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Warlingham School 'A' & Sixth Form College.
[Audio] Being punctual is a personal attribute, a quality that is important in so many ways. Being punctual demonstrates respect, respect for your classmates, respect for your teachers and respect for yourself, but also respect for your learning. Punctuality is an attribute that alongside attendance that is always asked about by future employers, every reference request we get whether it is for sixth form, an alternative college or an employer asks for information about your attendance and punctuality, they will look for people that take pride in their punctuality. Punctuality also has a huge impact on learning, we will look at the impact on lost time in a moment but we should also be aware of the impact that being late has on our readiness or ability to engage with new learning..
[Audio] We begin our lessons with daily review, this is an important component of learning. It helps strengthen the connections of the material already learnt and prepares you for building new learning. If you are late to lessons, this important phase of the lesson is missed or interrupted, making new learning more difficult. In the long term the evidence is very clear, students that have good attendance and punctuality achieve positive outcomes in their exams..
[Audio] We can see that our punctuality to school and to lessons is important. Therefore, there are rules and sanctions in place to support these aspects of school life. If you arrive to school after 8 thirty five you will need to sign in at the gate and again at pupil services. Students arriving late to school will be issued a detention. At the end of lessons teachers will dismiss you when the school bell sounds, you are expected to move quickly to your next lesson, not stopping to meet with friends, you are expected to arrive at your next lesson before the second bell. At the end of break and lunch you should move promptly to you next lesson just before or as the first bell rings, by the time of the second bell you should be in your lesson. Teachers will set detentions for lateness, and persistent lateness will receive further sanctions and communications home..
[Audio] Repeated lateness soon adds up, it results in lost learning time for you and disruption to your classmates. Being late a few minutes every lesson adds up to 25 minutes in a day, 125 minutes or two hours in a week, across a whole school year being 5 minutes late adds up to 79 hours of lost learning, that's the equivalent to missing three weeks of school..