POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING (PB4L) & SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

Our PB4L/SEL focus for Week 1 will be: Giving Compliments
In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:
  
1. Look at the person.
2. Speak with a clear and friendly voice.
3. Praise the other person’s quality, activity, or task specifically by telling him or exactly what you like.
    Use words such as, “That was great when/how…”
                                 “That was wonderful when/how” or ,
                                 “That was awesome when/how.”
4. Give the other person time to respond to your compliment.

Our PB4L/SEL focus for Week 2 will be: Listening to Others
In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:

1. Look at the person who is talking and remain quiet.
2. Wait until the person has finished talking before you speak.
3. Show that you heard the person by nodding your head, saying “Okay” 
    or “That’s interesting,” etc.

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful, Responsible and Safe
behaviour when Listening to Others to be taught include:
1. Looking away or around while the other person is talking.
2. Talking ‘over the top’ of the other person or interrupting them.
3. Not acknowledging the other person’s conversation.

We would very much appreciate you discussing these weekly focuses 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 in the last two weeks 41 students were given
Citizenship, Merit or Library Awards whilst there were only 15 incidents of inappropriate behaviour recorded.