The school rules for rewards and sanctions are based upon the following six principles of positive behaviour. The golden rules (or the Do-bees) are displayed around the school for easy reference.

The Golden Rules

1. Do be gentle, kind and helpful
2. Do be hard working
3. Do be careful of property
4. Do be a good listener
5. Do be honest

Golden Time

Our school week ends on Friday with a 45 minute period of Golden Time when children can choose from a range of activities offered by staff and parents/friends. Earlier in the week the children have chosen from the list of activities and they begin the week with a credit of 30 Do-bees (denoted as bee cartoons on a spreadsheet). Each Do-bee entitles a child to one minute of Golden Time but these minutes can be lost – irretrievably – through misbehaviour.

The first two Do-bees lost are warnings. Three or more Do-bees lost mean the child must lose an equivalent time from Golden Time on the Friday.

Rewards

Housepoints

Children in school are placed into one of the three houses:

Emeralds, Sapphires and Rubies

Throughout the school day children earn stars as rewards for good work or good behaviour. Each class has a star chart on which the stars earned are recorded.

When the childre have earnt 5 stars they are awarded a housepoint. 

Stars can also be earned at lunchtime.

Each Friday those who have earned housepoints come to the front of assembly to receive a sticker  so that everyone can see who has earnt housepoints that week.

The house point scores are displayed in the hall on the House Thermometers. The Hose Captains are responsible for updating the scores each week.

A Certificate Of Achievement is awarded each week to one child in each year for outstanding achievement in any aspect of school life. The Certificate is taken home and a second copy is displayed on the board in the school. Certificates are presented to the children during the Friday afternoon assembly.

Sanctions

If school rules are broken children may be sent to the headteacher where they will be asked to reflect on their behaviour and – where appropriate - write an explanation of their misbehaviour and how they intend to behave better in future.

When children lose a "Do Bee" a letter shall be sent home at the end of each week detailing how many were lost and the reasons for losing them. Parents are asked to support school by discussing the issues which appear on the letter with their children. Parents then need to sign the return slip on the letter and return it to school.

If the incident is deemed serious enough by the headteacher they shall contact the parents to discuss the incident.

If a child persistently misbehaves and as a consequence is sent to the headteacher on several occasions or if the incident is serious enough then It may be necessary at this point to consider Exclusion Procedures.