a child breaks a school rule. This is to ensure a safe and effective learning environment in which positive, happy, healthy relationships flourish. We have a series of consequences if someone breaks a rule: If a child has 3 or more time outs in a week then the teacher will inform the parents verbally. Serious misbehaviour (e.g. disrespect to staff, property or cultures, swearing, fighting) is very rare at West Oxford. Such behaviour would mean warnings are automatically by-passed and children are sent straight to headteacher. Similarly, any pattern in warnings or consistent warnings means parents are contacted. We contact parents to keep them in the picture and to discuss ways to respond and gain a consistent message between home and school. We do recognise that there are occasionally overriding factors or circumstances, but these are rare and so variation from the warnings system is rare. This is to maintain their effect and impersonal nature i.e. we aim to remove the personal judgement so children understand and accept the school rules. We allow for differentiation of sanctions where appropriate and these will be outlined in an Individual Behaviour Plan in consultation with the parent and Behaviour Support Services. This is to reflect different levels of culpability (or fault) while maintaining consistency and fairness of the treatment of pupils. The safety of the children is paramount in all situations. If a child’s behaviour endangers the safety of others, the class teacher stops the activity and prevents the child from taking part for the rest of that session.
a child breaks a school rule. This is to ensure a safe and effective learning environment in which positive, happy, healthy relationships flourish. We have a series of consequences if someone breaks a rule: If a child has 3 or more time outs in a week then the teacher will inform the parents verbally. Serious misbehaviour (e.g. disrespect to staff, property or cultures, swearing, fighting) is very rare at West Oxford. Such behaviour would mean warnings are automatically by-passed and children are sent straight to headteacher. Similarly, any pattern in warnings or consistent warnings means parents are contacted. We contact parents to keep them in the picture and to discuss ways to respond and gain a consistent message between home and school. We do recognise that there are occasionally overriding factors or circumstances, but these are rare and so variation from the warnings system is rare. This is to maintain their effect and impersonal nature i.e. we aim to remove the personal judgement so children understand and accept the school rules. We allow for differentiation of sanctions where appropriate and these will be outlined in an Individual Behaviour Plan in consultation with the parent and Behaviour Support Services. This is to reflect different levels of culpability (or fault) while maintaining consistency and fairness of the treatment of pupils. The safety of the children is paramount in all situations. If a child’s behaviour endangers the safety of others, the class teacher stops the activity and prevents the child from taking part for the rest of that session.
WOCPS-Positive-relationships-Behaviour-Policy_Nov-2013.docx