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