Relationships & Behaviour

The school expects every member of the school community to behave in a considerate, cooperative and respectful way towards others. Pupils should be treated impartially and our Relationships Policy is applied in a consistent and attuned way.

It aims to help pupils to grow in a safe and secure environment, and to become positive, responsible and increasingly independent members of the school and the wider community. It is designed to recognise, encourage, and promote positive behaviour through the ongoing development of pupil emotion regulation.

School Rules

We have three simple school rules which are:

Ready
Respectful
Safe

Every behaviour intervention, positive or corrective, is related back to the child, asking them if they are being Ready, Respectful or Safe.

Positive Behaviour

Positive behaviour reflects our school values - inclusion, nurture and respect - and it is established through creating an environment where good conduct is more likely and poor conduct less likely. Good conduct is taught to all pupils, so that they understand what behaviour is expected and encouraged and what is prohibited.

Pupils are taught to:

To move appropriately in and out of the school building.
To walk on the left quietly down the corridor.
To line up facing forwards in a single file.
To hold doors open for others and visitors.
To keep their classrooms tidy.
To push their chairs under the table.
To clear their table at lunchtime.
At lunchtime/playtimes when the first whistle/bell sounds children should stop and on the second whistle/bell line up.
To take care of their own and schools’ equipment.
To be polite to adults and other children.
To support other children.
To empathise with each other.
To develop strategies to deal with upsetting or aggressive behaviour.
To report incidents of bullying behaviour involving themselves or others.

Adjustments can be made to routines for pupils with additional needs, where appropriate and reasonable, to ensure all pupils can meet behavioural expectations.

Emotion Coaching

Emotion Coaching is based on the principle that nurturing and emotionally supportive relationships provide optimal contexts for the promotion of children's outcomes and resilience. All staff have been trained in using emotion coaching techniques.

Children and young people who have received emotion coaching:

Achieve more academically in school
Are more popular
Have fewer behavioural problems
Have fewer infectious illnesses
Are more emotionally stable
Are more resilient