The South Town
House Handbook
September 2015
Housemaster: Mr James Hills MA
Welcome and introduction to The South Town.
The South Town was founded as a day house in 1874. In a sporting competition with North
Town, ‘South Town’ earned the right to prefix its name with the preposition ‘The’, which has
remained ever since. The Town retains a great sense of history, having been located in its
original building since its foundation, and this tradition is represented in the team spirit of the
house today. The South Town’s current Housemaster is Mr Hills. He is supported by an
enthusiastic and experienced tutor team with academic specialisations in all areas of the
school. Our aim is to encourage all the boys to participate fully in all aspects of school life so
that they can enjoy and look back on a fulfilling experience at Clifton. We want everyone to
fulfil their potential. This is the ethos of the house.
House Spirit
The house’s motto Vis Unita Fortior is a fitting message for a house at Clifton. Generations
of South Town boys have learned through experience that Together we are stronger.
House Team
Mr James Hills
Housemaster
Music
Dr Tom Patrick
Ass. Housemaster and 3rd Form Tutor
Head of Classics
Mr Andrew Wagstaff 4th Form Tutor
Dr Darron Dean
5th Form Tutor
Mr Bjorn Hoffmann 5th Form Tutor
Head of PE/1st XV coach
Head of ICT
Teacher of DT
Dr Arabella Blood
6th Form Tutor
Head of Science
Mr Peter Lidington
6th Form Tutor
Head of Politics
Mr Llewelin Siddons 6th Form Tutor
Mrs Vanessa Walsh
6th Form Tutor
Mrs Joanna Bryant
Matron
Mrs Nicola Broad
Matron
Contact Details
Telephone Number: 0117 3157 360
Emergency Contact Number: 07751006880
Email: [email protected]
Head of Mod Languages
Teacher of English
South Town Information
Absence
If your son is ill or cannot attend school for any reason please make every effort to ring the house or e
mail the Housemaster. No pupil should leave school (without permission) before the end of the last
scheduled lesson or before 4pm, whichever is later.
Academic Diary
Every pupil is issued with a diary to note down their prep. The diary also contains a copy of the
termly school calendar to assist the pupils in managing their time.
Cars
You may arrange driving lessons within the ‘big break’ times or after school providing you have
given a letter of permission from your parents and your Housemaster has given formal permission.
Driving cars to school is only allowed with permission from the School. No pupil may give lifts to
another for any reason without permission from both sets of parents (passenger and driver).
Chapel
Attendance at weekday and Starred Sunday Service (* services) is compulsory. If a pupils needs to
miss a * service for any reason please can they e mail the school well in advance.
Electrical Equipment
It is a regulation the all electrical equipment in the House is checked by qualified electricians to
ensure there is no risk. This has to take place on an annual basis.
Fire regulations
A fire drill is carried out at the beginning of each term so that the boys know where to assemble in the
event of an emergency. A full Callover takes places, so it is essential that the boys sign in and out of
the house.
Health Centre
There is always a nurse on call at the Health Centre. If you are unwell, please tell the Matron or the
person on duty and we will arrange for you to be seen.
House Hall
This is the upstairs hall where we meet each lunchtime for Callover. Boys must sign in to South Town
no later than 8.20am each morning and must attend Callover at 1.20pm from Tuesday to Friday.
I.T.
Wi-Fi is available in most areas of the house. Some boys bring their own laptops but there are also
computers for your use in the Town Room. You may also use your own mobile phone within the
rules of the School. Please note mobile phones must not be used either during or between lessons. If
phones are used inappropriately they may be confiscated.
Insurance
Please make sure that all your valuable items have personal insurance. The School does not take
responsibility for any items lost, stolen or broken on school premises.
Key Cards
You will be provided with a key card and this is needed for entry around the School and into the
House. You must keep your key card with you at all times.
Kitchen
There are two kitchens, one for Block I and one for block II. The kitchens are supplied with milk,
bread, butter, jam, etc. You are responsible for keeping the kitchens clean and tidy. We expect you to
go to Big School for all main meals.
Lunch
This is served in the dining hall in Big School and depending on your year group you will be asked to
eat at a certain time on your particular floor.
Parent Portal
This is an excellent resource to find information such as calendars, policies, reports, termly letters
and information on parents’ evenings etc
Uniform
School uniform must be worn during the school day. All uniform must be clearly named and the
name tape should have ‘ST’ after your name so that if lost around school your belongings return to the
House! You may wear casual clothes after the school day ends.
South Town Boys’
Rights and Responsibilities
Rights
Personal
The boys at South Town have the right to be treated with courtesy and respect by others and have
their personal privacy respected. They also have the right to adopt and celebrate the faith of their own
choice and to work in a safe environment.
Opportunities
The boys at South Town have the right to develop life skills, including teamwork and leadership.
They have the opportunity to be considered by others to represent their peers e.g. on the School
Council or to be considered by staff for leadership responsibilities.
Pastoral
The boys at South Town have the right to expect confidentiality to be respected and maintained
(wherever possible, unless the safety of the individual is considered at risk). The boys have the right
to be welcomed into a family community which is free from intimidation, bullying or rejection.
Responsibilities
Personal
You are expected to respect the rights of others and their property and to abide by the House Rules.
You are also expected to treat others in the way that you would expect to be treated. The
responsibility lies with you to be broad-minded, courteous and compassionate towards others in the
House. You are expected to take care of the property which is in your care at South Town and to treat
it as if it were your own. You are expected to be enthusiastic, motivated and eager to become involved
in House activities, events and issues.
Pastoral
You are responsible for ensuring that the new members of the House are made to feel welcome and
part of The South Town. You should try to ensure that others are looked after when they are in need
and that they have a ‘friend’ when they need one. I do hope that you will enjoy being in The South
Town. Please do ask me if there is anything that you do not understand and I will try to help you.
Mr James Hills
Housemaster.
The South Town House Rules
ALL SCHOOL RULES APPLY IN THE HOUSE AT ALL TIMES
Mutual respect for each other and the House should govern all actions.
1.
All members of the South Town must sign in each morning (by 8:20am at the latest) and must sign out
on departure. The House will shut down each day at 7pm except for specific House functions.
2.
Attendance at daily Call-over and all House meetings is compulsory.
3.
Chapel is compulsory for all pupils each day and on * Sundays. Chapel starts at 8.30am and members
must be seated by 8.25am.
4.
Block II may not leave the campus without the permission of the Housemaster or a House Tutor. They
must also sign out and back in.
5.
Please respect the people, premises and equipment throughout the House.
6.
Visitors are welcome outside of lesson times but they must be signed in by a member of the House. No
visitors are allowed in studies and girls may only visit the public part of the House: the Town Room
and the House Hall.
7.
House members are responsible for ensuring that their studies are kept clean and tidy. Sports kit should
be kept in kit bags at all times and stored on top of study lockers. No rugby/football boots in the
studies. Appropriate pictures/posters may be blue tacked to the lockers at the Housemaster’s discretion.
Please do not put posters/pictures on the walls.
8.
Use the boot room door when entering the House in games kit. Remove boots and store in lockable
lockers in the changing rooms. Do not go through the house in muddy kit/boots.
9.
Members have a collective responsibility to ensure that the kitchens and public areas are kept clean and
tidy.
10. Please report all breakages immediately to the Housemaster, a tutor or Matron. With the Housemaster’s
discretion, damages and breakages will be paid for by members.
11. No ball games anywhere inside the House.
12. It is expected that all boys will support all major House events
If something is troubling me who can I
talk to?
Talk to someone you can trust and who you feel comfortable with.
All the adults are here to help and support you and can give you
advice.
You might speak with:
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Housemaster
Matron
House tutors
Member of staff
Doctors and Health Centre Nurses
Independent listener (Mr Stuart Taylor)
The chaplain, Rev Hansell
Counsellors, Mrs Tracey Richardson and Mrs Hattie Appleby
Deputy Heads:
Miss A Tebay
Dr T Greene
Mr J Greenbury
Mr A O’Sullivan
• Your friends
• Praep
(Deputy Head, Pastoral)
(Deputy Head, Academic)
(Head of Sixth Form)
(Senior Master & Safeguarding)
TELEPHONE & INTERNET SERVICES
Childline (0800 1111)
Local Social Care Department (0117 903 8700 – ask for duty team)
NSPCC Helpline (0800 800 5000)
Central Health Clinic, Tower Hill, Bristol (0117 342 6944)
www.worried need2talk.org.uk
If you have concerns which have not been addressed by any of the above then you can
contact the Office of the Children’s Rights Director (0800 528 0731)
The South Town
HOUSE RESPONSIBILITIES
Michaelmas 2015
HEAD OF HOUSE
James DOWN
DEPUTY HEAD OF HOUSE
Angus GRANT
GAMES SIXTH
Miles HACKETT
CHARITIES
Matthew HEMMING
DEBATING
Sam DEDMAN
DRAMA
Jonty O’CALLAGHAN
MUSIC
Rob GITTINGS
TOUR GUIDES
Miles HACKETT
BIG SCHOOL
Tom WEALE
JCR COMMITTEE
James DOWN
ICT
Jake COWAN
SCHOOL COUNCIL REPS
Sam DEDMAN & Alex FITZGERALD
WRITING FOR PORTAL
Harry CRATON
Library
Alex BENFIELD
South Town – signing in sheet.
Day:
Date:
Please sign in by 8.15am. Lunchtime call-over takes place between 1.20 and 1.30pm.
Name
3rd Form
In
7
Tom Berenyi
Romain Bornes
Omer Farooq
Vincent Joubel
Ali Moody
Felix Moores
Dougie Woolfson
4th Form
6
Archie Cullen
Freddie Gearing
Cameron Johnson
Daniel MacKeith
Arslan Manzoor
Jordan Scott
5th Form
14
Bill Annan-Callcott
Pierrick Catalo
Matt Coleclough
Charlie Condell
Sam Craton
Alexander Fitzgerald
William Fothergill
Harry Geeson
Robert Kenyon
Barnaby O'Callaghan
Charles Stagg
Leo Whitfield
Lewis Williams
Matteo Zanetti
TOTAL: 65
Callover
Out
Name
L6th Form
In
19
Alexander Benfield
George Brown
Fraser Burnside
Jake Cowan
Callum Farnden
Will Geofron
Will Green
Charlie Halliwell
Tom Hargan
Oliver Hubbard
Ahmedyassin Idriss
Dan Laurie
Harry Leeming
James Ludlow
Anthony Moll
Barney Pite
Charles Pughe
Toby Rossiter
Jason Weerawardena
U6
19
Matthew Chivers
Ben Coleclough
Harry Craton
Jem Crawley
Sam Dedman
James Down
William Elias
Alastair Fallon
Robert Gittings
Angus Grant
Miles Hackett
Nate Hara
Matthew Hemming
Jonty O’Callaghan
Rohan Sandhu
Tom Scrutton
Adeel Siddique
Tom Weale
Ben Wollas
Callover
Out
The South Town Tutor Groups 2015/16
3rd form
Dr Patrick – Thomas Berenyi, Romain Bornes, Omer Farooq,
Vincent Joubel, Alex Moody, Felix Moores and Douglas Woolfson
(7)
4th Form
Mr Wagstaff - Archie Cullen, Freddie Gearing, Cameron Johnson,
Daniel MacKeith, Arslan Manzoor and Jordan Scott (6)
5th Form
Mr Hoffmann – Charlie Condell, Sam Craton, Harry Geeson,
Robert Kenyon, Charlie Stagg, Lewis Williams & Matteo Zanetti (7)
Dr Dean – Bill Annan-Calcott, Pierrick Catalo, Matt Coleclough,
Alex Fitzgerald, Will Fothergill, Barnaby O'Callaghan & Leo
Whitfield (7)
The SOUTH TOWN DUTY
ROTA 2015/ 16
AM
7.45-8.30am
Monday
JTJH/TP
Tuesday
JTJH/Mrs
Walsh
Wednesday JTJH/Mr
Lidington
Thursday
JTJH/TP
Friday
JTJH/TP
Saturday
JTJH
Matron JB
Mrs Jo Bryant
BREAK
11.0011.25am
AFTERNOON
EVENING
Until 7pm
Matron Matron
JB
JB
Mr
Hoffmann
Matron
JB
Matron
JB
Dr Dean
Matron
JB
Matron
TP (1.15 – 2.30)
NB (1.15 – 5.45)
Matron Matron
NB
NB (until 6pm)
Matron Matron
NB
NB (until 4pm)
Mr
Scorgie
Matron Matron
NB (from
NB (until 4pm)
(from 6pm)
(from 6pm)
(from 6pm)
Mr
Wagstaff
Dr Blood
Mr
Siddons
(from 6pm)
11am)
=
Matron NB
=
Mrs Nicola Broad
If there is an emergency and no staff member is available,
contact the nearest adult (e.g. Staff Room, Watson’s House)
or ring the House Staff Contact Number: 07751 006 880
James Hills, revised September 2015
STUDY ALLOCATIONS Michaelmas term 2015
STUDY 1
Tom Berenyi
Romain Bornes
Omer Farooq
Vincent Joubel
Ali Moody
Felix Moores
Dougie Woolfson
STUDY 4
Sam CRATON
Leo Whitfield
Matteo ZANETTI
Harry GEESON
STUDY 8
Charlie CONDELL
William FOTHERGILL
Robert KENYON
Alexander Fitzgerald
Matt COLECLOUGH
Charles STAGG
STUDY 10
Oliver HUBBARD
Jason Weerawardena
Alexander BENFIELD
George BROWN
Charlie Halliwell
Dan LAURIE
PREP ROOM
Fraser Burnside
Jake COWAN
Callum Farnden
Will Geofron
Will Green
Harry Leeming
James Ludlow
Barney Pite
Charlie Pughe
Toby Rossiter
STUDY 2
(year 9 shared)
STUDY 3
Archie Cullen
Freddie Gearing
Cameron Johnson
Daniel MacKeith
Arslan Manzoor
Jordan SCOTT
STUDY 5
Barnaby O'Callaghan
Bill Annan-Callcott
Lewis Williams
Pierrick Catalo
STUDY 7
Jem CRAWLEY
Matthew HEMMING
Tom SCRUTTON
James DOWN
Angus GRANT
Adeel SIDDIQUE
Miles HACKETT
STUDY 9
OLD LIBRARY
Ben COLECLOUGH
Matthew CHIVERS
Harry CRATON
William ELIAS
Jonty O’CALLAGHAN
Ben WOLLAS
STUDY 11
Sam DEDMAN
Alistair FALLON
Robert GITTINGS
Nate HARA
Rohan SANDHU
Tom WEALE
Head of House
James DOWN
STUDY 12
Oron Barak
Ahmedyassin Idriss
Tom Hargan
Anthony Moll
STUDY 6
(matron)