At St Martin's management of behaviour is part of our teaching
and learning philosophy. It involves children, parents and staff
collaboratively working together with a “We Can Work It
Out” belief as the basis for developing a community of
inclusion where everyone belongs.
The policy has been developed collaboratively with staff and parents.
Children and staff work together to develop classroom expectations for
their “belonging environment” in the classroom,
that are in alignment with our school expectations. They are encouraged
to develop responsibility for their choices, knowing in advance of the
positive (affirming) and negative (intervention) consequences that
follow from those choices.
Respect for Self
Respect for Others
Respect for Property
Expectations ….
Keep Hands And Feet To Yourself
Speak To Please, And Not To Tease
Listen To Adults And Follow Directions
Look After Your Belongings And Those Of Others
Walk Don’t Run
Work Hard Together
To Be Happy And remember …
“We Can Work It Out!”
Bullying is recognised as any type of unacceptable behaviour, which makes people, feel threatened, embarrassed, frightened, uncomfortable, humiliated, intimidated, and which has a negative effect on their self-esteem.
Types of Bullying
Physical aggression - physical harm or destroying property.
Social aggression - rumours ,racial slurs, or exclusion from a group.
Verbal aggression - name-calling, teasing, or threatening.
Intimidation - phone calls, dirty tricks, or taking possessions.
Written aggression - threatening notes or graffiti.
Sexual harassment - comments or actions of a sexual nature, which make the recipient uncomfortable.
Racial and cultural
Our Process
We aim for all children to feel safe and secure at school. With the underlying principle of “we can work it out”, our process is cooperative in nature and proactive in dealing with situations of bullying. We aim for children to understand that there will be both positive and negative consequences for all behaviours associated with bullying.
The Process involves the following:
# Communicating clear expectations and consequences to all
# Publicly reward positive and non-violent behaviour
# Recognise incidents of bullying.
# Identify the victim of bullying, the person bullying, and the passive onlookers, each of whom plays a significant part in preventing or promoting these interactions
# “We can work it out” conferences involving bully, victim, staff and parents (as appropriate)
Our main focus is creating a school climate that feels safe and secure for all members of the school community.
Process For Management Of Inappropriate Behaviour
“A Non-Belonging System”
1. Reminders of expectations of school/class covenant Verbal (“What questions”) & Non-verbal cues, and warning of consequences
2. Isolation within classroom e.g. “thinking chair”, and warning of further consequences
3. Withdrawal to other appropriate known area within classroom (This procedure can be removed when a child continues to display non-belonging behaviour)
4. Review classroom practices and procedures for organisation
5. Withdrawal to another classroom (as previously arranged with that teacher) Complete “Relearning Plan” and send copy to admin. (Parents notified)
6. If inappropriate behaviour persists, notify administration team, and withdrawal to office. Admin.team member revisits school expectations and consequences with child, documents incident, and follows up with teacher to review “Relearning Plan”. (Parents notified)
7. If inappropriate behaviour continues to persist, conference with parents, teacher, principal, and child is needed. New action plan agreed on, and further conference involving outside agencies may then need to occur.
8. If inappropriate behaviour is continually repeated, then child, in consultation with parents, is removed from school.
a) For a short period of time
b) Formal suspension
c) Expulsion
Notes:
If behaviour endangers that of self or others, children can be immediately removed from the situation
All children have the opportunity, and are encouraged, to re-enter their group
