Playground/Blacktop Rules

Play Areas:

North Field: For running, playing with Frisbees and balls

• Do not go past the baseball field
• Soft footballs are permitted on the north field
• Only kick soccer balls on the north field  

Tetherball: Make sure all students are playing on the appropriate pole

• Only two people in the circle at a time
• When the bell rings, stop playing - do not hit the ball “one more time”

Blacktop by the Library (behind the blue line):  Use hula hoops and jump ropes

• Use hula hoops only around the waist
• Jump ropes are to be used to jump rope - they are not to be swung around or used in other ways

Blacktop: For playing basketball and with the playground balls (i.e. four square)

• No kicking the ball on the blacktop
• No running on the blacktop

Ball Wall (and container wall): For bouncing playground balls

Snack Area: For eating snacks

• No sharing food
• Make sure everyone cleans up their trash and dropped food
• Must stay within the yellow lines
• If a child is not eating a snack, they should not be in the snack area

Playground/Tanbark Area:

• No running in the tanbark
• Directions for monkey bars (from the hills towards the school)
• No climbing on top of the monkey bars
• When waiting for a turn on the monkey bars, stand on the ground
• When using the slides, slide on your bottom feet first
• One person on the slide at a time

General Rules (for all areas)

• Keep all hands and other body parts to yourself (no touching other students) - this also includes not playing tag
• No play or pretend fighting
• Wait by the yellow line until yard duty directs the students out to play
• Students should not be in an area unless there are yard supervisors/teachers present
• Playground rules apply at all times (recess and at lunch)
• Use polite language in all areas of the playground
• No students behind the containers or p.e. shed
• No digging anywhere
• No tennis balls or small rubber balls (superballs)
• Put all equipment back when recess is over (i.e. hula hoops, jump ropes, and school balls back on the racks – classroom balls returned to the classrooms)
• Only take classroom equipment from your own classroom

Bathrooms Rules:

• No playing in the bathroom
• If you are not using the bathroom, you should not be in there
• Keep the bathroom clean and neat – throw away all trash
• Paper towels do not leave the bathroom

When the bell rings

• Walk to your line
• Return all equipment to where it belongs
• Walk with the playground balls and other equipment- do not bounce or play with the equipment
• Students should stay quiet as they walk to and stand in line

Consequence (as needed)

• Firstly, give a warning to the student(s)
• Secondly, assign a student to the red dot or take away the privilege of using the equipment/playing in that area

*** If you do this, please let the child’s classroom teacher know

• Thirdly, if a child repeatedly does not follow the rules, please let the principal/assistant principal know what is going on (including the child’s name and classroom number)
• In the event of fighting, defiance, and/or bullying, please send the student(s) involved straight to the office