Behaviour and Concerns 

 What to do

1 - Treat complaints seriously and discuss the behaviour with your child using the matrix below.

2 - Report incidents as soon as possible, and ensure your child has spoken to the teacher. 

3 - If your child is not confident enough, let the teacher know immediately. 

4 - If your concern has not been resolved contact the Team Leader of the Year Group your child is in. 

If needed, follow the Concerns and Complaints Process.

Bullying is targeted, deliberate and harmful behaviour that is repeated, or continues over a period of time. It may include

• Verbal bullying (e.g. name-calling, teasing, mocking, threatening)

• Physical bullying (e.g. hitting, kicking, stalking, taking belongings)

• Social bullying (e.g. social exclusion, spreading rumours, damaging relationships

• Discrimination based on ethnicity or race, gender, sex and variations of sex characteristics, sexuality, religion and beliefs, health status, disability, age, etc

Bullying can occur at school, outside school, and/or online. 

Behaviour Management Strategy  

Purpose

At Arrowtown School, by teaching, modelling and reinforcing positive behaviours, we shape our environment to support and empower our people to GO For GOLD and become confident, adaptive and connected. 

Principles 

The following principles are vital to our success in behaviour management at Arrowtown School:

• High standards, clear expectations, and consistency by staff (we condone what we ignore) 

• A positive approach, students are consistently taught expected behaviours 

• Use of corrective rather than punitive approaches for reducing problem behaviour (aligning with the positive, inclusive vision and principles of the NZC) 

• Expected behaviours are consistently acknowledged 

• Inappropriate behaviours are consistently responded to in a fair and equitable way 

• Students being encouraged to take responsibility for the choices they make and developing self management skills. 

• Behaviour management supported by the Health and Physical Education curriculum plan which provides teaching in self esteem, positive relationships, respecting oneself and others, handling conflict, eliminating bullying, appreciating our similarities and differences. 

• Staff working as a team to support each other. 

• It is about restoring relationships - “Working with” rather than “doing to” children 

• Understanding ‘function’ of behaviour is very important - what are they trying to gain? What are they trying to avoid?