Discipline

The School routine, rules and regulations are administered by Captains and Prefects under the control of the Headmaster and his staff. Firm adherence to School rules is expected from all, and great stress is laid upon good manners and courtesy.

A system of Red and Black marks operates within the School. Good work or helpfulness and courtesy are rewarded with Red Marks, while offences are recorded by the award of Black Marks or minor extra duties. Regular totalling of marks and inter-House comparisons, encourage each boy to do his best for himself and his House.

Bullying is considered a very major offence and great attention is paid by staff to ensure that it does not take place. Regular meetings take place between the Headmaster and the Captains and Prefects, and at these meetings a great deal of information about each boy is obtained. House meetings are also held frequently. Care is taken to ensure that no Captain or Prefect exceeds his authority.

If discipline at Crawfordton is firm, it is hoped that it is tempered with a sense of proportion and a sense of humour.

The Commandos

This organisation is very much a Crawfordton tradition. Combining the best of Scouting and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme activites, senior boys have their own wood in which there is a large camp fire site, surrounded by dens and huts constructed by the boys. During the Summer Term, boys may camp out in their dens, and other camping and trekking expeditions are undertaken in the hills and glens near the school. Map reading, compass work, weather, camp craft, First Aid, form only some of the activities for which Commando Certificates may be awarded.

The Commandos operate their own Assault Course consisting of various rope and tree obstacles constructed and improved every year by generations of Crawfordtonians. There is also a 40 yard aerial Ropeway which along with the Assault Course is only used under staff supervision.

Younger boys may join the Junior Commandos which introduce them to some of the Commando activities, and to various “wide” games organised in the grounds and hillsides around the School.

The pool was in almost constant use this Summer – in fact, on several occasions, a large number of boys had the opportunity to swim three times in the day – before breakfast, during the afternoon, and then in the evening after an hour’s stone-picking!

55 boys can now be regarded as ‘swimmers’, having completed at least one length of the pool, and having jumped into the deep end to show that they really are safe in the water.

The competition for the Kerr Cup was organised somewhat differently this year – the standards gained during the term counted towards the Cup, as did the Relay, a 2-lengths breast-stroke race, and a two-lengths free-style race. The result of the competition was as close as it could possibly have been – Stewart won with 76.5 points, followed by Douglas with 76.4, and Moray with 60.