Our School
Engage in lifelong learning | Tākatū-ana te ako a-mate-noa
Reefton Area School Values
Respect
Manaaki
• Uses polite and appropriate language
• Listens and responds courteously
• Diversity • Learning styles and strengths • People • Ethnicity and culture
• The environment • Themselves • Personal space
Aspire
Wawata
• Sets challenging achievable goals
• Contributes positively to their communities
• To be a good role model • To be a leader
• To be a problem solver
•To be enterprising
Self Manage
Tu Tāngata
• Self Manages
• Perseveres to achieve their goals
• Personal behaviour • Tools for learning
• Time management
• Takes pride in Appearance
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING
Reefton Area School is committed to building supportive and effective learning environments for all students. Reefton Area School fully supports the principles and practices of School Wide Positive Behaviour for Learning
Who is PB4L for?
PB4L helps to make schools better places to live, work and learn. It does so by giving schools the tools to build comprehensive, school-wide systems that support academic and behavioural learning for all students.
How will PB4L help children and the school?
PB4L promotes positive student behaviour by building the school’s leadership capacity and teachers’ knowledge, understanding and skills in applying effective school-wide behaviour systems.
PB4L boosts student engagement in learning by increasing attendance and retention and improving student behaviour.
PB4L helps schools deliver the highest quality learning programs to improve student academic and behavioural learning.
Positive Behaviour for Learning uses practices that include:
• A consistent school-wide system of support that helps define teach and support appropriate student behaviours, creating a positive school environment.
• School-wide discipline practices including establishing clear consequences
• Instruction in social skills helping students regulate their behaviour
• A focus on the prevention of problem behaviours and instruction in appropriate behaviour
• Helping teachers intervene effectively to manage behaviour in the classroom and other school environments
• Active supervision in all areas of the school
• Enabling the learning support team and PB4L team to plan and solve problems together
• External coaching to build capacity and provide consistent, region-wide support for schools.
Features of the PBFL program
• Establishing a school environment that supports long-term success
• Integrating positive academic and social behaviour expectations • Teaching desirable behaviours
• Improving behaviour support systems for students • Increasing positive interactions with students
• Using data for decision making • Decreasing reactive management • Maximising academic achievement
