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a responsibility to attend. A member of staff and other
pupils will have given up their time expecting you to be
there so you have a duty to go.
Austin House Community and
Duty
Within the Austin House you have a duty to your housemates.
There will be formal duties that you will be required to do
but there are other basic responsibilities that you have to the
community. These include making sure your room is tidy, that
you put your own laundry in the laundry bins, and that you
take your dirty sheets off your beds when you are supposed
to.
You also have responsibility to wash up after you have
used the house kitchen and to tidy up if you have used
other facilities in the house. In addition you must put your
rubbish in the correct bin. Dropping litter is completely
unacceptable for a student at Abingdon School. Finally
you have a responsibility to abide by the school rules, to
be honest and to treat others with respect.
Alcohol and Tobacco (cigarettes)
You are not allowed to buy or use alcohol or tobacco
while at Abingdon School. You will face serious sanctions
if you are found to be using or have used either
substance. The only exception is that sixth formers may
be given the choice of having a small amount of alcohol
to drink on special occasions. For details you need to look
at the policies on the school website (
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The Furniture and Buildings of
Austin House
You have a responsibility to look after the buildings that
you are living in. Austin House is hundreds of years old and
is maintained very carefully. This means that you should
never deliberately damage the buildings or furniture in the
house. You should also moderate your behaviour to minimise
the potential damage that might be caused to the school
property (for example you should not run about or wrestle
in the house). If you accidentally damage school property
then you have a duty to report the accidental damage. If you
are honest and it was an accident then you will not get into
trouble (as long as you were behaving sensibly when the
accident happened). You should make sure that you have put
your posters on the boards provided, not on the walls. You
should also make sure that food is stored in your tuck box or
locker and that you only eat hot food in the house kitchen
(not in your room). Every day you should make your bed and
tidy your area.
Medication
You must make sure that you do not bring extra medication
into the house without telling your housemaster. It is vital
that we know what medication you are taking. This means
that it needs to be checked by Mr Golding and the health
centre. As a result if you bring medication that is not from
England into the house you will need a note explaining its
use from your parents. We will still want to check it.
Clothes and laundry
Your clothes are all washed for you while you are at
Abingdon. You are responsible for making sure that your
clothes and bed sheets are put into the laundry bins before
school starts on on the designated day. You must then collect
your clean clothes from the laundry cupboard on Friday after
lunch.
You also have a responsibility to make sure that all you
clothes are labelled. Before you come to school you need
to make sure that your clothes are labelled. If you buy new
clothes you must label them (either with a sew in label or a
marker pen). For new clothes, the house matron, has marker
pens you can borrow. She can also arrange for you to buy a
pack of sew in labels from the school shop.
