Expectations and Settings Matrix

Ellison Elementary Expectations and Settings Matrix

• Give your best effort and set high expectations
• Be hygienic
• Dress appropriately
• Tie shoelaces
• Bring all school materials to school
• Ask for help if needed

• Always walk
• Stay in an orderly single file line
• Move quietly
• Stay on the right side
• Use handrail properly
• On the stairs, take one step at a time, without jumping

• Play safely & appropriately in designated areas
• Be helpful & courteous
• Stay on school grounds
• Pick up after yourself
• Stay away from parking lot and bike rack
• Walk all bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc. on and off property

• Have clean hands
• Use good table manners
• Stay in your seat
• Keep noise level down
• Only eat your own lunch

• Wash hands
• Flush
• Return to class quickly
• No food or unnecessary equipment in washroom
• Change quickly and quietly

• Stay focused
• Settle quickly
• Sit on your bottom
• Choose appropriate people to sit by
• Sit quietly & use Whole Body Listening

• Wait for teacher or supervisor permission before entering
• Use designated doors
• Remove hats
• Dress appropriately

• Be kind and use good manners
• Share and include others
• Use Whole Body Listening
• Keep your hands & feet to yourself
• Respect others’ thoughts & opinions
• Ask before you borrow

• Keep hands & feet to yourself
• Use appropriate language & volume
• Keep personal space
• Move forward and look forward
• Leave displays and bulletin boards alone
• Stay quiet in the hallway to respect other classes

• Include others in activities & games
• Be a good sport and play safely
• Report unsafe behaviour
• Use equipment safely & return it to where you got it
• Leave others’ creations alone
• Keep hands and feet to self

• Practice good manners
• Be respectful to classroom monitors & supervisors
• Wipe off desk when finished eating
• Ask to use the washroom

• Use stalls properly
• Respect others’ privacy
• Report unsafe behaviour or vandalism to the office
• Use quiet voices

• Enter & exit quietly with your teacher
• Clap politely at appropriate times
• Look at the speaker or presentation
• Keep your hands & feet to yourself
• Stand to ask questions

• Be on time
• Carry equipment in school
• Enter & exit quickly & quietly
• Stay in line
• Hold the door for others, especially if you are first in line

• Reduce, reuse, & recycle
• Throw garbage in cans
• Take care of school property
• Respect our school neighbours

• Pick up litter
• Clean up after yourself
• Report vandalism & unsafe behavior
• Report any spills

• Pick up litter
• Clean up after yourself
• Be respectful to property
• Leave branches on trees
• Use garbage cans
• Stay out from under trees

• Clean up after yourself
• Sit on chairs only
• Put proper items into recycling & garbage
• Take food and lunch kits home daily

• Conserve water, soap, and paper
• Use garbage cans
• Pick up any paper on the floor

• Clean up after yourself
• Be quiet and respectful in the hallways
• Wear appropriate shoes
• Bring nothing in your hands or pockets
• Be focused

• Wipe your feet and brush off snow or debris before entering
• Enter & exit through the proper doors