Freyberg Digital House Responsibilities

We in the Freyberg Digital believe in treating students like Adults. However, that comes with some responsibilities.

Responsibilities to maintain a clean environment:
- Plugging in headphones when working with sound.
- Eating in break times and not chewing gum in class.
- Placing rubbish in the rubbish bin even if it is not yours.
- Putting equipment back where you found it from.
- Talking quietly with a neighbor if you wish to discuss work.
- Using either breath mints or deodorant outside to mask bad breath and body odor. (This one is for the teacher)
- Ensuring that the equipment is treated with respect.
- Only bringing in a water bottle with a sip lid if I am thirsty.

Responsibilities to maintain a safe learning space.
- Encouraging others to participate in conversation, by giving positive remarks for thinking out loud.
- Participating in conversations when you have an idea.
- Ensuring that others do not tamper with equipment or digital files that do not belong to them.
- Stopping others from using mean put downs and overly criticizing comments.
- Being able to accept constructive feedback from other people.
- During discussions waiting patiently to have your say and ensuring that everyone gets a chance to express their opinion.
- Try to keep jokes friendly and not let them get mean.
- Speaking up when you have a problem with how you are being treated by others.

Responsibilities to learn
- Trying to remain focused on learning at least 80% of the time in any given lesson.
- Ensuring that you have arrived on time with the right equipment.
- Helping others with their learning or encouraging them to focus on learning.
- Regularly backing up work and taking notes.
- Catching up on work that has not been completed in class time.
- Asking a teacher for assistance after asking a classmate.
- Starting assessments early and attempting to finish them well before the deadline.
- Recognizing and then trying to eliminate barriers to learning (barriers could include cell phones, friends, online games).
- Genuinely attempting all learning, even when it is difficult.
- Ensuring that the assessments you hand in is 100% yours and that none of it is copied from the web or from friends.