Behaviour management

In our class, we noticed that the children needed a visual aid to help with the school-wide behaviour management card system. Throughout the junior and middle school, they use an apple system, green apple = great, orange apple = warning for negative behaviour and red apple = red card which means detention and a phone call home. The children are to move the worms on to the different apples as they go through the school warning system. We found that this system was a bit “baby-ish” for our senior students so I have created an alternative that is more focused on the senior schools’ desirable behaviours. Often we discuss the concept of “living above the line” which comes from Habits for Wellbeing by Jane Taylor and discussion with our Principal Mark Ellis. On her website, Jane shares a powerful quote that says “Ninety-nine per cent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver. We had a discussion with the children about what it means to live above the line (image attached) and from that, I created a new behaviour management visual that fits with this purpose (see image attached) and still fits in with our school-wide approach to behaviour.