Fortnightly Target for PB4L

Students have done well settling back into school for term 3. Staff and students are continuing to focus on re-establishing strong routines within the classrooms and across the playgrounds. This will help to maintain an environment that is conducive to learning.

Teachers will take the time to revisit and re-teach the classroom and playground routines and expectations to the students.  

The target that we are focusing on for the next two weeks is ‘At St Pauls, I follow the rules’.  This is done by:

• Practising the classroom expectations matrix - these are respectful behaviours
• Role playing respectful behaviours in the classroom and on the playground
• Looking and listening to the person who is speaking 
• Using kind words and good manners
• Raise your hand to speak
• Don’t talk back to the teacher
• Discussing consequences of not being respectful in the classroom and on the playground to their peers and staff.
• Praising students who are being respectful.
• Redirecting students in the classroom who are not showing respect and explaining the correct choice of behaviour to display next time. For example, a student is running in the classroom. Say to the child: ‘This is not respectful because… . You need to…
• Giving tokens to students on the playground who are respectful.
• Following the classroom/playground correction sequence for students who are not following the target.

Teachers continue to reinforce our whole school strategy of “Stop, Think, then Choose what to do”, when reviewing our fortnightly targets.  At St Paul’s it is important to always follow the rules to keep everyone safe, feel respected and to be responsible.  Sometimes other people will make a choice to not follow the school rules. Students are reminded that they need to stop, think and choose a safe/respectful/responsible choice, even if they don’t like it.