Raglan Infant School

Behaviour Policy

At Raglan Infant School we are striving to create a happy, caring and secure environment for children and staff. This involves children and staff working together to develop a good, friendly cooperative working relationship for the benefit of all.

We believe that education must be a partnership between the child, the home and the school and we will endeavour to strengthen these links.

We have high expectations and believe that everyone has responsibility for their own actions and behaviour.

Framework of our code of conduct

New staff should be informed of the day-to-day rules of the school, as part of their induction.

Each class teacher is responsible for the pastoral needs of their class.

The Senior Management Team(SMT) may act in a pastoral role when the class teacher requires extra help or advice.

The SMT can be asked for advice in relation to specific special educational needs issues.

Pastoral discussions relating to particular children may take place informally and in staff meetings.

Regular meetings between the teaching and support staff should take place so that support staff is kept fully informed.

Children will be supported by every adult to achieve the following aims.

Golden Rules

At Raglan Infant School we respect each other.
Do be gentle: Don’t hurt anyone.
Do be kind: Don’t hurt other people’s feelings.
Do be honest: Don’t hide the truth.
Do look after property: Don’t waste or damage it.
Do listen well: Don’t interrupt.
Do work hard: Don’t waste your time or others’ time.

The Golden Rules are applied everywhere: in the school, in the street, in the home, in the community. Golden Rules are rules for life.

All adults are expected to know and reinforce the Golden Rules.

Children are expected to abide by the Golden Rules – if they do, they are entitled to Golden time every week when they may choose their own activity.

If children do not apply the Golden rules, a minute will be taken off their Golden time for that week.

All members of staff have the right to do this and the class teacher should be kept informed of any minutes lost so that they can be recorded.

In practice, such incidents will be discussed with the class teacher and the child should be informed of the decision.

No child should lose all of their entitlement; however sanctions will be applied if the Golden Rules are broken.

Children from the School Council have devised their own rules for assembly which are displayed in the corridor outside the Training Room.

Awards and Praise

We have a positive approach to the question of behaviour.

All adults use some of the following strategies:

letters home to parents
achievement assembly
immediate praise from the class teacher and or other colleagues to the individual and to the rest of the class to define what is a good model of behaviour
displays of good work inside and outside the classroom.
star of the week for personal qualities
pencil of the week for good work/attitude/behaviour
table points – winners receive a sticker on Fridays
traffic light system –children who stay on ‘green’ receive a reward
silver and gold coins which, when accumulated, result in a personal reward
marbles in a jar for a whole class treat

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