GREYTOWN SCHOOL VALUES

At Greytown School, we are a “Positive Behaviour for Learning” (PB4L) school.  This school-wide approach endeavours to provide a safe, consistent and supportive system for children and staff, and is based on a nation-wide initiative. Our focus is to be proactive and teach and encourage student’s appropriate ways of behaving and acting responsibly in all contexts.  We work with children, parents, wider whanau and our community to reinforce this.  We see this partnership as the key to helping our children be truly SHARP kids where they can make great choices instinctively and stand up for themselves and others bravely if needed. At Greytown School, these values are based around the acronym S.H.A.R.P

As part of our PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) approach, we love recognising and celebrating students who consistently show our school values through their actions.

One of the ways we do this is through our whole-school Token Box Rewards. The token boxes are kept in the office, and students earn tokens when they demonstrate awesome behaviour, positive choices, kindness, effort, and responsibility around the school.

Once a token box is filled, students get to vote for a fun, whole-school reward activity. These rewards are chosen by students and change each time, keeping things exciting and motivating. Past rewards have included Daytime Discos, Non-Uniform days, Where’s Wally day, Water Activities, Wheels Days, and many more creative ideas.

Our token boxes help build a positive school culture where students feel recognised, valued, and excited to contribute to our supportive learning environment.

• At Greytown School, we endeavour to be proactive and fair when responding to inappropriate behaviour.  This means our leadership team regularly review our recording and analysis process to ensure they are providing for the needs of our staff and children.
• Our staff undertake regular professional development to ensure we are catering for the educational and social needs of our children.
• All repetitive minor and major inappropriate behaviour or events are recorded on to our SWIS (School-Wide Information System called HERO) by teachers and Senior Management. This information is reviewed by the SL team each month to analyse the needs of classes and patterns of behaviour across the school with the goal of being proactive in our responses.
• Student’s good behaviour is recognised and rewarded accordingly through a multitude of strategies and reinforcements.
• For the majority of our daily consequences for not following our SHARP expectations, we focus on learning from our mistakes and developing responsibility for future behaviour.  However, if the actions of a child are deemed as serious and put others at risk; the consequences will be in accordance with our school behaviour systems to ensure children are provided with a safe environment.