By TBHS | Posted: Wednesday December 7, 2016
This year, Timaru Boys’ High School has continued to build and develop our school-wide programme Positive Behaviour For Learning” (PB4L) that reinforces positive behaviour and fosters life skills for our young men.
This is a programme that the Ministry of Education is encouraging schools to implement. It is based on the following foundation: “that positive behaviour can be learnt and difficult/disruptive behaviour can be unlearnt.”
Our selected values were based around the school motto of ‘Knowledge is Power’’: Pride, Our responsibility, Willing participant, Earning respect, Right attitude. Posters reinforcing these values are displayed in all classrooms and around our school, encouraging and promoting positive behaviour amongst all students, in all settings.
An integral part of this programme is the rewards system. Throughout the year, students received stamps from staff when displaying the POWER values. When a card of 12 stamps was completed the students gained entry into the weekly Bronze prize draws. Students then moved on to Silver cards, which on completion, went in to the monthly draw for community prizes. We had fantastic community support for our Silver prize pool, including sponsored prizes from The Warehouse, Lone Star, Riders HQ, U-Bake, Soul Surf and Skate, Mac Shaw Menswear, The Frontrunner, Rok Fitness, Rebel Sport, Subway, Movie Max, Corporate Print, Flip Out and EB Games.
After this, students moved on to ultimate Gold cards which went into the end of year Noel Leeming major prize draw.
Noel Leeming generously contributed prizes for our major prize draw on the 26th of October 2016. We are continually grateful for the input and support from our students and community; these are central to the success of the PB4L process.
We are hoping to increase our community support to ensure the programme reaches its full potential at Timaru Boys’ High School.
If you are interested in contributing to our PB4L School Wide programme, please do not hesitate to contact Timaru Boys’ High School on 687 7560.
Our worthy prize winners are listed below:
