TDA 3.4: Promote children and young people’s positive behaviour
By Sumera Nazir Jan
Summarise the Policies and procedures of the setting relevant to promoting children and young people’s positive behaviour.
In my setting at St Stephens CE Primary school Behaviour policies and procedures are put into place which promotes children and young people’s positive behaviour. The Behaviour Policy St Stephens School has is committed and supported by the aims of Westminster City Council making sure behaviour is maintained at an acceptable level.
Behaviour policy
The Behaviour policy at St Stephens is an important policy as it provides staff a guide on how to manage pupil’s behaviour. All members of staff are usually made familiar with the policy as they must respect and apply it constantly in the school building
All members at St Stephens including teachers, visitors, pupils, staff and other activities that take place in the school premises are made aware and must comply of the schools policies. Usually they are shown where they are and must have read them. This way when children are given any warnings by a member of staff they will understand why, where and what they have done wrong as they can be reminded of the schools behaviour policy and what the school expects of them. Being aware of the policy and having it displayed around the school also, helps when putting a behaviour management strategy into place.
At St Stephens School the main policy in which deals with children’s behaviour is the schools behaviour policy. However, other policies like the Health and Safety policy have a massive impact on managing children’s behaviour. St Stephens ensures the school is a “safe and healthy environment” for all its members by following the school’s Governing Body Policy guidelines which includes maintaining a safe environment for everyone which has an influence on children’s behaviour. .
Code of conduct / School rules
At my School all pupils and members at St Stephens are expected to comply with the “6 Golden rules” in which all pupils must understand and follow as it will explain to them how they must behave and what is expected of them whilst in the school. These rules are set so that children studying are aware of their boundaries and how to manage their behaviour at school.
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The rules include:
To not hurt others but always be gentle.
To not hurt anybody’s feelings but always be kind and helpful.
To listen and to not interrupt.
To always be honest and never cover the truth.
To look after everyone’s property and not damage.
To move around safely in the school and not run or push.
St Stephen’s school rules are written in a way in which all pupils are able to understand and manage what is being written. Words used in the rules are simple and not complicated this makes the instructions much easier for children to follow and understand the meaning of. For example, saying “walk quietly inside the school building” rather than ” Do not run inside the school” which can be seen as a negative way of giving an instruction. Staff make sure children follow the schools rules and guidelines by reminding them frequently of the schools expectations in class discussions and during assembly.
As well as having the St Stephens school code of conduct showing children how to behave. Staff are entitled to praise and reward children when positive behaviour is shown. Praises and rewards can encourage children to behave in a particular way as they are being rewarded for their behaviour, effort, work or achievement in which will encourage a child to maintain this behaviour and encourage them to continue and do even better.
Rewards and Sanctions
St Stephens School acknowledges appropriate and inappropriate behaviour. Where required staff may reward children in many ways such as: sending a post card home making parents, carers, guardians aware of the child’s positive achievements at school. Sending work to the head teacher, deputy or enrichment team letting them know of the child’s improvement of work or their best work in which they will be praised for in assembly. Stars can be provided to children who show good learning or behaviour. However, where appropriate sanctions can be provided to those who are not complying with the schools guidelines. Children at St Stephens must be aware of this sanction they must also know about the issues that can arise if inappropriate behaviour is being recognised.
At my School Consequences of inappropriate behaviour could include:
Being sent to the deputy head or head teacher for misbehaving.
Time out or missing part of their playtime
Phone call home making parents aware of their child’s behaviour.
Letter home to parents, carers, or guardians stating the issue
In serious cases a Home visit from educational authorities
St Stephens School provides children with clear instructions of all the procedures used when getting rewards and sanctions. All children at St Stephens are aware of the consequences when behaviour is unacceptable in the school. They are also aware that parents will be informed when needed for achievements and misconduct when there are concerns raised on their child’s behaviour.
Dealing with conflict and inappropriate behaviour
St Stephens School provides staff information on how to manage difficult behaviour. St Stephens School believes it is important all children know what will happen if they do not comply with the school rules. At my school each and every classroom has rules which need to be followed by all individuals. If a child is disruptive and struggles to participate in class in the right manner. Teachers can follow the procedure of giving a sanction. Teachers must try and deal with the child and use the behaviour management strategy first encouraging the child to do well. If this still does not help and the child’s behaviour continues then a sanction maybe provided to this child but the smallest first making the child realise what is happening and giving them a chance to change their behaviour and make the right choices.
Each class at my school is given a classroom behaviour chart in which all staff and pupils are aware of. This chart is split into three parts ‘Sun, Cloud and Rain’ in the beginning of every lesson each and every child’s name in the class is displayed in the ‘Sun’ section
Each section has a purpose the ‘Sun’ is the achievement section the ‘cloud’ is a warning and ‘rain’ means a sanction.
Staff are required to follow all three stages where appropriate if a child ends up with their name in the ‘ rain’ section which is the sanction children may be sent to another class and get sent out of their original class with a timesheet because of their misbehaviour which will be given to their parents and stored at school. If nothing changes then the deputy head teacher of St Stephens will be informed and the child may be sent for timeout to them.
Anti – bullying
At St Stephens school anti bullying is addressed under the behaviour policy. The school has a way of dealing with incidence connected to bullying whether it is inside the school or outside on mobile phones, social media or the internet. If the form of bullying consists of violence and assault, theft, harassment and intimidation of a child then in some cases police will be informed. However, St Stephens’s school tries to prevent all forms of bullying and encourages children to speak about it if they are being bullied. Staff at the school try their upmost best to prevent any harassment, discrimination bullying and victimisation to occur in school.
Attendance
At my school attendance of pupils is checked, recorded on computers by morning and evening registers and monitored closely so that it is all noted. Where there is a cause of concern for a child whose attendance maybe below the expected level parents will be informed especially if attendance level is dropping drastically below the percentage. Where attendance is 100% children will be praised and may even be awarded an attendance certificate for that particular term.
Evaluate how the policies and procedures of the setting support children and young people to: feel safe, make a positive contribution, develop social and emotional skills and understand expectations and limits
St Stephens CE Primary School ensures the school is a “safe and healthy environment” for its pupils, teachers, staff, visitors and other activities that take place in the school premises by following their Governing Body Policy guidelines which includes maintaining a safe environment for everyone. This includes making sure arrangements are made for maintaining pupils safety whilst absent to any risk of harm especially when handling, storing, transporting substances to and from the school. The school ensures relevant and sufficient information is passed on to staff, employers and pupils to avoid hazards that will contribute positively towards their health and well – being.
Miss Lucy Cohen is a member of staff at my school who assists in managing the schools Health and Safety. She monitors and improves the schools environment by making changes to the safety policy of St Stephens making it a better and improved school to work and learn in. She does all thorough checks and investigates into issues within the school and takes the appropriate action. She is the one who carries out regular safety inspections of the school and records any problems.
At St Stephens Primary school all staff are accountable for health and safety arrangements for employees, volunteers, pupils and parents and guardians. Staff must set a good example and implement a safe working practice at all times. They must provide children with relevant supervision to those they are responsible for including pupils in their class this gives children the sense of safety as they have someone around them whom they can rely on in case of an emergency. Especially for example, play time when children are on their break a member of staff must always be there to supervise children at all times. If not one member but 2 or 3 since children can be vulnerable and can get injured therefore someone who can help must be around at all times to come to aid.
At St Stephens school the aim is to ensure each and every child attending the school feels a sense of security and protection in the atmosphere they learn in. every child should feel safe in the school they must feel safe from bullying and discrimination whether it is inside or outside the school. St Stephens School encourages children to speak to someone who they can trust if they are facing anything atrocious. Parents who send their children to St Stephens School have all the rights to know their child is safe and are being treated fairly at the school by children and staff.
St Stephens School has an ‘Open door policy’ where children and parents can come into the school and speak about any causes of concern they may have or any worries they experience they are most welcome to come into the school and share their worries with the head teacher who can help the child have a better experience of studying at the school.
St Stephens School ensures all children have their own rights to freedom of speech. When a child makes a positive contribution at St Stephens School their views and opinions are taken into consideration. Both parents and children are able to support the school by helping their child develop positive behaviour and deal with challenges in which will help them have a better time at school. Children who make St Stephens a better school by giving contributions may even get rewarded by house points, becoming star of the week or even given golden time. This gives children a boost of confidence and need a sense of achievement.
At St Stephens School staff believe it is important children develop social and emotional skills from young because this will help them emotionally and socially later on in life when they face challenging situations. It is vital children learn social skills such as sharing, giving others a turn, learning to understand cooperate with others and finding their confidence at a young age because this is what the school will teach them which will benefit children in developing and striving for higher achievements in life.
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Explain the benefits of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting.
At St Stephens’s school it is important consistency is shown to children from staff as they must know what is right and wrong. They must be told the same thing from all staff to avoid confusion this means the same rules and boundaries must be given to everyone in order to be fair and for children to learn. Staff must follow these rules and teach the children them.
It is important to use the same procedures and not change things from the rules and regulations as this can be seen as being treated unfairly. For example, a child was misbehaving and answered back to the teacher the teacher then took 5 minutes of the child’s play time. But another child did the exact same thing and the same teacher said do not do it again this is unfair dealing.
Staff at St Stephens must manage to deal with children’s behaviour bearing in mind their age and stage of development. For example children in year 5 and 6 will not be worried if their name was put under a sad face on the board the way a 5 year old will worry. Similar to 5 year olds will not be given a detention the way 10 year olds may.
Children’s behaviour will change due to their intellectual stage of development. Staff must be aware of this and may remind pupils of their behaviour even more often. Rules and boundaries of the school may even have to be worded differently in order for them to understand but all pupils must be treated fairly at all times.
When a member of staff gives a child a rule they must ensure it is relevant to the child’s ability and not complex. They need to know if the child understands the rule being applied to them. Younger kids will not understand the same things that older kids will. An example is you cannot expect a child to sit still for more then half an hour however, you can expect a 9 year old too. Which means you must adapt a rule to the ability of a child.
References:
https://www.gov.uk/bullying-at-schoolhttp://www.st-stephensprimary.co.uk/school-info/school-policies/https://www.educationsupportpartnership.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/ed_support_managing_pupil_behaviour_0.pdfhttp://ststephensprimaryaudenshaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Health-Safety-May-2016.pdfLevel 3 Diploma – Supporting teaching and learning In Schools by Louise Burnham and Brenda Baker
