BEHAVIOURAL EXPECTATIONS

Behaviour
All students have the right to learn without being disrupted by others. No student has the right to interfere with any other student’s learning or staff member’s teaching programme. The school has established the following affirmations: Students right to learn Teachers right to teach Everyones right to be safe The school utilizes Restorative Practices (explained further in our "Guidance' page) to assist in managing student behaviour. It involves staff being trained in holding conversations which help rebuild relationships with students when there is a breakdown in the learning process in the classroom. The pocess involves afterschool conversation between staff and the students involved. It can also involve meetings with parents. However for serious behaviours which challenge ourschool affirmations (e.g. physical and emotional violence, theft, drugs, verbal abuse of staff and repeated and deliberate disobedience) we have a separate and immediate response. We utilize the services of our social services consultant in dealing with these serious behaviours.

Positive Behaviour For Learning
Our program is a behaviour support program which focuses on four major areas within the school: school-wide behaviour; out of class behaviour; in-class; and individual behaviour management. We have clearly defined expected behaviors which are based on the schoolvalues of Respect, Achieve and Participation (RAP). We are establishing procedures for teaching & practicing these behaviors and will be rewarding appropriate behaviour. The program works in conjunction with our Restorative Practices processes.