Behaviour

Behaviour

The Icknield Primary School follows a therapeutic approach to positive behaviour management and is well established in our school. The approach is based on the following principles:

• Shared focus on inclusion of all children and young people within their educational settings
•  A shared set of values and beliefs
•  Open and shared communication
•  A shared commitment to diversion and de-escalation
•  Shared risk management
•  Shared reparation, reflection and restoration

Staff at our school receive yearly training updates and our staff fully believe in the benefits this approach brings to the wellbeing of our children and staff alike.

With this approach there is a focus on equity and not equality and we very much believe in giving children what they ‘need’ to learn. This is often linked to them developing positive feelings leading to ‘pro-social behaviour’ and sometimes additional support is required to achieve this.

We have 3 Golden Rules which can be applied to many different areas of school life:

1. We are respectful, truthful and hard-working.
2. We look after people and property.
3. We keep hands and feet to ourselves.

Anti-Bullying

At The Icknield Primary School, children have the right to be safe, enjoy and achieve and make a positive contribution to school life. The school maintains a caring approach to all members of our school community and any form of bullying, physical, verbal, racial, homophobic, transphobic, sexist or any other type will not be tolerated.

Behaviour Curriculum

In order to build character, we define the behaviours and habits that we expect students to demonstrate. We want to support our pupils to grow into adults who are polite, respectful, grateful and who always consider others. We believe that as pupils practise these behaviours, over time they become automatic routines that positively shape how they feel about themselves and how other people perceive them.

Teaching the curriculum

The curriculum is taught explicitly during the first week in Autumn term alongside the traditional National Curriculum subjects. Children should learn the content of the curriculum so that they can recall the information and act upon it. At the start of each term, the behaviour curriculum is revisited with pupils and will continue to be reinforced throughout the year. As with other curriculum content, this should be taught using explicit teaching based on the ten principles of instruction from Barak Rosenshine including regular quizzing to check and strengthen retention. Teachers will also demonstrate these behaviours and ensure pupils have time to practise these (particularly in the first few days of term).

Adaptations

While this curriculum is for all pupils it will be applied differently in different year groups depending on pupils’ ages and may be applied differently depending on individual pupils’ SEND needs. Sensitivity must be applied at all times when teaching the curriculum.