Behaviour and Attitude
At Hunsbury Park, we will always model, praise and reward positive behaviour. Behaviour is an excellent and ever-present feature of our school where we have the culture to recognise reward over consequence. Our aim is for pupils to “be the best they can be” and by recognising positive behaviour choices, we are able to support and develop all children. Our positive choice ethos allows all children to maximise their potential and succeed within our school environment. Good behaviour is recognised first, praising the children who make the right choices and rewarding them using our whole school house points system.
House points are awarded through at all points during the school day with classes collecting children’s totals. All children are allocated to a house and when awarded house points, the collect tokens to place them in our house point collector. The house team with the highest number of points at the end of each half term, are rewarded with prizes and/or an experience such as afternoon film and popcorn. Please see the Behaviour Policy for further details.
This is supported by individual weekly and termly awards which praise the children’s efforts and attitudes. These include Students of the Term trips and Golden star certificates where children are invited to a tea party with the Headteacher. Further details can be seen in the Behaviour Policy.
3 clear school rules define our behaviour policy:
In school, we want all our children to feel safe, happy and excited to come to school. We expect exemplary behaviour and good manners from all of our pupils all of the time. We know you, as parents, feel this is important too.
Unacceptable behaviour
Hunsbury Park maintains very high expectations of all children’s behaviour. When the rules are not followed, the children have to be able to accept the consequences of their behaviour choices. Unacceptable behaviour is managed at Hunsbury Park through a staged approach where consequences are in place. Consequences may be used to reinforce a rule. All pupils are encouraged to be aware of the reason for rules and are given the opportunity to make amends. The children know if they choose to break the school rules and not meet the school’s expectations, they have to accept the consequences. In order to help the children to make the right choices we use a consistent staged approach to behaviour (please see behaviour policy for further details).