Emphasis is placed on school culture and relationships that allow students to learn in an environment that is conducive to academic engagement. Having a well-defined set of student expectations allows students and teachers to focus on teaching and learning programmes.
Pedagogy that is warm and demanding, combined with high expectations for all learners, creates classroom environments where our students’ potential can be realised.
Restorative practices
- Effective student-teacher relationships where the focus is on building strong, meaningful, trusting and respectful relationships, and repairing relationships when difficulties or harm arises.
The Behaviour Triangle and Pastoral Points system
- Used to simplify, record and communicate in a clear and transparent manner
- Tangible Outcomes: Certain behaviours or actions attract points which accumulate – providing a clear indicator of the need for some form of intervention.
- All teachers can log incidents
- Classroom expectations involve respect, responsibility, participation, achievement
- Tier One: Minor infringements of uniform, classroom behaviour or attendance = one point. Deans intervene if a student reaches 10 points in one category or 20 points across categories.
- Tier Two behaviours have different point values. Behaviours can result in a stand down or exemption. Threshold is 30 points.
- Tier Three chronic, severe or challenging behaviours can result in a pre-suspension meeting where the Principal will decide if the student should appear before the Board of Trustees.
