School playground rules to make sure everyone is safe: 

1. Only walking and talking before school. 

2. After lunch is over, WALK, don’t run to the playground. 

3. Respect others. Be a good sport.  

4. Play safely with all the play equipment.  

5. Use balls & jump ropes appropriately. Do not kick balls.  

6. Get a yard duty supervisor if you need help at any time or if you have any questions about safety. 

7. Use only Kensington Hilltop School play equipment. You can’t play with toys from home. 

8. No tag or chasing games. No climbing games on fences.

9. Stay on the yard at all times. Ask permission to retrieve a ball if it goes off the yard. 

10. No food or drink on the yard. 

11. Run only in permitted areas--NOT between classrooms.

12. Students must have library passes to go to library during lunch 

13. When the bell rings,
• freeze
• walk to line up after the yard teacher blows the whistle
• carry balls to the line

Thank you! 

1. Sit in assigned areas.
2. Remain seated while eating. Throw lunch garbage out only when table is excused.
3. Lunch/noon duty supervisors will see that each table cleans their area before leaving.
4. Stay seated quietly until you are dismissed to the playground.

1. Students are expected to demonstrate good sportsmanship and respect one another and school personnel at all times.
2. If difficulties or arguments arise on the playground and students are unable to resolve the situation, students should contact the yard duty supervisor.
3. Before school, students can engage in controlled activities (walking and talking) as long as they are in their designated area. Students are not to be at school before 7:50 unless a parent or supervisor accompanies them.
4. All equipment is to be used in a safe and proper manner and for which it was intended. (Do not sit or swing on the tetherballs; jump ropes are for jumping, no running in the play structure area, etc.) When using all playground equipment, common sense will be the deciding factor regarding student safety.
5. Climbing will be restricted to the playground climbing equipment.
6. The school provides play equipment. Students will bring no other equipment from home. (This is an issue of insurance. If an accident occurs with equipment that is brought from home, we may not be covered by insurance.)
7. Students can not retrieve playground balls that leave the playground.
8. Students are not to eat or drink on the playground. If snacks are allowed, students must eat their snacks in the classroom.
9. P.E. rules will apply to tetherball, and four square. These rules will be reinforced during the P.E. classes.
10. At recess, students are to stop playing and immediately, “freeze” when the bell rings and walk to line up when directed by yard duty personnel. If students have playground balls, they are to carry the balls to the line.

1. Students may play hit ball (using the fist with a rubber ball) on the playground.
2. Kicking of balls on the Portola campus is prohibited.