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BEHAVIOUR POLICY

A copy of the full policy can be found on the website or requested from the School office.

At Red Hall Primary School, we believe effective discipline and behaviour are essential to
effective teaching and learning. We encourage children to take responsibility for their
behaviour. We have many rewards and few sanctions, but we feel that this balance
supports the atmosphere of enjoyment of school that we have as a priority.

The Headteacher and Governing Body reserve the right to exclude a pupil either
temporarily or permanently should severe discipline problems or incidents occur. We
expect good behaviour by all the children, at all times.

Children are expected to:

o follow all reasonable instructions from any staff member
o speak politely to everyone;
o treat other people the way they would like to be treated;
o not bully or frighten other people;
o listen carefully to others,
o try their best and work hard;
o listen to other people’s point of view;
o look after and respect the school’s and people’s personal things.

We praise and reward children for good behaviour in a variety of ways:

o Teachers congratulate children.
o Each week, we nominate children from each class who have been noticed for

following one of our school values.
o The names of the pupils praised are on the newsletter, which in turn is posted to

the school website.
o We distribute house points to children, either for consistent good work or

behaviour, or to acknowledge outstanding effort or acts of kindness in school.

The following examples of bad behaviour will not be tolerated, and consequences will be
given:

o swearing, fighting, name-calling, biting, stealing;
o refusal to follow a reasonable instruction by any member of staff;
o bullying – this is when children behave badly to each other over a sustained period

of time;
o racism;
o disrespect of people and property;
o answering back;
o disrupting the learning of themselves and/or others;

At Red Hall we believe that effective partnerships with parents and carers underpin
ensuring children learn how to be responsible for their behaviour and learn from mistakes.

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