Parents Handbook

Weekends, Exeat week-ends, End of Term and Half-Term Holidays At weekends, for weekly boarders the boarding house will close at 1.00 pm on Saturday and re-open at 7.00 pm on Sunday. Boarders are expected to have returned to the house by 9.30 pm on Sunday. There will be one Exeat per term, when the boarding house will be closed for all boarders from Friday 7:00 pm until either Sunday or Monday 7:00 pm. Dates for Exeat will be set and confirmed at the beginning of each academic year. Boarders are expected to return to the boarding house no earlier than 7:00 pm on the evening before the start of each half term/term and are expected to leave the boarding house no later than 7.00 pm on the last day of each half term/term. (Times for end of term may be earlier) Parents of boarders who are travelling to and from overseas should ensure they make appropriate arrangements to comply with the boarding opening/closing times and confirm arrangements via email to boarding@rgshw.com. Pocket Money A pocket money account is available. Boarders are strongly advised not to keep large sums of money on the premises but to hand such monies to the Academic Housemaster for safe keeping. Loss of money cannot be made good by the boarding staff or the School. Cheques for the pocket money account should be made payable to “Fraser Youens Pocket Money Account”. It is also possible to pay into the account electronically – please contact the Academic Housemaster for details (gmg@rgshw.com ) Senior students are encouraged to organise their own accounts. Mobile Phones, Laptops, Games Consoles The school accepts no responsibility and has no insurance policy for loss of property from the boarding house. It is therefore strongly advised that boarders either keep their valuables under lock and key at all times or give them to a Housemaster for safe keeping. All mobile phones and tablets for Years 7-11 are collected 15 minutes before bedtimes and returned at breakfast. Digital Technology Guidance Internet access is available via the School filtered network. Boarders must be aware that if they have internet access via a phone or other device they must only visit age appropriate material. This responsibility lies solely with the parent and individual student. Our recommendation is that no boarder should spend longer than 2 hours using any form of digital technology outside of schoolwork. Boarders should not be accessing the internet using a VPN (Virtual Private Network); this is a clear breach of the school IT policy. All electrical appliances brought into boarding must be PAT tested.