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school Together Times, where children’s work, behaviour andachievements out of school are publicly celebrated. Our “Big Ape” scheme (Behaviour Is Great At Pitteuchar East) hasbeen devised to highlight children’s rights and responsibilitiesthroughout the school. We practise ‘Restorative Approaches’ when children find themselves inconflict with other children. This enables children to reflect on theirbehaviour, and its impact on other people, and to make sincereamends. We promote a ‘no blame’ approach, to allow children tochange their behaviour without creating opportunities for resentment,or by using punitive responses. By using restorative approaches, children are now speaking about theiractions with more honesty, and are better reflecting on the impact theiractions have on themselves and others. If a conflict has occurred, we act in a way which helps everyoneinvolved rebuild relationships and agree a way forward. Our weekly Pupil Council allows children to bring forward our pupils’concerns/ ideas for improvements. These meetings are attended by theHead teacher. We are actively seeking parent helpers, and we have a strong ParentCouncil, whose members work to represent the wider parent forum.The head teacher attends Parent Council meetings, and plans with thecommittee on a termly basis. If parents have any concerns, we take these seriously, and follow themup. There is a drop in session for parents to speak to the Head teacherevery Monday. Whenever possible, we will meet with parents as soonas a concern is raised, and discuss our planned actions. We actively seek parents’ views, and survey all our parents on abiannual basis, as well encouraging parents to respond to FifeCouncil’s “parentwise” survey. All children from P4-7 are given the opportunity to respond to FifeCouncil’s “Pupilwise” survey, and the Head teacher regularly meetswith classes/ groups of pupils to seek feedback on the work of theschool. Class teachers promote self esteem through positive feedback, andreward good behaviour. Children work, in class, to gain bronze, silver,gold and platinum certificates throughout the year, and these arepresented at our weekly assemblies. Children earn House points for good behaviour and good mannersoutside class, as well as for helping others. Children also earn housepoints for being ‘good citizens’ in the wider community. Children whoare successful in their application to act as House Captains arerequired to model good behaviour and attitude at all times, and areencouraged to play a role in creating an ethos of mutual respect. We inform parents early if we are worried about their child, or haveconcerns about their child’s behaviour. With older children, this may bea letter home, alerting parents to our concern, whilst with youngerchildren, we are able to meet with parents more frequently as they dropoff/ pick up their child.Pitteuchar East Primary and NurseryRelationships and Ethos PolicyPage 2 of 6
Our weekly assemblies focus on aspects of citizenship, friendship,children’s rights and community, as well as key events in the year’scalendar. Some of our older children are trained as Buddies for our early yearslearners, to encourage them to play well together at breaks andlunchtimes. We have also improved our playground facilities and introduced gamesand activities to make breaktimes and lunchtimes more enjoyable forour children, and to reduce the likelihood of any disputes or ‘falling out’. We seek advice and support from expert services, e.g. EducationalPsychology, Health colleagues and Behaviour Support Services, tosupport children who may struggle, at times, with their behaviour. We share information with each other, as a staff, in a professionalmanner, to support children who have additional needs.We are proud of the attitudes and behaviour of the children in our school, andvisitors to our school frequently remark upon this. Likewise, if our children areon a visit/ school excursion, the good behaviour of our pupils is oftencommented on by adults.“Pupils at Pitteuchar East Primary should act as positive representatives forthe school at all times, whether in the school or the local community.” (P7pupil).“Pupils will celebrate the success of others and encourage each other toachieve high standards of education and behaviour” (P7 Pupil).However, conflict and inappropriate behaviour does occur from time to timeand this is treated seriously. Reported incidents of bullying are treated veryseriously.The staff throughout the school use restorative approaches to help childrendeal with conflict and disagreements and follow procedures to inform parentsearly to deal with most incidents. However, repeated incidents or incidents ofa more serious nature are handled by the Deputy Headteachers, Mrs Smart(nursery, P1-3) and Mrs Petrie (P4-7), or by Mrs Knussen, the Headteacher.Our response to bullying has, at its core, the value of restoring and repairingrelationships. It emphasises tolerance, care and respect for other people.The whole school community has the responsibility to help create asecure and safe learning environment, where children, staff and parentscan be confident they will be treated with respect.Pitteuchar East Primary and NurseryRelationships and Ethos PolicyPage 3 of 6
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