By TBHS | Posted: Friday April 5, 2019
This year, Timaru Boys’ High School will continue to build and develop a school-wide programme that reinforces positive behaviour and fosters life skills for our young men.
The programme is called Positive Behaviour For Learning (PB4L). It is based on the following foundation: “that positive behaviour can be learnt and difficult/disruptive behaviour can be unlearnt.”
PB4L is a framework or approach. It is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behaviour with all students. PB4L is not a specific model, but a compilation of research-validated and effective practices, interventions, and “systems change” strategies. PB4L provides an organisational approach or framework for:
• improving the social behavioural climate of schools
• supporting or enhancing the impact of academic instruction on achievement
• increasing proactive/positive/preventive management while decreasing reactive management
• integrating academic and behaviour initiatives
• improving support for all students, including students at risk and students with emotional behavioural disabilities (EBD)
Our school values were selected based around the school motto of Knowledge is Power: Pride, Our responsibility, Willing participant, Earning respect, Right attitude. Posters showing these values are displayed in all classrooms and around our school. This is reinforced via the school Reward System, Power Values, Power Scores and Referral systems.
The school values encourage and promote positive behaviour with all students, in all settings.
