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About ḰELSET Elementary School

The ḰELSET Pod

At ḰELSET School, our overall goal is "Success for Each Student". We want everyone in our school community to feel cared for, connected, capable and appropriately challenged.

Our School Plan

Setting goals is an important part of school planning.  Please find our detailed school plan here.

Our Beliefs

At KELSET we are... ORCAS

Open minded

We are open to new experiences and ideas

Respect

We know and demonstrate the school and community expectations

Compassion

We care for ourselves, each other and our school

Attitude

We stay regulated, we do our best and we are courteous

Safe

We ensure the health an well-being of others

 

 

Open Minded

Respect

Compassion

Attitude

Safe

Classroom

-Try new things, even if they seem hard at first
-Listen to ideas of others
-Follow the group plan
-Learn new things
-Listen to the teacher and follow instructions
-One person speaks at a time
-Listen to others
-Allow others to learn by regulating your behaviour
-Be supportive of your classmates
-Help others when they struggle
-Be inclusive
-Contribute to a positive class climate
-do your best work
-Ask good questions, share ideas
-Be organized, finish your work
-Take breaks but return back to your work
-Walk at all times
-Solve problems in a peaceful manner
-Use classroom materials in an appropriate manner
-Sit on chairs

Lunch

-Try new foods and snacks
-Include others in lunch conversation
-Use a quiet voice
-Eat at your desk
-Demonstrate good table manners
-Clean up after yourself
-Listen to lunch monitors
- Help others if they spill
- Help others if they need it
- Use kind words
-Be polite
-Eat mindfully
-follow lunch rules
-say thank you to the server staff
-wash your hands
-stay seated
-first chew, then talk
-eat your own lunch

Washroom

-take bathroom breaks at appropriate times -Use quiet voice
-Flush
-Wash up with soap/dry hands
-Leave
-Mind your own business unless someone needs help -Follow expected behaviors
-return back to class quickly
-Walk
-Report problems (spills, garbage)
-Keep feet off the toilet

Playground and Field

-Try new games and activities
-Be flexible
-Invite new friends to join
-Keep hands and feet to yourself
-Use your manners
-Take care of our Earth and living things
-Bring equipment back into the school
-Take turns
-Look out for others
-Play fair
-Include others
-Stand up for others
-Show sportsmanship in games
-Use problem-solving strategies
-Make positive choices
-Get adult help if needed
-Be active
-Stay in boundaries
-Seek adult support when you see something unsafe

Gym

-Try new games
-Learn new skills
-Be flexible with new rules
-Put things away properly
-Enter and exit the gym quietly
-Follow rules and boundaries
-Take turns
-Look out for others
-Play fair
-Include others
-Stand up for others
-Show sportsmanship in games
-Celebrate success
-Cheer on others
-Try new things
-Be persistent
-Move with awareness of surroundings
-Wear proper shoes
-Adults only in the equipment room

Hallway

-Take a moment to appreciate all the beautiful art
-Ignore distractions
-Give people space when they are working
-Use quiet voices in the hallways at all times
-Keep hands/body to yourself
-Hold balls and equipment at all times
-Hold doors for others
-Be aware of others (personal space)
-Be mindful of noise while others are learning
-Follow the expected behaviours
-Demonstrate walking quietly
through hallways
-Smile and wave
-Always walk
-Stay to the right
-Stay in a single file
-Use assigned exit and entrance routes

Bus

-Sit in seat assigned by bus driver
-sit with a new friend
-use a quiet voice
-respectful language
-listen to driver
-offer the window seat
-kind words
-be an upstander
-stand in the bus line quietly
-say hello to the driver
-no food or drink on bus
-stay in seat
-hands to self
-pay attention to safety rules