POSTCARDS Students will receive a departmental ‘postcard’ which will be sent direct to their home. It will be expected that no more than two or three students from each teaching group will be identified each term. Space will be left for a teacher comment, though a signature alone will be quite sufficient. Three identified department meetings each year must be used to review student progress with the intention of awarding postcards. A postcard chart, filled in by students, will be displayed in all rooms. It should be noted that SUBJECT AWARDS are intended to operate in harmony with other letters of praise sent home to parents. All teachers are free to involve themselves in such positive communication. LEADERSHIP TEAM INVOLVEMENT Senior Staff will provide a high presence across all year groups during PD lessons. An identified member of the Leadership Team members will operate from their own office and will be available to receive students who are referred to them by teachers. Students will be sent individually with their Student Planner and, in general, to be praised. It is anticipated that no more than three students from a form group will be referred to the LT member within one lesson. Members of the Leadership Team will visit year groups during the PD sessions and will award a Leadership Team Special Stamp. Students who are working exceptionally well will be referred on to the Principal in order to receive the Principal’s Special Stamp. THE MAJOR AWARD CEREMONIES Much of the detail concerned with the main awards ceremonies is included at the top of the pyramid structure. In the final term we will attempt to establish an activities plan for students who have achieved a bronze Certificate or above, met the schools attendance target and who have not been expelled, served a period of isolation or missed a school detention. SECTION V SANCTIONS FOR CLASSROOM BASED MISDEMEANOURS – In terms of classroom based sanctions seven key phases were identified. It is hoped that the good majority of students will simply choose to spend their time with us operating with the rewards framework. It is also expected that, of the students whose performances are deemed to be unsatisfactory, only a small minority will move beyond PHASE THREE. It is essential that all students, parents and teachers understand this framework and its consequences. At all times the intention of the policy is to bring a halt to unacceptable working performance and from this point to encourage each child to re-join the road to achievement.
POSTCARDS Students will receive a departmental ‘postcard’ which will be sent direct to their home. It will be expected that no more than two or three students from each teaching group will be identified each term. Space will be left for a teacher comment, though a signature alone will be quite sufficient. Three identified department meetings each year must be used to review student progress with the intention of awarding postcards. A postcard chart, filled in by students, will be displayed in all rooms. It should be noted that SUBJECT AWARDS are intended to operate in harmony with other letters of praise sent home to parents. All teachers are free to involve themselves in such positive communication. LEADERSHIP TEAM INVOLVEMENT Senior Staff will provide a high presence across all year groups during PD lessons. An identified member of the Leadership Team members will operate from their own office and will be available to receive students who are referred to them by teachers. Students will be sent individually with their Student Planner and, in general, to be praised. It is anticipated that no more than three students from a form group will be referred to the LT member within one lesson. Members of the Leadership Team will visit year groups during the PD sessions and will award a Leadership Team Special Stamp. Students who are working exceptionally well will be referred on to the Principal in order to receive the Principal’s Special Stamp. THE MAJOR AWARD CEREMONIES Much of the detail concerned with the main awards ceremonies is included at the top of the pyramid structure. In the final term we will attempt to establish an activities plan for students who have achieved a bronze Certificate or above, met the schools attendance target and who have not been expelled, served a period of isolation or missed a school detention. SECTION V – SANCTIONS FOR CLASSROOM BASED MISDEMEANOURS In terms of classroom based sanctions seven key phases were identified. It is hoped that the good majority of students will simply choose to spend their time with us operating with the rewards framework. It is also expected that, of the students whose performances are deemed to be unsatisfactory, only a small minority will move beyond PHASE THREE. It is essential that all students, parents and teachers understand this framework and its consequences. At all times the intention of the policy is to bring a halt to unacceptable working performance and from this point to encourage each child to re-join the road to achievement.
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