Each week this year, I have been updating our families with information about our school’s behaviour expectations. Our school Positive Behaviour for Learning plan is on the school website should you wish to peruse it. Our school invests most of our time towards teaching and rewarding the positive behaviours that our community wants.

Topics covered

Newsletter 1 – Swearing and inappropriate / offensive language and gestures
Newsletter 2 – Managing conflict
Newsletter 3 - Aggression
Newsletter 4 – Violence (including threats to others)
Newsletter 5 – Bullying
Newsletter 6 -Cyberr-bullying
Newsletter 7 - Respect for property 

Respect for property

The school invests enormous amounts of money each year to provide our students with everything we need.  However, like all household budgets, the school budget is limited.  This means that equipment must be looked after.  Everyone shares this responsibility.  We recognise though that some items can be lost, accidentally broken or simply wear out.  This is expected and replacement equipment is organised.  

We teach children to:

• Borrow equipment fairly
• Share the equipment with others
• Use the equipment for its intended use
• Return equipment to where it belongs
• Report loss or damage to equipment to their teacher

Wilful damage, vandalism and destruction of property is never ok and is one of the highest forms of selfishness and disrespect.  

We recognise that students from Prep to Year 2 can still be learning right from wrong as well as socially acceptable expectations.  However, our students from Years 3-6 will be expected to have learned this. If students in Years 3-6 deliberately steal, damage or destroy school property for any reason, their parents will be sent the invoice for repair or replacement.  The student will also be suspended from school.  Continued vandalism may result in police intervention and exclusion from our school.  This includes writing on walls, in toilet cubicles, etching tables or block work and more.  There is no valid reason for anyone to do this and I will consider all of these and similar behaviours as vandalism.  

Please discuss this with your children.