West Street Community Primary School and Nursery

Behaviour

We care for, support and protect our pupils whilst they are growing and learning with us, and encourage them to do the same for each other and the wider community. We inspire them to become confident, responsible individuals who aspire to achieve in life; to develop academically, emotionally and socially; to succeed in school and beyond.

At West Street we work towards developing high standards of behaviour based on respect, responsibility and ambition.

· All pupils, staff, parents and visitors have the right to feel safe at all times in school.

· The school rules are clearly set out in the behaviour policy and displayed around school.

We believe that all staff at school have a responsibility to actively help children develop these core skills and abilities. They can be taught throughout the school day by:-

· Staff modelling the skills and abilities directly both with children and each other

· Be clear when speaking with children about behaviour expectations – tell them what you want them to do

· Setting appropriate boundaries for children’s behaviour

· Generously give praise around the child by focusing on positive role models who are modelling expected behaviour

· Showing empathy and understanding of children

· Listening to children

· Showing respect and understanding to everyone and everything

· Providing feedback in an informative way to children

· Using positive consequences liberally to encourage the learning of acceptable behaviour thus building a culture of

positive behaviour and achievement

· Using a restorative approach to reflect on unacceptable behaviour and ensure the child is clear about what the

unacceptable behaviour is and what they could to do differently

· Teaching the skills and abilities through weekly assemblies

· Teaching PSHE

Proactive communication between teachers and parents is essential is ensuring that both excellent behaviour, improvements in behaviour, specific incidents of high level behaviour or on-going concerns about persistent low level behaviour are shared. In this way parents are kept informed about their child’s behaviour, discuss the issues and agree strategies to support the child in improving their behaviour. Communicating with parents about both improving and positive behaviour provides parents with a balanced view and reinforces the relationship between staff and parents.

We work hard with children to:

· Create a positive climate with realistic expectations;

· Emphasise the importance of being valued as an individual within the group;

· Promote, through example, honesty and courtesy;

· Provide a caring and effective learning environment;

· Encourage relationships based on kindness, respect and understanding of the needs of others;

· Ensure fair treatment for all regardless of age, gender, race, and ability;

· Show appreciation of the efforts and contribution of all.

For further details please read our Behaviour Policy below.

We acknowledge that unacceptable behaviour and bullying can lead to child on child abuse and that children can abuse other children.

At West Street we operate a zero-tolerance approach. Each pupil has a right to enjoy an education free from fear and distress. We take seriously all forms of child on child abuse (no matter how low level they may appear) and ensure that no form of child on child abuse is ever dismissed as horseplay or teasing.

For further details please read our Behaviour Policy and Anti-Bullying Policy below.

Our emphasis is on rewards to reinforce positive behaviour. We believe that rewards have a motivational role, helping children to see that positive behaviour is valued. The commonest reward is praise, informal and formal, to individuals and groups. It is earned by the maintenance of good standards as well as by particularly noteworthy achievements. Rates of praise for behaviour should be as high as for work.