IMPROVING LEARNING BEHAVIOURS

St. Andrews VA Primary SchoolFGB October 2013

Keeping it Consistent and Simple

• Don’t give up• Improve• Try new things• Respect yourself and others• Imagine• Work hard and concentrate

We will:Think about successStick at thingsBounce back from failureLearn from mistakesIgnore negative criticismBe resilient Show determinationPersistHave faith

Don’t Give Up

We will:Take small stepsStrive to make things betterHelp others improve Do our bestAvoid rushingApply past knowledgeLearn from experienceSelf assess

Improve

We will:Try lots of new thingsEnjoy having a goLook for opportunitiesAsk good questionsSet challenging problemsTake responsible risks

Try New Things

We will:Love ourselves and othersThink about our actionsUnderstand othersListen Work with othersReflect Help others when we canThink interdependentlyBe honest

Respect Yourself and Others

We will:Use our imaginationThink lotsHave ideasThink flexiblyBe creative and innovativeGather data with all our sensesBuild on the ideas of othersRespond with awe and wonderment

Imagine

We will:Practise lotsPut in the hoursEnjoy our learningBe open to continuous learningManage distractionsFocus on the right thingsLearn what helps us concentrateStrive for accuracy and precisionThink before we act

Work hard and Concentrate

Rewarding Learning Behaviours

Stickers, Stamps and Stamp tokens

It is the responsibility of all school staff to catch children demonstrating good Learning behaviours

Stamp Books• Good learning

behaviours – am/pm• Caught being good by

others – tokens• Filled stamp books are

acknowledged by the HT with a sticker and 25 Coloured House Point slip

House points

• 25 for a filled stamp book

• Homework• Reading to an adult

Class stars• Earned for collaborative

good learning behaviours

• First class out of Collective worship

• Being efficient with time – Changing for PE

• Lining quickly and quietly

• Rewarded with a class treat of their choosing

Headteacher’s cups

• All linked to learning behaviours to aid children in recognising and emulating these.

• Certificate – signed and laminated

Going for Green• Every child starts the day on green, the aim is always to get back

to green, younger children will need you to be clear on how this can be achieved. Older ones need to make their own suggestions.

• Red Amber Green will be used in classrooms to encourage positive choices

• A strong emphasis on restorative justice will help with learning behaviours.

• Earning back of privileges and rewards that are taken away.• Staying on green all week means children enter the raffle.• A prize winner will be selected at random during Friday’s

Celebration.• The winner will select a prize.• Termly letters sent home to congratulate those who stay on green

all term.

What you need in your classroom

• A RAG Chart• Class Stars chart – 20 spaces• House point collection scheme • Positive learning behaviours displayed• Stickers and or stamp tokens• Stampers • Stamp book for each pupil - Surname

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION?

MONITORING• Drop-in evidence and Observation evidence

both show that these initiatives are working well.

• Moving around the school is more orderly, leaving after Collective Worship etc. Comments from support staff.

• Pupil perceptions via school council – minutes circulated.

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