TUDOR HOUSE'S 11 EXPECTED AND EXPRESSED MANNERS

In seeking to support the work of parents, the School has put together a list of expectations that apply to manners:

All our children are encouraged to follow a simple wisdom:

You don’t have to be friends but you do have to be friendly

1. Greetings and responses are delivered to any adult visiting our school:

• "Good morning"

• "Good afternoon"

• "Well, thank you”

• "Yes, thank you"

• "No, thank you"

2. Use of title and name, or Sir/Maam.

3. Use of “Please”; “Thank you”; "May I?”; “I beg your pardon”; “Excuse me, please”; etc.

4. Standing to greet a visitor. Take hands out of pockets when speaking.

5. Use of eye-contact; smile; firm handshake, and click of foot in Tudor tradition.

6. Taking turns; not pushing to be first; not helping oneself first; not speaking over the top of another; not interrupting a speaker or butting in; not calling out in class; not snatching.

7. Keeping to the left on corridors, stairways; looking to the needs and safety of others; standing aside to allow an adult to pass first into a room through a doorway, etc.

8. Not running around corners or along walk-ways.

9. Not belittling the answers or efforts of others.

10. No swearing

11. Listening carefully – not waiting to butt in. Understand the saying: There is a difference between listening and waiting to speak.