‘Go make disciples of all the nations.’

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR POLICY

‘ Behaviour is the way we respond to a given situation.’

At St Helen’s we aim to lead our children in developing behaviour for life. We will do this with a positive, Christian approach, remembering that we all make mistakes and need to come back to God.

We aim to uphold the Mission Statement of the school by adhering to our Golden Values, based on the Olympic and Paralympic values, which are:

Respect Excellence Friendship Equality Inspiration Determination Courage

REWARDS

We aim to be positive in our approach with each other at all times and children will be rewarded for making the extra effort to demonstrate one or more of our Golden Values. ONCE A REWARD IS GIVEN IT CANNOT BE REMOVED. These rewards will be:

 KS1 children will receive certificates, KS2 children will be part of the house points system.  VALUE CARDS – when a child has a stamp on each of the values, they will receive a Gold Medal at Friday assembly. The Head Teacher will write to parents to tell them that their child has been awarded this medal.  It is expected that teachers will develop their own class reward systems to meet the needs of the children in their class, ALONGSIDE the whole school systems.

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 KS1 will still use certificates and KS2 will still use the house point system alongside the promotion of our values. These will be presented at Friday assemblies. The winning house will be allowed to wear their own clothes to school on the last Friday of each half- term.  Children who have earned medals, certificates or purple house badges will have their names displayed at the front of the school on the award board and parents will either be written to or texted to make sure they know how well their child is doing.

SANCTIONS

It is important to remember, when dealing with poor behaviour, that it is separated from the child. It is the behaviour, not the child we are attempting to change. It is expected that all adults will use the policy to help deal with poor behaviour shown by children. It is also expected that staff deal with situations and children on an individual basis, and take into account any possible special needs that a child may have. Any concerning incidents should be reported to the class teacher.

 Class teachers will be given a book to record yellow/red card incidents in. This should record; o what the incident was o who was involved (including adults) o any outcomes/decisions

Detentions (KS2) (Wednesdays for 1 hour)

It is important to remember that detentions are a last resort. Teachers may decide to award a child an after-school detention OR a shorter lunchtime detention. If an after-school detention is set, then the class teacher must:

o notify parents in writing at least 24 hours beforehand o record the detention in central book held in staff room o set work for the child to do during that detention

A detention rota will be arranged to ensure detentions are covered after school on Wednesdays.

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KS1 & KS2 Sanction guidelines

VERBAL WARNING WARNING TRIANGLE YELLOW CARD RED CARD (card) Low level disruption. Continual interruption of Abusive language (including swearing) Intentional physical abuse of pupils and lessons adults, including spitting and fighting for ANY reason. Bell procedure Consistent misbehaviour Late homework (without notifying teacher) Stealing

Squabbling Notes in classroom Deliberate destruction of school or another’s (depending on content). property. Play fighting in Wasting peer mediation Telling lies Racism playground time Not following procedure Disrespectful and rude behaviour towards Persistently recorded bullying (not a ‘one-off’) after bell has rung staff and children (cussing) Refusing to cooperate Carrying offensive weapons e.g. knives, inappropriate scissors Throwing items in classroom Inappropriate touching Gossiping, having been spoken to by an Carrying offensive, inappropriate material into adult school. Leaving playground/classroom without Pupils leaving school premises without permission permission Deliberately exposing themselves

NOTES: 1. KS1 will have a chart displayed showing the verbal warning, warning triangle and yellow face. 2. ANY red card incident should be referred to the HT for immediate investigation. This may result in a temporary exclusion. In HT’s absence, it should be brought to a member of the SLT. 3. ALL incidents should be investigated by the class teacher BEFORE they are escalated to SLT/HT.

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4. Teachers can, if they feel a child has made efforts, remove a child from the yellow card register/list – it is important to remember the need for reconciliation. 5. If a KS2 child has received 3 yellow cards in one week, that child will have to complete an after-school detention. KS1 children will miss choosing time on Friday afternoons.

GUIDELINES EYFS

It is expected that staff working in EYFS will develop a successful reward system which embraces the values of the whole school positive behaviour policy. It should be immediate and clearly understood by the children. For example, the ‘rainbow’ system could be used for children to be able to move up towards a goal. The time out chair can also be used for short periods of time as a sanction.

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