“Pupils demonstrate maturity and a great respect for others because adults provide excellent role models”  Ofsted 2009

We aim to provide a caring, stimulating and happy environment where each child is encouraged to work to the best of his/her ability, to respect each other and care for the school.

To achieve these high expectations all children will be encouraged to: -

• Listen to the viewpoint and opinions of others.
• Have respect for other people.
• Have respect for their own property and that of others.
• Value the school environment.
• Understand and accept the rules laid down to ensure the safety of everyone.
• Be courteous and well mannered at all times.

Should your child’s behaviour be a cause of concern to us, we will ask you to come in to school to discuss the situation.

Incentives to promote positive behaviour

In order to promote and reinforce our School and Class Rules we feel it is important to adopt a system, which recognises all forms of social and academic achievement, and then communicates this 'good news' to children and parents.

All Support and Teaching staff will use the same approach to establish and maintain consistency.  All adults will:

- Trust, respect, encourage, and listen to every child.
- Ensure the child knows that it is the behaviour that it is disliked and not him/her.

Warm, caring relationships and a happy, stimulating environment are the ideal incentives.  Achievement of these will be our ultimate goal

Our school has established a system to celebrate the success of those pupils who contribute to the achievement of their personal goals.

Achievements may be in the areas of :
- Academic success                             -        Appropriate behaviour choices
- Achieving school targets                  -        Good attendance
- Improved results                             -        Good citizenship
- Honest effort

Congratulations Assembly

• All the above are celebrated and acknowledged in the Celebration Assembly. Entries on the ‘Star of the week sheet’ should directly refer to one of the above. Year groups are responsible for organising the completion of the sheets by Thursday in order for the merit sheets to be printed by the Office Manager. The sheet is then handed to the Head ready for Friday’s assembly. Children will also be nominated for Star of the term and Star of the Year where parents are invited in to celebrate in their child’s achievements.
• Year group LSA is responsible for changing ‘Star of the week’ display boards on a weekly basis.

House Points

• There are four houses – Blythe, Arden, Ulverley and Danford.  Children are allocated a house when they join the school.  Children with a older sibling in school are allocated the same house team.
• Class teachers should display a house point chart in their classroom.
• Each child has a house point sheet they complete when a house point is awarded by a member of staff. 50 points is a bronze award badge, 100 points is a silver badge and 150 points is a gold award badge with a book mark. Year 6 follow a slightly different system where by the children receive ribbons for their bronze, silver and gold awards.
• All members of staff may celebrate pupil success by awarding them House Points.
• Aggregate house points for each house will be announced in Celebration Assembly on a weekly, termly and annual basis.
• At the end of the year the winning house is celebrated in a special awards assembly.
• Year 6 school achievements are celebrated in July at an end of year awards assembly where staff nominate children for sporting or academic success based on the 4 years spent at the school.

Class Merits

Class points are awarded for whole class good behaviour. 20 points extra playtime and 30 points a surprise decided by the class and teacher.

Strategies for managing unacceptable behaviour

We divide unacceptable behaviour into three broad bands.

Level 1 - Green
Misbehaviour that can be effectively managed within a classroom and playground environment by the class teacher. Actions would be at the level of a warning to the child.

Level 2 - Amber
Pupils who exhibit persistent Level 1 misbehaviour will be moved to level 2.
More serious misbehaviour that is not so easily managed within a classroom/playground environment. Class teacher may involve parents and will alert SENCO that there could be issues. Class teacher will also informally involve senior management. Teacher and support staff will keep records of incidents at this level. If meetings are arranged with parents it will be logged on SIMS. Incidents in classrooms will be shared with lunchtime support staff as this may have an impact on how behaviour is managed at lunchtime.

Level 3 - Red
Pupils who exhibit persistent Level 2 misbehaviour will be referred to the Senior Teacher or Deputy.  Very serious misbehaviour will be referred to the Head who will formally involve parents. Outside agencies may be involved.  The senior staff involved will keep records on SIMS.

Managing Conflict

	Ready… How are you feeling? Why? Are you thinking clearly? Are you ready to talk this through?
	Steady... Take it in turns to talk Listen Explain what has happened, how you feel and why State what you would like to happen Reciprocate Weigh up your options Agree something that you both feel ok about
	Go! Try your idea in slow motion Did it work? What could you do next time? What have you learnt?

Bullying

At Sharmans Cross we are committed to providing a caring, friendly and safe environment for all our pupils so they can learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere.  Bullying of any kind is unacceptable at our school.  If bullying does occur, all pupils should be able to tell and know that incidents will be dealt with promptly and effectively.  We are a TELLING school.  This means that anyone who knows that bullying is happening is expected to tell the staff.
We consider bullying to be the use of aggressive behaviours with the explicit intention of hurting another person.  Bullying results in pain and distress to the victim.

We seek to involve parents at the earliest opportunity aiming to support children who are being bullied or the bully.  The first point of contact for parents is the class teacher.  In working with parents we stress that they should not give permission for bullying.

We seek to provide support for the victim and the bully, recognising that there are often real reasons why a child takes either role and that often bullies can also be
victims.  However, if necessary we are prepared to invoke the full range of sanctions that are detailed in the school's Behaviour Policy.  These include;

• Removal from the group
• Break and lunch time detentions
• 'Time Outs'
• Withholding participation in school events that are not an essential part of the Curriculum
• In extreme cases, fixed term and permanent exclusion may be necessary in cases of severe and persistent bullying.