Learners
Academy Rules
The Academy will fully subscribe to the outcomes outlined in Every Child Matters, which will now be referred to as Every Child Matters. Reflecting current college practice the Academy will develop a rigorous programme of tutorial learning focussing explicitly on each of the areas of Every Child Matters as a key element of promoting and developing healthy attitudes to life.
This will be developed taking into account ‘Every Child Matters’ and in consultation with community of learners and parents. All will then agree to the Behaviour Policy and adhere to this to ensure a healthy, friendly and productive environment to learn for all.
Sirius Academy will take a no non-sense approach to bullying.
- Sport and activity will be central to our learner entitlement and to our extended provision. Our approach to P.E. and sport will be inclusive, ensuring all learners can take pride and pleasure in being active. We recognise that for some young people sport is the key to feeling successful and that this is a powerful motivator for further learning.
- This is closely allied to being healthy which we interpret in its widest sense. Learners and staff will be encouraged to eat together and to eat healthily. As the nature of learning evolves and a more flexible school day emerges eating as a social activity will become increasingly important and may even merge into a ‘working lunch’ as learners mature in age.
- Our understanding of being healthy includes the concept of a healthy and happy mind as well as body. How students learn and the conditions in which they learn will actively contribute to their health and well being.
Respect for each other will be central to Academy life. Learners will be encouraged to work together at all times to promote a culture free from bullying and discrimination. The Academy organisation, a strong and articulate learner voice and an emphasis on how things are done, will support the development of a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment for all.
This is at the heart of our approach to learning and teaching and will drive all other aspects of Academy life. We will further enhance provision through vibrant extended learning opportunities, which will be available not only to young people but also to their families and the wider community.
Students will be expected to make a significant contribution to their own learning through participation in lesson design and to the Academy through active participation in management and governance. They will become responsible, reflective students who make a positive contribution not only to their own learning but to that of others.
We are determined that learners leave the Academy ready to play a full part in their community and in society. They will leave us highly employable, with high levels of achievement and perhaps, most importantly, high levels of confidence ready to fully engage in the world of work.
