Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L)

Our PB4L focus for Week 1 next Term is Respecting the School Environment

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

* Putting my rubbish in the correct bin

* Packing up my toys

* Putting my lunch box and drink bottle in the class tub

* Staying in-bounds

* Cleaning up any mess I make

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respecting the School Environment to be taught include:

* Littering

* Leaving my toys behind

* Leaving my lunch box or drink bottle behind

* Going out-of-bounds

* Leaving a mess 

Our PB4L focus for Week 2 next Term will be Being a Peaceful Problem Solver

The purpose of this weekly focus is to provide the students with strategies to help them effectively manage conflict situations should it arise or better still to avoid a conflict from occurring in the first place.

 

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 70 students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were only 3   incidents of Inappropriate behavior recorded.

Congratulations boys and girls. This is wonderful news to share.

Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.

WE’RE GOING GREENER - NUDE FOOD EVERYDAY

We require all students to bring their food in reusable containers of on a daily basis please. Quite simply what we’re asking you to do is to send your children to school with food that is not wrapped in foil, plastic or commercial packaging. Our hope is that all food will come to school in containers that can be brought home rather than wrapping or packaging that ends up as rubbish in our bins. We wish to eliminate single use plastics and food packaging to make a significant impact in reducing rubbish that goes to landfill.

It is our response to instilling in our students an ecological consciousness that aligns itself with the efforts and expectations of the wider community and puts into practice the principles of the Papal encyclical, ‘Laudato Si.”

Requiring students to bring Nude Food empowers students to make conscious choices about what they eat, and encourages them to think about their impact on the environment and their health.

Your support for this would be sincerely appreciated.

Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal