POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING
Our PB4L focus for next week (Week 5) is Respect for Adults
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Greeting adults with their name
- Looking at adults when they speak to you.
- Holding the door open for an adult
- Offering to assist adults
- Speaking politely to adults eg: asking, ‘May I’ and saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.
- Cooperating with adults
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful, Responsible and Safe Respect for Adults to be taught include:
- Ignoring adults
- Pushing past adults
- Interrupting adults who are talking
- Playing ball games when adults are walking through the game
Our PB4L focus for Week 6 of this Term is Respect for Others
In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:
1. Looking at others when they are talking.
2. Speaking courteously to others
3. Accepting other people’s differences
4. Listening to other people’s opinions
5. Encouraging friendships
6. Keeping personal space
7. Accepting ‘No’
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible, and safe Respect for Others to be taught include:
1. Minding someone else’s business
2. Taking someone else’s belongings
3. Speaking unkindly to someone or about someone
4. Bossing people around
5. Physical aggression
6. Invading someone’s personal space
7. Keeping friends to myself
We would very much appreciate you discussing this weekly focus with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible, and safe learning community for all.
PB4L Data
It is with pride that I inform you that since school has begun 20 students were given Citizenship, Merit or Library Awards whilst there were 4 incidents of Inappropriate behaviour recorded.
Thank you for acting respectfully, responsibly, and safely girls and boys.
Thank you to our wonderful P & F for the new soccer goals. We love them!
Mr Gavan Hoctor
Assistant Principal
