PB4L UPDATE Week 4 - Term 4
Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L)
Our PB4L focus for next week (Week 5) is Good Manners
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’
- Saying ‘Excuse me’
- Saying ‘Good Morning”
- Asking ‘May I’
- Waiting my turn to talk
- Looking at the person speaking
- Using the other person’s name
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respectful, Responsible and Safe Use of Good Manners to be taught include:
- Not saying please, thank you or excuse me
- Interrupting
- Walking away when someone is talking to you
- Ignoring others
Our PB4L focus for Week 6 is Respect for Adults
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Greeting adults
- Looking at adults when they speak to you.
- Holding the door open for an adult
- Offering to assist adults
- Speaking courteously to adults
- Cooperating with adults
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe behaviours when Respecting Adults to be taught include:
- Ignoring adults
- Pushing past adults
- Interrupting adults that are talking
We would very much appreciate your 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 over the last two weeks (Weeks 2 and 3) 68 students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were 3 incidences of Inappropriate behavior recorded.
Congratulations and thank you boys and girls. Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.
MONSTER RAFFLE EXTRAVAGANZA – Coming VERY VERY SOON to a school and parish near you!!!!
Our Monster Raffle Extravaganza will be launched next week. Keep your eyes peeled for the information that will explain all that you’ll need to know.
In the last newsletter I asked if you could guess how many prizes there will be. Well the answer is more than 120 prizes can be won in the raffle.
I bet that whets your appetite.
Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal