Students begin the year with ‘good standing’. This allows them to commence the year on an equal basis with an achievable goal; having and maintaining their ‘good standing’. Our aim, as a school community, is to help the students maintain Good Standing by providing a supportive environment for all.

Good Standing recognises and rewards the efforts of individual students who consistently display the four core values of:

1. I am a learner
2. I am respectful
3. I am responsible
4. I am safe

Having a positive ‘good standing’ encourages students to take responsibility for their unproductive behavioural choices and to make the changes to improve their behaviour. The ‘Good Standing’ policy has been developed to support the PBS framework.

Attending / Inclusion in Special Events

Attending or inclusion in a wide range of special events (incursions/excursions) supports student learning in this school.

To attend/be considered for special events, a student must have ‘good standing’. This means they need to be:

• Behaving appropriately (adhering to School Wide Behaviour Expectations)
• Meeting curriculum requirements/outcomes to the best of their ability
• Wearing school uniform
• Attending regularly and being punctual to classes

Good Standing Benefits

• Block rewards/Class rewards/ Whole School Mega Reward Day
• Sport off-site
• Camps
• Excursions/incursions
• Discos
• End of Year events/rewards

Loss and Regaining of Good Standing

Students will lose their good standing if:

• They are suspended
• If they have been withdrawn from the class for a full day or two half days a term (this has been as a result of deputy/principal intervention)
• If they have been referred to the office as per the schedule below
• Cyberbullying - as investigated by deputy/principal
• Bullying - as investigated by the deputy/principal

A student can lose ‘good standing’ if they fail to consistently maintain a high standard of behaviour. A referral to the office is recorded on Integris and this will determine when the ‘good standing’ has been lost.

STAGE 1

• Three office referrals in a term
• Up to 5 days
• 70 points

STAGE 2

• Six referrals in a term
• Up to 10 days
• 140 points

STAGE 3

• Nine referrals in a term
• Up to 15 days
• 210 points

If there is intervention by the principal or deputy due to a serious incident, then students can immediately lose their good standing.

Students who have lost ‘good standing’ are required to successfully complete a behaviour contract which is individualised to help the student regain their ‘good standing’.

Depending on the stage, students need to earn the required number of points in order to regain their ‘good standing’. Therefore, if they are at ‘Stage 1’, they need to earn 70 points. During each period, students can earn between 0 and 3 points depending on their engagement and demonstration of positive behaviour.

When a student has successfully completed the behaviour contract, they are deemed to have regained their ‘good standing’.

Any student who is at significant risk of not maintaining ‘good standing’ (factors out of their control) will be identified and placed on an individualised plan that supports them to work towards attaining ‘good standing’.