Write a speech to incoming form one pupils enlightening them of the school rules

”This is how we all benefit,” NOT “This is how you will suffer if you break the rules.”

Explanation: Just curious—will the incoming group be small enough to have individual members, in a discussion group setting, provide YOU with rules THEY believe are reasonable and just … or could divide the group into smaller groups (of 4–5) to discuss among themselves, and list for reporting out to the whole group their ideas. I suspect that this will not only generate a wonderful assortment of “rules” you could have presented … but they would have more buy-in and far less boredom and/or defensiveness and resistance.

How many rules do you plan to present to these young, impressionable, yet easily bored, “freshmen” … with short memories and a whole lot of other concerns bouncing around in their heads, at that time?

In any case, these rules you elicit or present must have a logical basis (perhaps with an example of how rule-breaking negatively affects the learning process and the school community … and they should always be presented as unadulterated positives, with only a few (or no) examples of the punishments that will be meted out for transgressions.

”This is how we all benefit,” NOT “This is how you will suffer if you break the rules.”