Code of Behaviour

The Ayr State School Community, through a collaborative process, has agreed to uphold the values of:

	Respect	appreciating others, their feelings and their property, being considerate and showing common courtesies.
	Honesty	being truthful and owning up for your mistakes.
	Responsibility	acting sensibly and reliably towards others and controlling your own actions.
	Cooperation	working together, acting fairly and sharing in order to get along with each other.

Roles, Responsibilities and Rights.

VALUE		RESPONSIBILITY		RIGHTS
RESPECT:		encourage and choose acceptable behaviours within the school environment		be treated with and treat others with respect, courtesy and equality
		show respectful behaviour e.g. tolerance, courtesy, understanding.		experience respect of one's self-ability, worth, usefulness
		not to demean others self respect e.g. taunting, bullying, name calling.
		care for the school environment and property		have all property valued and treated with care.
		care for the property of the whole school community.
		discourage vandalism.
HONESTY:		always tell the truth		be told the truth
		find out all the facts before we act
		own up if we do the wrong thing and learn by our mistakes		feel confident that people will own up if they do the wrong thing.
		follow the accepted rules		use fair play and appropriate behaviour.
RESPONSIBILITY:		determine and accept fair and appropriate consequences for inappropriate behaviours		a fair and just environment
		monitor and follow up on infringements
		obey school rules		be involved in a collaborative process of formulating school rules.
		be accountable for their own behaviour and decisions e.g. personal hygiene, politeness, truthfulness.
		take care of school grounds e.g. control litter.
		encourage a warm, non-threatening, positive environment.		enjoy a clean, safe environment.
		support the school's safety practices.
		deal appropriately with unacceptable behaviour.		teach/learn without constant interference/disruptions.
		be involved in these decision making processes e.g. supportive school environment.		be involved in school policy writing and procedures and be able to access this information.
		communicate at mutually arranged times e.g. parent/school.
CO-OPERATION:		use a collaborative approach to ensure that the common goals are achieved.		to be able to work in harmony with all members of the school community.
		promote a friendly environment.
		accept directions from those in authority.		to have our opinions and values respected.
		ensure staff are in-serviced in co-operative teaching skills.		to be accepted as a members of a team and a part of the school community.
		encourage teamwork
		model teach and enforce the concept of co-operation.

PROCEDURES FOR UPHOLDING THE CODE

At Ayr State Primary School, we believe that Behaviour Management should be based on consistency. The following strategies are some that may be used when encouraging children to be responsible members of the school community which would include following the School's Code of Behaviour.

Reward System
	Positive Reinforcement for positive behaviours
		- promoting values by certificates / awards ..... parade awards.
Role Modelling
	Inviting outside personnel into the school..... Adopt A Cop, Civic Leaders etc.
	Staff (both teaching and non teaching)
		- mutual respect with the other children and teachers
		-cooperative behaviour from the top down
		- modelling responsible attitudes
		- dealing fairly with children
		- showing children we value their thoughts
		- asking children their ideas and opinions and taking an interest in them.
	Demonstrate correct procedures.
Human Relationships Program
	Implement and use directly
	Develop units for each value to suit class levels.
Fostering Responsibility
	Class Meetings
	Trusting Students
	Student Newsletters
	Allocation of duties
		- Vote of thanks
		- Visit to Old Peoples Homes etc.
	School areas for year levels to maintain and beautify
	Delegation of tasks
		- Classroom duty rosters
		- School duty rosters....raising the flag etc.
	Student Council
Group Work
	Problem Solving Activities
	Highly structured work
	Whole class not only friendship groups
	Peer tutoring
	Teaching the skills .... refer to 'Reciprocal Teaching' from LST
	School and class displays on appropriate behaviours
	Enrichment Program .... Tournament of the Minds.
Rules
	For handling of others and school property
	Identify good manners and insist on their use
	Be aware of procedures
		- Problems in playground
		- Reporting lost property
	Consultatively set rules each year
	Consistently reinforced
	Teaching Health and Safety rules
Consequences
	Discussed and determined by the whole school
	Awareness of consequences
Promoting Self Respect
	Children identify their good qualities
	Stop, Think Do program
	Anti-Smoking program
Parent Education of School Practices
	Workshops for Positive Parenting
	Newsletter articles

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