Positive Behaviour Programme

At Ngakuru School, our aim is to provide a positive school environment which is supportive, respectful, inclusive and responsive to the needs of our students. Our approach to managing behaviour is focused on providing the conditions and support for all children to excel and meet the standards of behaviour expected of them at school.  It is a restorative approach, rather than a punitive one. We ensure the following:

• Expectations are consistent across the school and clearly communicated to staff, students and their families

• School values and learning dispositions are visible across the school, explicitly taught and modelled,  and referred to regularly in assemblies, within class programmes etc.

• Staff receive appropriate Professional Learning (PLD) on managing behaviour effectively, such as Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L), Understanding Behaviour, Responding Safely (UBRS) and Incredible Years Training (IYT).

• Children are rewarded for displaying appropriate behaviours at school. This includes recognition in class, at assemblies and prizegivings. The incentive card system is a school-wide approach for rewarding positive behaviour and the rewards are co-constructed between the teacher and class.

• Positive and specific praise is used to reinforce expected behaviours and acknowledge expected behaviours. Positive behaviour receives more attention than inappropriate behaviour.

• Poor behaviour is discouraged through strategies such as redirection, modelling desired behaviours, restorative conversations, and consequences where appropriate. 

• Behaviour incidents are recorded by teachers to ascertain triggers, patterns of behaviour and strategies/interventions to prevent further incidences.

• Parents and family members are communicated with as needed, and encouraged to participate in the process of modelling positive behaviour and correcting/reducing any inappropriate behaviour.

• Mistakes are a part of learning. Students are held to account for their behaviour and we expect high standards of behaviour at Ngakuru School, but also recognise that learning new behaviours often comes from making mistakes and finding better ways to deal with situations in the future.