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Our Positive Encouragement Systems

The Whittington School community is one in which we all want to live and learn together happily and where children are always positively encouraged to behave appropriately.

Stars of the Week

Every Friday during our assembly a child is chosen from each class to be the 'star of the week.’ The children receive a special ‘Star of the week’ badge. These badges recognise and celebrate the achievement of individual children and they also have their name recorded on the “Stars of the Week” board, located in the hall.

Steps

We have also introduced a 'Steps' procedure into all our classes to ensure that the children experience a consistent approach to dealing with any inappropriate behaviour which may occur from time to time. The detail of the system will vary slightly depending on the Year Group, but mostly means expressing the system in language appropriate to the differing ages of children. An important part of this is to make sure that the child understands that it is their behaviour that is giving cause for concern, and that there are strategies for dealing with it. There will be a fresh start at the beginning of every lesson or activity.

Reception

Step 1 - The teacher/adult will ask/tell the child to behave more appropriately

Step 2 - The child's name will be written on the board under the 'sad face'

Step 3 - The child will be given 5 minutes 'time out' doing a separate activity

Step 4 - The child will be expected to go to another Infant room to complete
their work

Step 5 - Parents will be informed

Year 1/2

Step 1 - The teacher/adult will ask/tell the child to behave more appropriately

Step 2 - The child's name will be written on the board under the 'sad face'

Step 3 - The child will be given 5 minutes 'time out' on the carpet

Step 4 - The child will be expected to go to another Key Stage 1 classroom
and complete their work in their own time at playtime

Step 5 - Parents will be informed

Year 3/4

Step 1 - The teacher/adult will ask/tell the child to behave more appropriately

Step 2 - The child's name will be written on the board under the 'sad face'

Step 3 - The child will be given 5 minutes 'time out' in the time out chair

Step 4 - The child will be expected to go to another Year 4/3 classroom
and complete their work in their own time at playtime.

Step 5 - Parents will be informed

Year 5/6

Step 1 - The teacher/adult will remind the child the expected behaviour

Step 2 - The child's name will be written on the board under the 'sad face'

Step 3 - The child will be expected to work in a quiet area of the classroom
on their own for 10 minutes

Step 4 - In their own time the child will be expected to write a report about
their behaviour and why it is inappropriate

Step 5 - Parents will be informed