School Sanctions. Children at Pollyplatt will always be listened to. However, if the children’s behaviour needs addressing, we use the following sanctions: • A verbal warning and request to the child to correct their behaviour • A ‘Timeout’ for the child to think about their behaviour • Loss of part / all of playtime if the behaviour does not change • Staff will notify parents about repeated concerning behaviour. Our policy is to work alongside parents to support a child demonstrating worrying behaviour. Homework Homework will be sent out on a Friday to be returned the following Wednesday. The amount and type of homework varies depending on your child’s year group. Where possible, homework will be adapted so that all pupils are able to access it. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you have any concerns or issues regarding homework. We expect all children to read regularly and encourage all families to read daily with their children. Our expectation is that homework is completed and handed in on time. Teachers may ask children to complete homework during break time if it is not handed in by the required date.
School Sanctions. Deal with issues yourself, don’t just pass them on. Log information with clear, appropriate and timely follow up. Be tenacious. Chase issues up. Pupils will soon realize that they are not going to get away with it! It is not the severity of the sanction but the certainty it will happen. Pupils learn very quickly which members of staff are determined enough to impose sanctions themselves and those who don’t. Remember, for some pupils there may be reasons for exhibiting certain types of behaviour. Appendix A outlines some scenarios where this may be the case and the imposition of sanctions would therefore be inappropriate. Possible sanctions include: A verbal reprimand. Extra work or repeating unsatisfactory work until it meets the required standard. Loss of privileges Missing break time. Detention including during lunch-time and after school School based community service or imposition of a task Regular reporting including early morning reporting; scheduled uniform and other behaviour checks; or being placed “on report” for behaviour monitoring. Removal from class and the setting of supervised work in the Review Room In more extreme cases the school may use temporary or permanent exclusion When poor behaviour is identified, sanctions will be applied consistently and fairly. The following examples of sanctions are intended to be hierarchal and range from Level 1 to Level 8. Behaviour Level Action Strategies / Sanctions Evidence trail Who Level 1 For example: Homework Lateness Uniform Off task Uncooperative Low level disruption Moving out of seat Interrupting the teacher Verbal Warnings. Classroom teacher will tell pupil what they are doing wrong and how to correct it. Behaviour management strategies should attempt to diffuse the situation. Discussions with pupil making expectations clear. Explicit warnings. Limited time out (no more than 5 minutes) Catch up / extra work sessions Detention e.g. break or lunch time. Engaging the learner actively in the lesson e.g. through direct questioning. Dialogue with parents/carers through planner or call home. Reward good behaviour. Logged on XXXX together with how resolved. Notes in pupil planner. At least 2 verbal warnings should be given before the issue can be referred to the next level. Inform Progress Tutor. Class teacher Level 2 2 verbal warnings have been issued at Level 1 Class teacher to explain 2 verbal warnings had now been given. This is the last stage before removal from class to...
