Welcome to Aldhelmsted East 2021 by Sherborne Girls

WELCOME TO ALDHELMSTED EAST

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Welcome to Aldhelmsted East (East) We are so thrilled that you will be joining us in East, and hope you will be really happy here. It can sometimes be overwhelming when you arrive somewhere new. There is usually a lot to take in, and you may feel overloaded with information. The aim of this booklet is to tell you some of the key things to know about living in East. You can read it in your own time, and I hope it helps you settle in as quickly as possible. Remember, there is always a friendly face on hand to help you out if you are worried, lost, stuck, or just in need of some TLC. We hope you will find this information helpful, and we look forward to welcoming you to East! Mrs Miller Housemistress

Hoc tempus faciendum est ‘This is the time to do’ House Motto

Contents Important contact details 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. House ethos 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Family nests 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. The House staff 6 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Support in House and in the School 8 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. The Health Centre and medicine 10 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Who can I talk to? 12 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Meals 14 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. House routines 16 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Going out and welcoming visitors to the House 24 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Keeping personal items safe 27 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Day girls 28 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. House and School facilities 28 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. School Shop 32 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Hygiene 32 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Uniform expectations/dress 33 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. School facilities 35 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Use of mobiles and other personal electronic devices 35 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Sherborne Girls terminology 37 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Campus map 38 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Packing list 40 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. FAQ 41 ................................................................................................................................................................................................. Fire safety

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Important contact details House Mrs Miller (Housemistress) 01935 818226 / 07971 669041 d.miller@sherborne.com Matron/Evening Duty Staff House landline: 01935 818228 House mobile: 07808 775569 aldeast@sherborne.com School Mrs Briggs (Deputy Head, Pastoral and Designated Safeguarding Lead) 01935 818338 General SG Emergency Number 01935 818333 Please add these details to your phone. It is important that you can get in touch with your House and your Housemistress at all times. The House phone is answered by the Matron during the day, and the Tutor on duty in the evening.

House ethos • Everyone in East has the right to enjoy living and working in our community, and each individual should feel valued and proud to be in our House • It is important that we respect each other’s views and feelings • We should respect each person’s property, space and time • We should treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves • Everyone should try to set a good example • We need to care for each other, and our home • We need to think of East as being part of a bigger community • We should support each other, particularly when others feel unhappy, homesick or alone

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Family nests In East we have a ‘family nest’ system. These are made up of groups of seven or eight girls from various year groups. The idea is that you will get to know each other very well over the course of the year, and become a tight-knit support for each other. The eldest girls in each nest are the ‘mother hens’ and the youngest girls are the ‘eastlings’! You will sit together every Monday for lunch. All girls in family nests are with their shadows. Sometimes you will be asked to meet (often on a Friday morning if there is no hymn practice) as a family nest. These groups are a useful way of canvassing opinions on a variety of matters.

Everyone’s opinion is important. When we have House meetings the family nests are a great way of everyone having the opportunity to share their views. The mother hen in each nest will make notes, and give these to Mrs Miller. We can then change or improve things in East so that our systems work for everyone. There are notices displayed on the year group boards that let you know which family nest you belong to.

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The House staff There are several members of staff in East: Mrs Miller, Maria (Mrs Paolozzi), Michaela (Miss Lawrence), Mrs Hinks, Miss Mullis, Mr Melligan and Mrs Blewitt. You will get to know us all very well. Maria is our Day Matron, and she is here from 8.00am to 6.00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Wednesdays and Sundays are her days off, but on those days, we have Miss Lawrence as our Day Matron. Matron’s job is to look after the practical aspects of you living here. For example, she will make you appointments at the Health Centre or escort you to dental, orthodontist or hospital appointments. She organises train tickets and taxis for those of you who need them, and will liaise with your parents about your travel arrangements for exeats and the end of term. 6

Matron also checks to make sure that your rooms are tidy every day, and she will help you with laundry if you need assistance. Michaela is the Housekeeper (and Day Matron when Maria isn’t here). She has a day off on a Thursday, but other than that, she basically seems to be here all the time! Michaela knows everything, as she has worked in East for more than 30 years. Michaela helps to organise the domestic staff, as well as keeping our House clean and tidy. Mrs Hinks is the Assistant Housemistress, and she is on duty when Mrs Miller has her evenings off. Mrs Miller also has a day off once a week; Mrs Hinks is on duty for this 24 hour period.

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House staff are assisted by Miss Mullis who is our Resident Tutor and lives in East. Mrs Blewitt and Mr Melligan are Non-Resident Tutors. They are all on duty during various evenings each week. There is a staff-on-duty rota on each year group notice board around the House that lets you know who is on duty, when. Everyone is allocated a Tutor. Your Tutor will see you once a week and can come into the Boarding House and have lunch with you. They also will help you organise your school work and will answer any academic queries. They also meet regularly with Mrs Miller to discuss your progress.

Mrs Jenny Hinks, Assistant Housemistress

Support in House and in the School There are lots of people to talk to. All the House staff are here for you, and we are all good at giving hugs! New girls to the House are allocated a shadow. Please use your shadow as a useful source of information.

knock on their bedroom doors if you want to talk. We have three School Counsellors (Heddy, Lauenna and Veronica), who come into School to talk to girls. You can also speak to the Chaplain if you want a chat. The Chaplain can be found in the Ark in Main School.

In addition, the L6 girls are here to help you. The Head and Vice Head of House have both been appointed to these important roles as they really do care about the House and the girls who live here. They will listen to you and help you.

If you would like to speak to someone independent of School, then do look at the noticeboards, where there are lots of helpful telephone numbers on display.

We also have a team of L6 Supporters and Listeners. These girls have been trained and will offer a listening ear if you are worried about anything and you would prefer to speak to someone nearer your own age. Look on the noticeboards for information about our Supporters and Listeners. They all have a sign on their bedroom doors that says ‘Supporter and Listener’. Just

Dealing with homesickness For some of you, this may be your first time away from home, and you may not find the first few days easy. That’s okay. It doesn’t matter how old you are when you first move away from home, it is always tricky getting used to different routines and getting to know new people. The important thing to remember is that if you are feeling homesick, it will pass.

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However, you can make things a little easier for yourself if you follow the tips below: • Make sure you are not on your own. If you are feeling sad, then you are just going to make things worse if you isolate yourself • You will not be the only person struggling – lots of other girls will be, too. Look at the other girls around you and think, ‘If they can do it, then so can I’ • Remember: you will get over your homesickness, and in no time at all, East will feel like a second home • Try not to make contact with home unless you feel strong enough to handle it. Hearing Mum or Dad’s voice may set you off, so don’t phone unless you feel up to it • Don’t phone home just before bedtime. It’s the worst time of day to speak to parents, as you are likely to be feeling most wobbly at bedtime

• When you do speak to parents at home, talk about everything you have been doing. Avoid talking about how you are feeling, as this is likely to make you feel more emotional • Don’t encourage your parents to ‘pop in’ to see you. It just makes it harder in the long run • Don’t encourage your parents to keep texting you to ask how you are. Again, it just reminds you that you aren’t at home, and this may upset you • Come and get a hug from one of the members of staff on duty. We love hugs! • Keep yourself busy – don’t give yourself time to think about missing home

The Health Centre and medicine Dr Middle and Dr Thomas are our School Doctors, and all boarders are registered with them. One of the School Doctors comes to the Health Centre daily, from Monday to Friday at 8.00am, and you can easily get an appointment to see either of them if you need to. You can either make an appointment yourself by going to the Health Centre, or ask Matron and she will organise one for you. If you feel unwell, the House staff might suggest that you go to the Health Centre to see a nurse for advice (or we will phone from East to get advice). There is always a nurse on duty in the Health Centre. If you need to visit the Health Centre, we will issue you with a purple slip, which you need to hand in when you get there. Your teachers in Main School will also write a purple slip for 10

you if you feel unwell in a lesson, and need to go to see a nurse. If you want to see someone in the Health Centre but do not want anyone to know, there is a ‘drop-in’ session at the end of each school day. Just pop along and the nurse will be able to help you. You cannot keep any medicine or tablets in your room in East. All medicines are kept in the medicine cabinet in Matron’s office. If you need to take medicine regularly, this is usually done at breakfast time. The member of staff on duty will help to dispense medicines, and you will sign for them.

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Who can I talk to? Everybody has worries or problems at some time in their lives. Although there may be times when you do not want to talk about them, it is usually sensible and helpful to share and seek help in sorting them out. You could talk to one of the other girls in your year group or the older girls in House, such as your Head of House or Prefect. However, there are occasions when an adult may be more appropriate. There are a large number to choose from within School, as well as your parents, wider family and national helplines.

Childline* 0800 1111

Teachers

Matrons

Tutors

School Safeguarding Hotline 01935 818324 Safeguarding Officers Lead: Mrs Briggs Deputies: Mr McClary, Mrs Orton, Nurse Watson

*National organisations

Children’s Commissioner for England* 0800 5280731 www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk

Counsellors Mrs Heddy Smith 07970 843359 h.smith@sherborne.com Mrs Lauenna Luddington l.luddington@sherborne.com

Mrs Veronica Rosello v.rosello@sherborne.com

Chaplain Revd. Katie Windle chaplain@sherborne.com

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House parents

Tutors

Aroundthe-clock support Senior Staff

Tootoot

Learning Support v.collyer@sherborne.com

Doctors Dr Charlie Middle Dr Katie Thomas Contact via Health Centre

Samaritans* 116 123 jo@samaritans.org

Independent Listeners Mrs Pat Appleyard 07785 781777 Mrs Katharine Stringer 07850 937158

Nurses health@sherborne.com 07977 469663

All members of staff will be pleased to talk to you and try to help. If you need to see the Headmistress quickly, see her Personal Assistant, Mrs Horton. Members of staff will listen to you in confidence, but there may be times when they must ask your permission to tell someone what you have told them, if they think you or others are at serious risk of harm.

Meals All meals in House are compulsory. We always take a register, and we also use this as a roll call. Please be prompt to mealtimes (and absolutely no later than 10 minutes after the start of a mealtime). If you have specific dietary requirements, please let the House staff know as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made with our Chef. Mealtimes are as follows: Breakfast Monday – Saturday 7.30am Sunday – 9.30am (if there is a morning service). 11.00am brunch (if there is an evening service) Lunch Monday – Friday 1.00pm Saturday 12.00pm Sunday 1.00pm (unless there has been brunch at 11.00am in which case there is no lunch)

Supper Monday – Friday 6.15pm Saturday 6.00pm Sunday 6.00pm (unless there is an evening Abbey Service, in which case it is at 5.30pm) When arriving for mealtimes, please queue up in the corridor until the member of staff on duty says you can come through. You must wear something on your feet! At breakfast and supper, girls tend to sit with their year groups. On Mondays, you will sit with your family nest for lunch. From Tuesday to Friday, there is a seating plan at lunchtime. You will either sit with your Tutor, or will be allocated a mixed-age table. At lunchtime, you must all wait until everyone has finished eating their main course on your table. The youngest girls on the table then clear the plates and collect pudding, before the eldest serves pudding. All girls must wait until everyone has finished eating before the table is cleared.

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The oldest girl says grace, before the table leave the dining room together. Please remember table manners in the dining room. For example, no elbows on tables, don’t talk with your mouth full etc. If your Tutor is in for lunch, remember to be good hostesses. Make sure your Tutor is comfortable, and has a glass of water poured. Please chat to them – they have made an effort to come and spend lunch with you.

The dining room is a mobile-free zone. Please do not take your phone out while you are in there – expect it to be confiscated if it is seen! Takeaways

You may order takeaways on Saturday evenings. However, you must ask permission from the member of staff on duty beforehand. You must also wait downstairs so that you can watch for the delivery driver, and your takeaway must arrive before 9.00pm. 15

House routines Signing in and out If you are in L5 – U5 there is no need to sign in and out during the day, as you are all out of the House for lessons. However, when you come back into House after lessons at 5.00pm, you must sign in. After that, every time you leave the House you must sign in and out. This is really important. L6 have a sign-out board as you are allowed to stay in House to study if you have a study period. You must use the board to indicate whether you are in or out during the school day. After 5.00pm you must use the paper signing-in and out system, so that we know where you are. It is our job to keep you safe, so it is very important that you use this system properly.

House meetings In the mornings, these are either House briefings, House prayers for the whole House in the drawing room, or year group meetings. We have a ‘shortish’ full House prayers most Sunday evenings, when we can make sure that everyone is ready for the week ahead. Instead of having a full meeting again midweek, we use this time to have year group meetings. Please look at the notice board above the signing-out sheets to see when your year group meeting is. Please be aware that you are likely to lose around 30 minutes of prep time on the evening you have a year group meeting. L5 will also lose some prep time if they are in Quintable (choir), so organise your weekly preps accordingly. On Monday to Saturday, breakfast is at 7.30am. We have a House briefing every

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morning, which is compulsory for everyone (including L6, even if they have a study period immediately afterwards). This takes place in the boot room, and notices will be displayed on the whiteboard. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, House briefing is at 7.55am. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday it is at 8.10am. On Mondays, there is usually an assembly in The Merritt Centre, and on Wednesdays, School prayers in the Hall at 8.10am. On Fridays there is usually hymn practice at 8.10am in the Hall. We sit together as a House. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays we have a slower start to the day. After briefing, lessons start at 8.30am. From Monday to Saturday, break is from 10.55am to 11.25am. You will come back to

House for this and will need to get changed out of PE kit if you have had PE or Games during periods 1, 2 or 3. If you have a PE or Games lesson during periods 4 or 5, you may need to get changed out of uniform into PE kit. On a Saturday lessons finish at 10.55am. During the week, lessons finish at 1.00pm and you need to come back to House promptly for lunch. After lunch you may have a tutorial, an activity such as Choir or Sport, or you may get a bit of ‘downtime’. L6 are sometimes invited to have coffee in the drawing room with Mrs Miller, and any other Tutors who are in House. On Saturdays, lunch is from 12.00pm to 12.30pm, followed by Saturday Sport for L5 and M5 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm - or matches, if you are chosen for a team. Team sheets are posted on the sports noticeboards as soon as we know them. 17

On weekdays, lessons start again at 2.35pm, so you need to leave House by 2.25pm. Lessons finish at 5.00pm. Remember to sign in to House when you return from lessons. Girls sometimes stay over at Main School if they have an activity starting at 5.10pm. There are lots of opportunities to get involved in activities after school. These usually run from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. Please make the most of all the opportunities on offer but, at the same time, don’t overload yourself. Your Tutor will help you choose activities, and you can also talk things through with House staff if you are unsure what to do. There is an activities fair in September to enable you to select your activities. During early evening, the pantry is locked. It reopens again once prep has finished.

Unless you have an activity after 6.00pm (for example, a tennis lesson, Leiths cookery, ballet, choir, etc.), you must be back in House by 6.10pm, ready for supper at 6.15pm. Prep starts at 7.00pm. L5 must do prep in the prep room, and there will be at least one L6 girl to supervise . The whole House must be silent during this time. If you need to work collaboratively with another girl, this must be arranged with a member of staff on duty (or the L6 who is supervising prep). For collaborative work, you must use the drawing room, common room or another space that will not disturb anyone else in House. Any girl who is found to be disruptive, noisy or not working will be asked to join L5 for supervised prep in the prep room. At 8.00pm, L5 can go back up to their ‘cues’ and read quietly until 8.30pm. It is important that the whole House is quiet until 8.30pm, as older girls will not finish their prep until this time.

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Bedtime routine Bedtimes are staggered, depending on your year group. All girls must hand in mobile phones and any other electronic devices (e.g. tablet and laptop) before bedtime. You need to take these downstairs to the boot room, where a member of staff or a Sixth Former will be on duty to receive them. Each girl has a labelled slot in a cupboard where they put their devices. This cupboard is locked every evening. If you are late by more than five minutes when handing in your phone and devices,

they will be confiscated for 24 hours. Essentially this means that, for example, if you are late on a Monday evening, you will not be allowed your items back until Wednesday morning. If you are in U5 or L6 you must hand in your phone one hour before bedtime, but you may keep other devices such as laptops until 10.00pm, as we appreciate that sometimes you are still completing work.

The bedtime routine is as follows: Year group

Phone and devices

Main lights off/sidelights on

All lights out

8.45pm Hand in all phones and devices

9.15pm - reading time Clean your teeth and get ready for bed

9.30pm

9.00pm Hand in all phones and devices

9.30pm Clean your teeth and get ready for bed

9.45pm

9.15pm Hand in all phones and devices

10.00pm

9.30pm Hand in all phones and devices

10.15pm

The routine is different on a Saturday evening. Supper is at 6.00pm, and then you will usually have a social. This could be a disco, a social with one of the Sherborne School Houses, a movie night in House, or a supper evening. All girls need to be in their ‘cues’ or rooms by 10.30pm and the House needs to be dark 20

and quiet by 11.00pm at the very latest, so that anyone who would like to go to sleep, can. Sunday nights are treated the same as a weekday night (although there is no official prep time). On most Sunday evenings there is a House meeting after the School Service.

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House duties Please check your year group duty rota. Unless you are in U5 (in which case you have a year off) or are a day girl, expect to have a duty evening once a week. It is the responsibility of L5 to make sure that the prep room is tidy, all computers are shut down, all windows closed, and that any work left is placed in the boot room locker on the shelf for the relevant girl. The boot room must also be given a quick tidy, and any belongings left lying around need to be placed in lockers. This duty needs to be completed by 9.00pm. M5 have pantry joy. This involves stacking and switching on the dishwasher, sweeping the floor, wiping the workbenches and tables, and placing rubbish in the relevant bins.

Don’t forget to make sure the snug is clear, too. Check that lights are switched off in the music practice rooms, windows are closed, and the light in the snug is turned off. The pantry light is automatic, and will turn itself off eventually. This duty needs to be started at 9.15pm. Once the pantry is cleaned, please inform a duty member of staff so that they can lock it. This duty needs to be completed by 9.30pm. L6 supervise prep, collect in mobile phones and other devices, and do bedtime duties once a week. Please report for prep supervision a couple of minutes before the start of prep. Please report for bedtime duty by 8.40pm.

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Going out and welcoming visitors to the House Going out After lessons you are allowed to go to Budgens or the Co-op (only East girls are allowed to go to the Co-op). You must sign in and out, and you must be back in House by 6.10pm ready for supper at 6.15pm. You must either be in full uniform, or in smart casual clothes (check the dress code for more details on this). You should never be ‘partly’ in uniform, by mixing it with your casual clothes. L5 and M5 are allowed into town on Saturday afternoons after either match commitments or Saturday Sport, and then on Sundays when other commitments allow. U5 and L6 can go into town after lessons. Again, you must be back in House by 6.10pm.

Going outside Sherborne M5 upwards may go to Yeovil at the weekend, but permission must be sought from the Housemistress or the member of staff on duty. A taxi must be ordered by the person on duty, and you must be in a group of at least three (L6 can go in pairs). L6 can go to Bath, Salisbury or Bristol. This must be organised in advance with the Housemistress. If it is your birthday or a special occasion, your parents may take you out for supper. However, unless it is a weekend, you may not invite friends. This is because going out midweek is disruptive to prep routines. This is a School rule (not just a House rule). If you would like to celebrate your birthday with friends, it is best to wait until Saturday evening or Sunday lunch.

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L6 can go out to a restaurant for supper on Saturday, or lunch on Sunday, in groups of no more than six. This needs to be arranged in advance with the Housemistress. Please be aware that, even if you do not have a match on a Saturday, if you are in L5 or M5 you do have a commitment to Saturday Sport, so you are not available to meet with parents until after this time. Your behaviour and dress when out and about must be exemplary, as you are representing the School. Please create a good impression. The School boundaries are published on the House noticeboards. You must be aware of where you are and are not allowed to go.

Exeats/weekends out There are usually two exeats every term. These usually start at 1.15pm on a Friday. You may not leave School before this time. Matron will put up a list around two weeks before exeat, and you can sign up if you would like her to purchase you a train ticket or order you a taxi. The School train to Waterloo normally leaves at 1.35pm and arrives at Waterloo at 3.47pm. It normally leaves Waterloo at 5.15pm on a Sunday afternoon to come back. It is escorted, and you will be given the phone number and name of the member of staff on the train before you leave. All girls need to leave promptly for exeat, after which time East will be locked up. It will not reopen until 6.00pm on the Sunday evening. Please do not return before this time, as you will not be able to get in. If you do need to arrive back at School earlier than 6.00pm,

Wingfield Digby is open and a Matron will be on duty there. You are more than welcome to stay in Wingfield Digby until 6.00pm. All girls must return by 9.00pm after an exeat weekend. If you request to go out on a non-exeat weekend, this will usually be granted by special permission of the HM, but your parents need to email by Thursday lunchtime. This is because socials lists and numbers for catering are finalised on a Thursday. Abbey Services are compulsory, though, so if you choose to go home on a weekend of an Abbey Service, you must be back for that. The dates for Abbey Services are clearly listed in the online calendar. If we are worried that too many pupils are going to be away for the weekend, we might ask you to reconsider your request for weekend leave. The Tea Crate, Queenie’s Café and The Coffee Pod The Tea Crate is in the basement of Mulliner, and it is often open from 4.30pm to 6.00pm for drinks and snacks. 26

The Coffee Pod is a café in the reception area of the Oxley Sports Centre, which you may also use after school and at weekends. There is also a café in the Upper Foyer of The Merritt Centre, called Queenie’s Café, which is open after lunch and after school. Visitors Girls from other Houses and boys from Sherborne School are very welcome to visit us here in the House. There is a visitor signing-in book that everyone must sign. Please let the member of staff on duty know that a visitor has arrived. It is very important that they are introduced to the member of staff on duty. Boys are not allowed upstairs. You must stay in the pantry area or the dining room. Family members are always welcome to the House, but nobody is allowed upstairs (including parents, unless it is the last day of term). If you have friends from outside the School visiting, please let the duty member of staff know when they arrive, and introduce them.

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Keeping personal items safe All rooms and ‘cues’ are equipped with a lockable drawer. You are advised to keep any precious items and money locked away. You will need to see Matron if you wish to have the key for your lockable drawer, and she will sign it out for you. Please be aware that you need to return the key at the end of term. If you lose it, you will be charged £15 for a replacement.

Money and passports Passports must be handed in. If you require a Visa to study in England, your passport is kept in the safe in the office in Main School. Anyone who has a large amount of cash is advised to hand this in to us for safekeeping. You may use us as a House bank, and sign out money as you wish to use it..

Day girls Day girls – you are welcome to come into School for breakfast, and to stay until after prep. You are expected to arrive at your House in good time for House briefing every morning. It is also extremely important that you sign out at the end of the day when you leave, so that we know you have gone home. If you plan to leave straight from Main School at the end of the day, please call or email the House to let us know. Please also chat to your Head of Year in House to find out if there is any information you have missed when you have been at home. Day boarders – you have set nights that you stay. You need to let your Housemistress know which nights these are. You need to give 48 hours’ notice if you would like to stay on any other nights (or go home when you would normally sleep over).

House and School facilities Laundry We have two laundry rooms in East. One is off the boot room (for L5 and M5) and the other is off the dining room (for U5 and L6). Both laundry rooms are equipped with two machines and two dryers. When you take your laundry, you need to write it in the book in the laundry room and say whether it is in the washing machine, the dryer, or in the queue to go in. Check how the rest of the washing is doing in there. If you pop someone’s washing in a dryer and put the next load on it helps everyone’s washing get done more quickly. The system only works if everyone uses it, so it is important to stick to. Plastic laundry baskets should not be removed from the laundry rooms. Please try to adhere to this. The machines are really straightforward to use, and automatically dispense washing powder. Just ask someone to

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show you the first time you use one, if you are unsure. If you do not name your clothes, they are likely to get lost or mixed up with someone else’s laundry, and it is generally difficult to identify whose washing is whose. If you buy new clothes during the course of the term, borrow a Sharpie from Matron’s office and label your clothes with it. It will save Matron a lot of time trying to sort through unclaimed, unlabelled washing. Bedding and towels can be washed centrally each week if you wish. This washing is collected on a Monday morning and is brought back to East on a Thursday. There are two linen rooms. These are both on the second floor at the end of each M5 corridor. If you make a pile of dirty bedding and towels to be laundered by Sunday, Michaela will bag it up

and make sure it is collected on Monday. Each girl has a labelled shelf in the linen room on the east side of the House. Michaela will put your clean bedding and towels onto your shelf when they are returned. Common room The common room is available for all girls to use at any time in House (apart from during prep). We have a TV in there with a Netflix account. Drawing room Our drawing room is on the first floor, opposite the common room. This also has a television, as well as a Nintendo Wii. The drawing room is open to all girls to use whenever it is free. We also use it during the week for year group meetings, coffee, and whole House meetings.

Prep room We are really lucky to have a bespoke prep room in East. It can be used by anyone, but L5 must always complete their prep in there. The L6 girls are on a rota to supervise prep, so there will always be at least one L6 girl studying in the prep room. The prep room is equipped with eight computers, and also houses our photocopier/printer. All girls are able to use the printing facility by swiping their School Shop card to log in. Sometimes, if girls find it hard to settle to their prep, we ask them to work in the prep room with L5.

Pantry We are also very fortunate in East to have an amazing pantry. It is kept particularly well stocked with cereal, bread, biscuits, tea and coffee. Everyone has a responsibility to keep the pantry clean and tidy throughout the day and evening. Please clean up after yourselves, put dirty crockery into the dishwasher, wipe down any surfaces you have used, and put rubbish and left-over food into the bin. If everyone does their bit, then the pantry can be a lovely place to sit and chat to friends. Reporting faults Like all buildings, the Boarding House will sometimes require repair and upkeep. Our Facilities Department comes to the House most days to carry out routine repairs such as replacing light bulbs and fixing dripping taps. Please report any faults or repairs to Matron. If the repair is urgent, we will get someone over as soon as possible to fix it.

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Oxley Sports Centre All girls are automatically members of the Oxley Sports Centre. The facilities there are available for girls to use, and many make use of the gym. In order to use the gym you need to go to the front desk to register. They will then organise an induction session with you, led by one of the Personal

Trainers. After that you are free to use the facilities. If you are under 16, you may sign up for the Junior Gym activity that happens several days each week from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. If you are 16 or over, then you are able to use the gym whenever it is convenient, but you must check with Mrs Miller first. 31

School Shop

Hygiene

The School Shop is in Old Mulliner (near the Health Centre). It is open at break time every morning, and also after lunch. It sells a range of stationery items, as well as a few snacks and sweets. If you need to replace any uniform items, you can do that here, too.

This is really important, especially living as communally as we do. Please make time to shower every day. Get yourself into a good routine. Use shower gel and deodorant. However, it is equally important that you wash your clothes regularly. It is pointless washing your body and then putting smelly, sweaty clothes back on. The sports tops get smelly really quickly so you need to make sure you wash them regularly.

You need to collect a chit from House if this is the case, which gives you permission to get clothing added to your bill. You will be issued with a Shop card, and your parents will have set an amount of money that is available for you to spend each term. This means that you don’t have to use cash in the Shop.

It is a good idea to organise your clothes in your room or ‘cue’. A small ‘pop up’ laundry basket is a really good idea – if you put dirty laundry into one of these then it is less likely to get muddled up with clean clothes. If you put your clothes away too (instead of using your floor as a ‘floordrobe’) then you will be able to separate clean from dirty clothes more easily.

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Uniform expectations/dress All girls are expected to uphold the uniform expectations as listed in the School Dress Code at all times during the school day, including time spent moving between lessons. When in academic lessons, sixth form pupils should wear their jackets at all times, unless permission to remove them is requested and granted. Any pupils who have been given permission to visit Sherborne during lesson times should be in School uniform. School trips will require either full uniform (or suits for Sixth Form) or smart casual. Appearance during lesson times (8.30am-5.00pm) You must look clean, neat and tidy at all times. Hair should be neatly tied back if it is long, and jewellery should be limited to one pair of stud earrings. Piercings halfway up the ears are not allowed, nor are nose piercings. Bracelets are not allowed, and just one simple necklace is permitted, such as a crucifix.

L5 – U5 must wear their uniform (kilt/trousers, blouse, jumper, black tights, black shoes) for all lessons. If you have PE or Games, for example, during Period 2, then you are allowed to wear sports kit during Period 1. You must, however, get changed into uniform at break time. In the same way, if you have Games after break, you must wear uniform until break and then get changed into sports kit. You only need to wear your blazer on formal occasions, such as Abbey Services or when showing visitors around School. You do not need to wear uniform for School Services on Sundays – jeans are fine for these. L6 wear a School suit. You can wear your own top, but this must not have a logo on the front, nor can it be hooded. You need to look smart and businesslike. All girls need to come to breakfast wearing full uniform every day, apart from Sunday when PJs can be worn.

Appearance out of School hours Outside of the school day (i.e. after timetabled lessons, or during evenings and weekends), pupils may wear casual clothes on the School site, but they are still expected to look tidy and presentable. Casual clothes may be worn at the weekends from midday on Saturdays (if not involved in sport) and Sundays (except for official School activities such as Tour Mornings and Abbey Services). Casual clothes may sometimes be worn 34

on trips out of School (e.g. to the theatre). Pupils should dress appropriately for the destination of the trip and respect the instructions given by the supervising staff. Labelling Everything brought to School must be clearly marked with name tapes, with at least the pupil’s surname in full followed by House initials.

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School facilities

Use of mobiles and other personal electronic devices

There are lots of places you can go with your friends for a snack at certain times of day. Queenie’s, in The Merritt Centre, sells delicious drinks and cake. The Coffee Pod, in the Oxley Sports Centre, sells sandwiches and hot and cold drinks, and the Tea Crate, in the Mulliner basement, has a range of snacks available.

Mobile phones are extremely useful, but please use yours with care. The mobile-free zones in School are all of the dining rooms, and the School Hall. Please refrain from walking down corridors checking your phones. You are not allowed to take phones over to Main School during the normal school day, and they will be confiscated if seen. Please do not use anyone else’s mobile phone. You must also give Mrs Miller your number so that we can contact you if we need to.

including Queenie’s, Tea Crate and School Shop

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Sherborne Girls terminology Year-groups L4 – Year 7 U4 – Year 8 L5 – Year 9 M5 – Year 10 U5 – Year 11 L6 – Year 12 U6 – Year 13 The Houses and their colours Aldhelmsted East – Purple Aldhelmsted West – Pink Dun Holme – Sky Blue Kenelm – Dark Blue Mulliner – Red Reader Harris – Green Wingfield Digby – Yellow General Ark – the Ark is a quiet space where the Chaplain is based. It is in the Main School building and all pupils may use it as a space for quiet reflection BLT – Beddington Lecture Theatre, a room in the Beddington Building Budgens – Budgens Store in the BP Garage Cue – Cubicle (bedroom)

Drawing room – as well as the room itself, meetings that take place there are called ‘Drawing Rooms’ Exeat – when School closes for the weekend (usually from Friday lunchtime to Sunday evening) Family dining – when year groups are mixed up to sit together for lunch Granny Patch – Richmond Green Main School – the Main School building, containing the School Hall Oxley – the Oxley Sports Centre Prayers – services that take place in the School Hall before school on certain days Prep – homework (also sometimes means private study period during the day) Queenie’s – the café in The Merritt Centre Socials – Saturday night social events SS – Sherborne School /The Boys’ School

Campus Campus

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Admissions, Library & Home Economics

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Sherborne Girls Bradford Road Sherborne DT9 3QN 01935 812245 office@sherborne.com

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Packing list Avoid bringing everything you own, as space is limited. Apart from uniform and PE kit (see the dress code on the School website: Sherborne.com/uniformshop you only need a few casual clothes: jogging bottoms, jeans, t-shirts and hoodies for after school. You will need a smarter outfit for more formal occasions, and something for end-ofterm parties. You might like to wear something a bit more ‘dressy’ for a weekend social event, but jeans and a nice top are usually fine. The School Dress Code lists the various occasions that require different types of outfits. Don’t forget an alarm clock (as mobile phones are collected in at bedtime), and you can bring your own bedding. You may like to bring posters, photos and small personal items to decorate your room, and your favourite teddy!

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FAQ Is it useful to have a mobile phone? Mobile phones are useful, but not compulsory. There are some ‘mobile-free zones’, such as the dining rooms and School Hall. Mobile phones are not permitted in the Main School during the school day. Remember, you can phone home at any time you are in House, even if you have not got your mobile with you. Just ask the member of staff on duty, and they will let you use the House phone in a private space. Is there anywhere I can keep my things safe? We recommend that you hand in anything of value, including money and passports, to be safely locked away. All rooms and ‘cues’ have a lockable drawer that you can also keep precious items in. Your Matron will give you a key, but please be aware that, should you lose it, you will be charged £15 for a replacement.

What do I do if I don’t feel well? Firstly, tell the House staff. If you need to go to the Health Centre, you will be issued with a purple slip to you hand in when you arrive. If you feel unwell in a lesson, your teacher may also give you a purple slip. If you want to see a nurse but don’t want to tell anyone, then you can ‘drop in’ to the Health Centre without needing a purple slip any weekday after school.

Fire safety It is very important that you know where ALL the fire exits are in House. Please walk around and work out where your escape routes are, should you need to get out in the case of a fire. If the alarm sounds, you must make your way as quickly and quietly as possible out of the House. We assemble on the grassed area between the two tennis courts at the back of the House. You must line up silently in year groups in alphabetical order. The girl at the front of each line must do a head count, so that she can say how many girls from her year are present. This is the quickest way that we, as House staff, can work out if everyone is present. We will then do a full roll call to make sure everyone is accounted for.

The optimum time for us to evacuate and account for everyone is two and a half minutes. This isn’t a long time, so everyone must be sensible and quiet so this can happen efficiently. It is possible, once we have assembled, that we could be notified that the School is having a full evacuation. If this is the case, we will all have to make our way to the pitches, where we will reassemble alongside the rest of the School in front of the Pavilion. When we line up on the pitches, we stay in House groups. .

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House contact details: Mrs Miller: 01935 818226 Mrs Miller mobile: 07971 669041 House landline: 01935 818228 House mobile: 07808 775569 E: aldeast@sherborne.com E: d.miller@sherborne.com www.sherborne.com