Behaviour Management & Restorative Practices 

Playground / Out of class

Where possible:

Staff

• Use the restorative chat questions
• Make an effort to hear all sides
• Stay calm
• Listen!
• Think of outcomes before deciding on strategies
• Focus on fixing the damage to relationships
• Plan for solution. Agreed by all. 

Peer Mediators

• Use restorative chat questions

At lunchtimes in two teachers (one from Y1-4 and one from Y5-8) will be available to conduct restorative chats.

Teachers on duty and the Restorative Chat room teachers will operate notebooks to record behaviours that are serious or extreme. Teacher judgement and common sense, taking care to not over react, is to be used in deciding level of seriousness. Details need to include students involved and place, time, brief details of incident/behaviour, teacher involved and any outcomes.

The notebooks are to be left in the staffroom after duty and comments will be collated daily to track trends.                                                 

In Class

Restorative chat questions used. (To be known by students and to be displayed in each classroom – Posters provided)

Student name and 2 ticks on board indicate unacceptable behaviour.

Name on board is the first warning (and all that is required for many)

A tick beside the name indicates that behaviour concern is getting serious. 

A second tick results in a restorative inquiry into the reasons for the behaviour.

A teacher may phone the parent to discuss if two ticks are given, especially if the behaviour is repeated or if the restorative inquiry does not bring about satisfactory outcomes.

Some situations may require the teacher to have time before a restorative chat can be effectively organised. In this case the teacher may decide to send the child to a buddy teacher class. These buddy teacher classes need to be decided by each teacher in advance after consultation with the team leader. If this is happening repeatedly then the reason needs to be discussed with the principal.

In some cases, students and teachers may involve the principal in the restorative chat, but it is expected that all three (and others as required) would be present at the meeting.

In cases of extreme behaviours, such as serious physical or verbal abuse the child may be withdrawn to the room beside the Principal’s office but can only be left there if the principal or teacher is able to be present. (This applies to all the administration area)

Where possible details of serious or extreme behaviour should be noted by the teacher or principal in the pastoral area of our Student Management System.

Heart Charts

At Bluestone School heart charts are maintained for each child. Teachers issue hearts to stick on to the charts to recognise our Bluestone values. The first completed chart results in a certificate being awarded at assembly, the second a blue wristband and the third a gold wristband.

Restorative Chat Questions

Wrong doer                                                       

• Tell us what happened?                                    
• What were you thinking at the time?               
• What have you thought about since?             
• Who has been affected by what you’ve done?
• In what way?                                               
• What can you do to make things right?          
  How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again?
• How can I help you?

• What did you think at the time?
• What have you thought about since?
• How has this affected you?
• What’s been the worst of it?
• What’s needed to make things right?
• How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again?