School Rules

During transition week, the children and staff voted on which school rules we will use and embed.

The winner was:

• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible
• Be Ready

These will be known as the 3 Rs and will be shared with the children and staff in September.

They will be displayed around the school and in classrooms to reinforce these rules. Children are reminded of these rules to support them in making the right choice.

The ‘Good to be Green’ System

Staying on "Green" means a pupil is following the school rules and behaving well. Pupils who stay on "Green" all day help keep the classroom safe and quiet for learning. Keeping this status leads to praise and rewards. Each child will start each morning and afternoon back on green to support positive behaviours.

The class teacher keeps the chart at the front of the class updated making sure any consequence cards are logged on the class chart, behaviour log and every child is reset to green on a morning and lunch time. 

Rewards

At HHPS, we use a range of rewards to support positive behaviour in the school. In the classroom and around the school children can be rewarded with:

Positive affirmation – Children will be verbally praised for their good behaviour, hard work or demonstrating the school rules and values.

House Points – All children are allocated a house colour when they start at HHPS. Children will achieve house points for their good behaviour, hard work or demonstrating the 3 Rs. The children will place their house points in the house tube in their classroom. The Year 6 monitors count the house points each week and this is shared in the Friday Star of the Week Assembly. The winning house will have their house-coloured ribbon adorned over the trophy and displayed in the school entrance. At the end of the half term, the house with the most points will earn a house reward. The Pupil Leadership Team (PLT) take an active role in collecting pupil voice to decide on the half term’s reward for the winning house.

Star of the Week – Every Friday, we have a whole school assembly to celebrate the achievements of the pupils. Each class teacher chooses one child each week to award Star of the Week. The child receives a certificate, sticker and their name goes up on the board in the hall.

Golden Time - Children who stay ‘Green’ all week earn 30 minutes of Golden Time on a Friday afternoon where they can choose from a range of engaging activities to access and play with their peers. Each class teacher offers a range of activities in the classroom for the children to access for example: arts and craft activities, Lego, computer access and board games.

GTBG Treat Box – Children who stay ‘Green’ all week also earn a dip in the treat box at the end of the week.

Shining Stars – All staff will have ‘Shining Stars’ which can be given out at any point in the school day by any staff member. This will be to reward children in the moment noticing them demonstrating the 3 Rs. The children will write their name and class on the back and will be collected in a box in the classroom. These will then be collected at the end of term for the Celebration Assembly and placed in a box to be drawn out for a behaviour raffle. If a child’s name is drawn out of the box, they can collect a prize.

Headteacher’s Sticker – when a child has achieved above and beyond either in their learning or behaviour, they visit the headteacher’s office to receive a special sticker.

Personalised Postcard – When a child has gone above and beyond in the school. This is a rare, personalised postcard which will be sent in the post. The children will not know they are getting one until it arrives on their doormat!

Consequences

We use the Good to be Green system across the school. Occasionally, there may need to be consequences for poor behaviour choices.

In the instance of low level disruption, the following steps will be taken by staff:

1. A gentle reminder of the 3 Rs and making the right choice.
2. Verbal warning given to the child making the pupil aware of their behaviour and clearly outlining the consequences if they continue e.g. **** this is a verbal warning for talking whilst I am talking. If you continue, you will receive a blue card.
3. Blue card issued – this is a ‘Stop and Think’ card which will be placed in the GTBG pouch at the front of the class. This is an opportunity for the child to improve their behaviour before any consequences are issued.
4. Yellow card issued if the behaviour persists.
5. A second Yellow card is issued if the behaviour does not cease after the 1^st yellow card. 
6. In the event that behaviour still continues, a Red card will be issued. This means you will spend your lunchbreak inside the day after the card has been issued as a consequence for the significant disruption you caused to your peers and their learning.  

Those pupils who have not managed to stay green each week and may be in receipt of a yellow or red card do not earn a GTBG reward from the Treat box that week and will not earn all of their Golden time. For each yellow card, a child misses out on 5 minutes of their Golden Time. If they receive a red card, a child does not earn any of their golden time. Each week is a new start. 

Any child who has received a yellow or red card, will be recorded on the behaviour log and classroom chart to help monitor behaviour across the school.

If a child receives 3 or more yellow cards in a week, class teachers will contact the parents to discuss behaviour. This will be recorded on CPOMS.

If a child receives a red card, this will be shared with the parents on handover or via telephone by the class teacher and a letter will be sent home. This will be recorded on CPOMS.

Behaviour logs will be handed to the Inclusion Manager on a Friday afternoon to help look at trends and provide support to individual children where needed.

PSP

For some children who may struggle with the GTBG process for a range of reasons it may be deemed appropriate to put in place a PSP.  Each week, the PSP will be shared with the Inclusion Manager, copied for parents and added to CPOMs. Follow up meetings with all parties involved will be held on a monthly basis but can be more frequent if needed. If required there may also be a need for a Personal Risk Assessment.  

Internal isolation - If a pupil has received 3 red cards in one term they will have accrued a period of working in isolation in school. These periods are determined on the age of the pupil. This does not apply to pupils in the Early years. Those in KS1 will have a 0.5 day and KS2 is 1 day working out of class. It is hoped that after this period of working in isolation away from their peers will allow them to reflect on their behaviour with the support of the welfare team and go on to successfully return to their class with no further sanctions. Within a term, a child can receive 3 internal isolations (9 red cards) before it moves to the next stage.  

After School Detention – If a child receives their 10^th red card in a term, they will receive an after school detention in liaison with parents. This period of time is from 3.30 to 4.30pm and will be used to ensure work is completed. In the event that this is an appropriate consequence, parents will be given a minimum of 24 hours notice.  

External Suspension  

Any pupil may go straight to this consequence if their behaviour is of an extreme which warrants such sanction. 

These behaviours may include:

• violent or aggressive behaviour towards staff
• swearing at adults
• causing significant or sustained purposeful injury to another pupil (e.g. biting, repeated targeted violence)
• consistent and high-level disruption impacting the learning of others.