Choosing House Life the right subjects for GCSE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Your son/daughter will make initial GCSE choices in Health andso safety in ayear’s boarding house important and therefore you really must follow the February that next timetable can is beextremely blocked instructions which come from the College’s Health & Safety Committee. Please read the full guidelines and staffing planned. They will confirm their choices at which can be found in the College rules at the back of this booklet. the end of this term. There is the opportunity to add any supporting comments on both initial and final Main points are:forms if you feel particularly strongly option-choice the choices have been made. Once you the final • about Always switch that all appliances off when are not in your room. options form is submitted, the allocation of options
• will In be dorms one item may be plugged into each wall socket. madeonly based on the information supplied on • the In form. single rooms a power extension block can be used with no more than four outlets. made, the College reserves • Once Hairchoices dryershave andbeen straighteners must be plugged directly into a wall socket—they should be left on a the right to withdraw any courses for which there is hard surface, not your bed or the floor. insufficient demand. You may not bring in your own kettles, or TVs but you can bring computers, ipods, shavers We try to accommodate all subject choicestoasters within and hair equipment. the prescribed framework. However, subjects are sometimes oversubscribed and availability of staffing prevents additional classes. If this is the case, we will FIRE PROCEDURE contact you to discuss alternatives. On the following pages, you will find more information FIRE about each subject, as well as some useful advice from the Head of Careers If you discover a fire:and Higher Education, Sharon Allmark. These will help you when weighing up the various factors involved in making the most Inform a member of staff immediately appropriate choices.
If it is not safe to reach a member of staff, raise the alarm by shouting ‘FIRE’ or if you are near a red alarm box, break the glass and sound the alarm. Do not try to put out the fire yourself! Stephen Badger WHEN YOU HEAR THE&FIRE ALARM Deputy Head (Teaching Learning) Stop what you are doing immediately Leave the house quickly and quietly by the nearest fire exit and go to the assembly point which is in the car park outside the Hazelveare main entrance. 02 12
