Behaviour
Behaviour and attitudes is a key feature of school life about which there should be a clear,shared understanding between the Head Teacher, all staff, parents, governors and children.
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In order to create a positive school culture, all staff must positively reinforce appropriate behaviour.
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The Bushbury Lane team will follow this policy encouraging a positive approach to behaviour management, by using a system of rewards and consequences therefore achieving a balance between recognition, responsibility and trust.

Roles and Responsibilities
All staff and pupils are encouraged to promote positive attitudes to learning and behaviour.
Pupils
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Pupils are expected to:
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Take responsibility for their own behaviour and learning.
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Take part in the caring, sharing ethos of our school and respect and display the values and learning behaviours we promote inschool.
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Know and understand the rules, rewards and consequences of their choices and actions.
Adults in school
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The class teacher is responsible for the management of the behaviour of their class, using the systems detailed in this policy. Teachers will achieve this by:
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Being calm, good humoured, having high expectations for the good behaviour all children in school and believing they all are capable of making the right choice.
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Treating all children equally and showing concern and respect for them.
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Making time to respond to children according to their needs.
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Work with pupils to make rules clear and implement them firmly, but fairly with sensitivity.
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Using praise rather than criticism to guide.
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Take part in the caring, sharing ethos of our school and respect and display the values we promote in school.
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Record and refer incidents to the pastoral leader or SLT as and when appropriate.
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Be mindful that behaviour can be a sign of a safeguarding issues either for an individual or through peer on peer abuse. Where there is a safeguarding concern follow the safeguarding process.
Pastoral lead
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The pastoral lead will provide support to individual or groups of children and to class teachers where appropriate.
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Review class and lunchtime behaviour logs weekly, looking for patterns, trends and significant changes.
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Track behaviour by type on Arbor and report to SLT.
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Tackle trends through assemblies and input into PSHE curriculum.
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SLT
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Oversee the implementation of the behaviour strategy.
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Support extreme behaviour incidents
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Decide when exclusions are required and liaise with governing body
Aiming for Gold Behaviour strategy
For more information, please consult our full behaviour policy.