Positive Behaviour Policy

Expectations are high and all staff ensure the pupils conduct themselves in the best possible manner.

Behaviour Statement

At Newark Hill, we believe that all children and adults in our school and community are important.  We aim to provide an environment where everyone feels valued, happy and secure. 

We are committed to enabling all of our pupils to access their education successfully by regulating the conduct of all pupils.  We take the behaviour of all the children in school very seriously and have simple school rules for everyone to follow. Our behaviour principles are around our 3 'Golden core values' of having respect, being responsible and having resilience. These 3 core values are referenced several times in the day, whether it be in the classroom, in assemblies, at lunchtimes/break times around the Academy etc.

At our Academy we follow the Zones of regulations-

 

This program teaches a variety of social-emotional skills to children, starting with early emotional skills and advancing on to self-regulation and navigating social situations. Pupils are taught to co-regulate and then the Zones help lead on to self-regulation.  

Here are some skills taught during The Zones of Regulation:

• Identifying your emotions by categorising feelings into four zones
• Self-regulation: Achieving the preferred state of alertness (zone) for a situation. This is all about regulating your body and emotional regulation.
• Identifying triggers: Learning what makes you “tick” and why
• Coping strategies: Various techniques and strategies that help achieve emotional regulation and manage strong emotions
• Size of the problem: Introduces the idea that the size of your reaction should match the size of your problem, how to identify the size of your problem, and strategies for problem-solving.
• Expected behaviour vs unexpected behaviour: This also covers perspective taking and how your behaviour affects the thoughts and feelings of the people around you.

Microsoft Reflect

You will see the monsters on the poster - these are from the 'Microsoft Reflect' application that we use with Key Stage 2.  Pupils select their current mood frequently so we can monitor should they require any support and we intervene so they are ready for learning where necessary.

Here is an example of a pupil's individualised Zones of regulation Action board-

This 'Action Board' is used daily by pupils struggling to regulate behaviours and allows staff to support pupils when they are not in the green zone.

The Zones of Regulation uses four colors to help children self-identify how they’re feeling and categorise it based on colour.

These also help children better understand their emotions, sensory needs, and thinking patterns.They learn different strategies to help them cope and manage their emotions based on which colour zone they’re in.

We also use Class DOJO Reward Systems-

      

We are currently using the Class Dojo reward system to encourage positive behaviour in school. Children can earn Dojo points by demonstrating positive behaviour such as helping others, working hard, being kind to others and making good progress during lessons. However, children can also lose Dojo points for breaking the school rules, including being disrespectful, being off task or hurting others. 

We have recently introduced our Purple Pound for our Reward shop, where children will earn purple pounds for every dojo point they receive. They can then spend  purple pounds in the Reward Shop or save them for something bigger.

Every child earns Dojo points for going that extra mile including for super attendance, behaviour and learning. They are responsible for choosing when they want to spend them – so they can spend little and often or save up for a bigger prize.

The children have a strong voice in the kinds of prizes they want in the shop.  Each child will get to visit the Academy Rewards Shop.

 

‘Class Dojo’ is a web based program which allows teachers to track pupil’s positive behaviours easily and efficiently. 

We feel this system has improved standards across the school and has encouraged the children to be more aware of their actions.

 

 

 

The Trust behaviour policy can be found here.