Positive Behaviour Management
At Chalfont St. Giles Infant School and Nursery we expect high standards of behaviour from our children. We believe that good behaviour enables all children to make the best of their educational opportunities and that a behaviour policy helps everyone involved in school to understand what is expected. We use positive behaviour management strategies, incorporating a range of rewards and consequences.
Golden Time
All classes display a ladder/flower so that class
behaviour can be rewarded with a step up the ladder or another petal.
When the children have reached the top, the class get
Golden Time. We also run whole school Golden Time.
All the children have an individual peg on a displayed sun
in the classroom. If a child misbehaves his/her peg is
moved to the sun/cloud where they can consider what to
do next. If they continue to misbehave, the peg is moved
to the cloud where time intervals indicate how much of
whole school Golden Time the child will miss.
Praise Assemblies
Every week two children from each class are awarded a smiley badge in assembly for something they have done particularly well that week. This is also an opportunity to celebrate out of school achievements, as children show certificates they have been awarded. Throughout the week, stars are awarded to the classes who behave well during assemblies and playtimes. The class with the most stars is then given a special class cup to keep in their room until the following week.
Special Table at lunchtime
Every week, the midday supervisors choose children who have kept
the playground rules and behaved well whilst eating their lunch. They
are awarded a special certificate in assembly and get to choose a
friend to join them to eat at a specially laid table during the week.
The Ladder of Success
A whole school target is set each week, to help make our school a happier place. Children work towards this in order to progress up the ladder in the hall - a special surprise treat awaits them when they reach the top! Comments from the public, parents and other adults are then taken into consideration when deciding when the school will move up the ladder.
Class Cuddly Toys
In addition to giving stickers for good behaviour in class, teachers also give the class cuddly toy to children to take home each night - they then share their adventures with the rest of the class the following morning.
Consequences
The purpose of consequences are to make children reflect on their behaviour to enable them to modify and improve it. They are always appropriate to the context of the behaviour that occurred. Consequences also demonstrate to other children which behaviours are not acceptable.