Playground Rules
**Before school playground supervision starts 15 minutes prior to the start of school.**
General Expectations
Safe, Kind, Responsible |
Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
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Playing by classroom door, the kitchen courtyard or out by the bus circle |
Use Kelso's choice if you have a problem with a friend |
Hitting, kicking, or using unkind language when there's a problem |
Letting a grownup know when you need to use the bathroom or to see the nurse |
Going out of sight of the grownups when they don't know where you are |
Dirt, sand, and rocks stay on the ground |
Throwing dirt, sand, pine cones and rocks |
Dig in the ground with sticks |
Throw sticks or hit friends with sticks |
Stay where the teachers can see you |
Wander around the buildings |
All are welcome! |
Gang up against others |
Stay on the playground side of the yellow line |
Playing by the classroom doors, courtyard by kitchen, or behind containers or gym |
Swings
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
Sit on your bottom or lie on your stomach | Stand on swing or swing side to side |
One person only | Two or more people |
Give a safe space around the swings | Run under the swings |
Let others have a turn | Refuse to share the swing |
Slide
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
Travel down the slide feet first | Climb up the slide |
One person at a time | Two or more people |
Slide all the way down | Stop in the middle or bottom of slide |
Grass Field
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
Walking around games | Walking through games |
Staying on the grass | Climbing the concrete wall or fence |
Kicking balls into the goals | Climbing on or pulling the goals over |
Play on field when open for your grade and during school hours | Play on field before school or when it's closed to your grade |
Closed before school |
Turf Field
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
Using the field for one sport at a time, following standard rules of play. | Climbing on goals, pulling on netting |
Returning balls at the end of recess. | Kicking balls farther away when bell rings |
Keeping shoes on at all times. | Roughhousing: wrestling, pulling down, pushing, pulling off shoes, etc. |
Using the "unlined" part of the turf field for free play and staying off the lined area | Laying on field where students are playing a sport |
Noticing where others are at all times to avoid collisions | Going on the field and interrupting the game |
Games
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
EVERYONE can play | Exclude friends or other people |
Play fair and by the rules | Make up new rules or change the rules |
Use Kelso's Choice to solve differences | Argue, yell, fight when there is a problem |
Letting others join the game | Telling some they can't play |
Passing the ball | Hogging the ball |
Congratulating good plays or the winning side | Getting mad because you didn't win or your teammate didn't get the point |
Using safe hands during games like tag, flyers up or soccer | Hitting too hard, pulling on jackets, or pushing people down |
Playing tag in open spaces like the blacktop or fields | Running in the walkways by the classroom doors |
Play Equipment
Safe, Kind, Responsible | Unsafe, Unkind, Irresponsible |
One person on the monkey bars at a time | Two or more people on the monkey bars |
Hands off friends when they are on the equipment | Pushing, shoving, pulling, tagging friends on the equipment |
Walking on the wood chips | Playing tag around the swings and slides and running on the wood chips |
Climbing up and down the equipment | Standing, jumping off the top of the equipment |
Hanging from hands on monkey bars | Standing or sitting on monkey bars or hanging by knees |