoon Session

• Mark the roll after lunch.
• Monitors should collect lunch baskets from the courtyards.
• Ensure the classroom is tidy at the end of the day.
• The Newsletter is given out on Wednesday afternoons, to the youngest child if more than one attends the school.
• Do not dismiss children before 3.00pm.
• Children attending After School Care should make their way promptly to the Hall.

Before You Leave

• Please leave any helpful information for the teacher and ensure work collected and completed has been marked.
• Remember to complete your pay claim.
• Report any concerns or successes to the casual relief coordinator.

Curtin School Expectations

That we will be

• Caring
• Courteous
• Co-operative
• Considerate

Behaviour Management Consequences

• Rule reminder
• Moved away from the group
• Time out in own classroom
• Timeout in another classroom
• Sent to the Front Office to Deputy or Principal
• Parents contacted