
The students are all excited that the snow came early this year! Below is a list of NBCS winter playground rules. Reinforcement of these rules at home with your child/ children is greatly appreciated. Also, we are experiencing a great deal of lost snow gear. It is very helpful if you put your child's name in anything that comes to school.
Winter/Snow Playground rules
All students must have proper winter clothing (boots, snow pants) to play in the snow. Otherwise, they need to remain on the pavement.
All students may sled on the “big hill.” Please wait until the person in front of you is at the bottom of the hill and out of his/her sled. One person to a sled and you must sled feet first. Sledding may be canceled by duty teachers if grass is showing, too icy or other reasons.
Return all sleds to the designated area at the end of recess.
Fairy village and big slide are closed during the snowy months.
All students may use other playground equipment (with proper snow gear), including “big toy.”
Students may play football or other games on the pavement. However, duty teachers may limit a game to certain areas to avoid congestion or cancel games due to conditions on the pavement.
During kicking games, please keep the ball on the ground. This means no “drop-kicks or punts.”
Students may build snow forts in the garden area.
Students in grades 3-6 may throw snowballs at targets on wall ball wall during lunch recess ONLY, not at morning recess.
Wall ball is cancelled for grades R-2 during the snowy season. Older grades may use discretion if the area is too snowy or slippery.
If the basketball court is clear of ice and snow, duty teachers may use discretion to allow students to climb over snow banking.