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Character - Respect

‘Admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities’.

Character - Respect

‘Admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities’.

Character - Respect

‘Admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities’.

If our students Respect others, they will form good relationships with each other and staff; this will help us to develop a cohesive and tolerant school community. We also want all students to feel that this is their school and they belong here. Key information on ‘respect’ is included below.

Respect

‘Admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities’

Examples:

I have great/the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don’t agree with them.

She is a formidable figure who commands a great deal of respect (= who is greatly admired by others).

New teachers have to earn/gain the respect of their students.

Being respected by important people in our lives growing up teaches us how to be respectful towards others. Respect means that you accept somebody for who they are, even when they’re different from you or you don’t agree with them. Respect in your relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing.

What is Respect (and What It Means)

The word respect originally comes from “respectus” which means “attention”, consideration, or regard. Possessing a Latin origin, it can be defined as “regard for or of a feeling of the value or greatness of an individual, an individual’s quality or capacity, or something considered as an appearance of an individual quality or capacity”.

Respect is an important component of both interpersonal relationships and personal identity. Feeling respected could also be considered as general human advice. It is a significant segment of both individual character and relational connections. Feeling respected could be viewed as a fundamental common liberty. Discourtesy is a significant thing that can prompt separations and even savagery.

It is an idea that alludes to the capacity to esteem and honour someone else, both their words and activities, regardless of whether we don’t endorse or share all that the person does. It is tolerating the other individual and making an effort not to disrespect them. Respecting someone else isn’t making a decision about them by their mentalities, practices, or contemplations. It isn’t expecting somebody to be something else.

Why Giving Respect is Important

It is basic to have a sense of security, to have the option to communicate unafraid of being judged, embarrassed, or oppressed.

Being conscious of others, cherished, and respecting ourselves builds our confidence, self-adequacy, psychological well-being, and prosperity.

How Do We Show Respect for Others & Why It’s Important in Life?

What precisely is respect? It’s the feeling of worth or individual worth that you relate to somebody. Respect is a general assessment you give somebody dependent on numerous elements – what that individual is doing with their life, how they treat you and others, regardless of whether they are straightforward or not and on the off chance that they appear to reliably do beneficial things, enormous or little, for others. So, respect is an optimistic view of how somebody is carrying on with their life.

Examples of Showing Respect to Others

Below mentioned are four ways of showing respect to others.

1 - Listening

Everyone in the world wants to be heard and listened to. Listening to what one has to say is a very basic manner of respecting others. Whether someone has something important to say or not is a factor that should not be considered. When we give another person our time, we validate them which in return conveys respect.

2 - Supporting

When we support someone, we provide them with evidence that they actually make a difference and matter. You make them feel valued and that they are worthy of respect. Simply supporting someone in a virtual manner guarantees that you respect them. To support someone, you simply have to notice something positive about them and verbalize it. Make others feel important and respected.

3 - Supporting

Serving and being kind are two different things. When you are being kind, it is not necessary to serve but it surely is a tough job. When you’re kind to someone, you’re somewhat giving towards others. We often give people something they can use. Kindness is really just an expression of respect. When someone is in need, we can show kindness which will result in them feeling respect.

4 - Being Polite

Being polite is one of the easiest ways to show respect. An act of politeness can leave others feeling respected and positive. It is integral to be polite with yourself and others around you to maintain respectful behaviour.

How Yondr Works

Frequently Asked Questions

We want our students to be engaged in their learning. A child at high school should not really have a reason to contact a parent during the day; however, if there is a genuine reason e.g. they have forgotten their packed lunch, a phone call can be made home from the school office. If a parent needs to contact their child in an emergency, they should contact the school office. If you need to contact your child during the school day, contact the main office on 01942 883796.

In case of a school emergency, we direct our students to safety first, following our school emergency procedures.

 

Students are in possession of their phone - in their Yondr pouch - for the entire school day. We will advise students to store the pouch safely in their school bag or blazer pockets.

If a student damages their Pouch or is caught on their phone, we will confiscate the phone and issue a sanction which is likely to be a suspension.

Note: Damage consists of any signs that the physical integrity of the pouch has been compromised, whether intentional or unintentional, as determined by the school or Yondr staff.

Damaged pouches will be charged to parents at a cost of £20.

They will be searched and wanded with a handheld scanner by a member of SLT. If they are found to have their phone on their person they will be expected to place it in their pouch. Refusal will be met with suspension.

If a student forgets their Pouch, their phone will be confiscated.

As per our previous mobile phone policy;

  • Confiscated phones will be taken to reception where the phone will be secured in the school safe.
  • Parents will be alerted to the phone confiscation via the school office.

Parents will have the option to collect the phone at the end of the day. If parents do not collect the phone, the phone will remain in school until the end of the week or until the student has their pouch.

In Yondr’s experience, this almost never happens. All students funnel past the unlocking stations at the exits, they want their phones back and don’t forget to unlock their pouches. If they do arrive home with a phone in a pouch, they can either come back to school to unlock it, or have a phone free evening!

The unlocking process is quick and takes under a second per student. 

As a privilege, Year 11 will be able to unlock their phones as they go off site at lunchtime; however, they will be expected to put their phones back into their pouches when they return to school for period 5.

Yes. There is an adapted version of the pouch which uses a Velcro fastener instead of a magnetic lock. This means the student still follows the policy, but the adapted pouch gives them easy access to their phone when required. If the student abuses this, they will face a sanction. We are already aware of these students.

Your Office 365 account username is your school network account username followed by @flhs.wigan.sch.uk 
The password is the same password that you use in school to access computers.