Student Code of Conduct
Bentley Park College is committed to providing a safe, respectful and disciplined learning environment for all students, staff, parents, carers and visitors.
The Bentley Park College Student Code of Conduct (PDF 2.47MB) sets out the responsibilities and processes we use in our school to promote a productive, effective whole school approach to discipline.
Its purpose is to facilitate high standards of behaviour from all in the school community, ensuring learning and teaching in our school is prioritised, where all students are able to experience success and staff enjoy a safe workplace.
The Student Code of Conduct also details the steps school staff take to educate students about these policies and how students are explicitly taught the expected behaviours. Finally, it details the consequences that may apply when students breach the expected standards of behaviour, including the use of suspension or exclusion.
College Rules
Embedded in the five Bentley Park College Pillars of Excellence are the five College rules, which have been used in the development of this Student Code of Conduct, with the aim of helping shape and build the skills of all our students to be confident, self-disciplined and kind young people. Our school staff believe that communication and positive connections with other people are the most valuable skills our communities need now and in the future.
College Policies
Bentley Park College (BPC) offers digital technology access for student educational use. The Acceptable Use of Information Technology and Virtual Reality Equipment and Systems Policy (PDF 1.25MB) guides student use of BPC computers and associated software and hardware including Virtual Reality (VR) equipment, with the aim to develop students as competent, responsible, independent users of Information Technology (IT).
The internet, mobile phones and social media provide wonderful opportunities for students to network and socialise online. While these technologies provide positive platforms for sharing ideas, they also have the potential to cause pain and suffering to individuals, groups or even whole communities. The Appropriate Use of Social Media Policy (PDF 1.14MB) offers information about how to use social media in relation to comments or posts about the college community.
At Bentley Park College, we strive to support students to learn in a positive, safe, supportive environment. While there is a range of rewards for students for positive behaviours, they are also consequences for those who choose to take part in negative behaviours that compromise the learning and wellbeing of others, outlined in the Lunchtime Detention Policy (PDF 890KB).
Bentley Park College uses the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework to promote positive relationships and the wellbeing of all students, staff and visitors at the school. This framework is a major contributor to the Preventing and Responding to Bullying Policy (PDF 1.89MB).
Digital literacy refers to the skills needed to live, learn and work in a society where communication and access to information is dominated by digital technologies like mobile phones. However, the benefits brought about through these diverse technologies can be easily overshadowed by deliberate misuse which harms others or disrupts learning. The knowledge and confidence to navigate and use these technologies safely while developing digital literacy is a responsibility shared between parents/carers, school staff and students and is outlined in the Student Use of Mobile and Electronic Device Policy (PDF 1.31MB).
The removal of any property in a student's possession may be necessary to promote the caring, safe and supportive learning environment of the school, to maintain and foster mutual respect between all state school staff and students. This is outlined in the Temporary Removal of Student Property Policy (PDF 968KB).
The Bentley Park College Year 11 and Year 12 Assessment Policy (PDF 1.61MB) details the expectations for assessment completion, submission procedures and consequences for non-compliance in order to ensure that:
- there is clarity around the expectations of teachers and students
- there is integrity in the assessment that contributes towards the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
- there is consistency in assessment procedures in all subject areas across Years 11 to 12
- all students are treated equitably.
A Year 11 and 12 Assessment Policy
Quick Reference Guide for Students (PDF 634KB) has also been produced to highlight key elements, although students should be familiar with the full version.
Other assessment-related forms for Year 11 and 12 students are the Application for Extension or Variation to Exam Date (PDF 200KB) and the Application for Access Arrangement or Reasonable Adjustments for Exams (PDF 172KB).
Bentley Park College is a uniform school and students are expected to be clean, well-groomed and wear a uniform that is correct, clean, neat and tidy as per the Uniform and Dress Code Policy (PDF 1.93MB). As a Prep to Year 12 school, there are different uniform variations for Primary, Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary students.
Staff at Bentley Park College are committed to delivering a high quality education to every student and there is a range of Student Support staff in place to help arrange and deliver focused teaching to students who need more support to meet expectations. The Responsible Thinking Classroom (RTC) Policy (PDF 1.22MB) outlines the RTC process in Primary and Secondary.
Bentley Park College uses Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) as the multi-tiered system of support for discipline in the school. This is a whole-school approach, used in all classrooms and programs offered through the school, including sporting activities and excursions.
We believe discipline is about more than punishment. It is a word that reflects our belief that student behaviour is a part of the overall teaching and learning approach in our school, outlined in the Whole School Approach to Discipline Policy (PDF 1.08MB).
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Representing Bentley Park College (BPC) is a privilege that students must earn through their ability, effort and attitude. Students who wish to participate in activities and/or events in which they are representing the College at all levels across the five 'Pillars of Excellence' should be proud of their school and will demonstrate this through their actions at all times.
As part of it's commitment to Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL), BPC focuses on improving student standards and performance by rewarding positive behaviours. The Representative Eligibility Policy (PDF 1.31MB) allows students who embrace our values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience, and meet certain expectations, to access privileges that are part of the educational experience at the College.
Student work experience, as outlined in the Work Experience Policy (PDF 1.04MB), is an ideal opportunity for students at Bentley Park College to have the first hand opportunity to sample career options that cannot be provided in the classroom. Work experience also offers students to make the connection of what they have learnt in the classroom with the 'world of work'.
Work experience prepares students for post school options and choices. They refer to a wide variety of activities that are designed to:
- develop in students the attitudes and skills to participate in both paid and unpaid work
- increase students' understanding of the current and future labour market
- to increase students' understanding of the dynamic nature of work.
