Our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) lessons are off and running with students and teachers working together in classes to craft expectations for how everyone should behave (be safe, be respectful, be a learner). Each class created a display that serves as a useful prompt through the year to revisit and reteach expectations. Jointly constructing the expectations around what we all want our learning environment to be gives students more agency, and builds their understanding about the purpose of PBL expectations. 

This week students have been revising what being safe looks like at school and how to stay safe. Staying safe means that we look after ourselves and each other. We do this in the way we move (e.g. walking on the stairs), the way we use equipment (e.g. wearing a hat when outside, carrying scissors safely), when we are online (e.g. protecting our passwords), and the way we speak and interact with others to promote mental and emotional safety (e.g. use kind words, listen to others). 

You can support your child at home by asking what being safe looks like at school and compare what being safe might look like at home. What is the same? Are there any differences?

Congratulations to all of our students (and parents and teachers and staff) for a successful transition from holidays to school. Our first PBL awards of the year recognised students who demonstrated being safe, respectful learners. 

Anna Murray
PBL Coordinator