Behaviour Expectations
At the beginning of each school year, teachers and students engage in conversations about how to build and maintain a respectful and caring learning community. As a part of this work, the students agreement to uphold Royal Oak School’s three pillars of care that reflect the expectations that students hold of themselves and of their peers. The pillars provide a common language when the students are problem solving situations with their peers. Thus, all students are expected to know and comply with these three pillars of care and behaviours:
At Royal Oak School we:
- Take Care or Ourselves
- Take Care of Each Other
- Take Care of Our Place and the EnvironmentExpectations for Student Conduct
Each child has the right to be safe both emotionally and physically in our school. We believe that each child is responsible for behaving in an acceptable manner while at school, travelling to and from school, and during any school related activities.
Our Expectations for Student Conduct
At Royal Oak School, students are expected to be responsible for their own behaviour and the consequences of their actions. Students should develop a respect for the dignity and welfare of other people and their property. Interactions with and from students should be polite and courteous within a spirit of co-operation. Our goal is the development of the capacity for self-monitoring and control. We encourage our students to be bucket fillers, promoting kindness and caring towards others.
School Expectations for Discipline Procedures
At Royal Oak School we expect that students will be treated in a manner, which would be practiced by that of a kind, loving and judicious parent. These procedures should be fair, objective, consistent and reasonable. We believe in holding the bar high in terms of standards for learning and behaviour. Royal Oak School is committed to providing a safe and healthy learning environment for all. Our goal is to help children develop into socially responsible and moral citizens. We view discipline as a shared responsibility between students, staff and parents.
Communicating to Promote Understanding
Through effective communication and collaborative problem solving and decision-making, the community of Royal Oak School can work together to provide a positive environment where quality learning is enhanced. Students, parents and staff can foster a positive working relationship by:
- working as a team to understand and be understood
- sharing information to the fullest extent possible, at the earliest opportunity
- striving to deal with issues quickly and as "close to the source" as possible
- consulting with the people affected before making decisions or taking action
- focusing on the issue, not the person
- giving one another an opportunity to discuss the reasons for actions taken
- working to resolve issues together before raising them with third parties
Royal Oak School Etiquette
We respect and celebrate that we all bring gifts and talents and that we are all unique.
We take care of ourselves, others and this place.
We can ask for help from any adult.
We all have the right to be respected and the responsibility to show respect for others.
Unacceptable Behaviour
1. Personal Harassment- behaviour that alarms, annoys, belittles or isolates a person such as:
- Swearing
- Hurtful teasing or name calling
- Unwanted chasing
- Theft
- Unwanted physical contact
- Unwelcome remarks or invitations
3. Violence – behaviour that threatens, distresses, or harms a person such as:
- Pushing, tripping, hitting, or kicking
- Playfighting that often leads to injury
- Bullying
- Fighting
- Using a “weapon” ( a weapon is any object used with the intent of injuring another)
4. Noncompliance– behaviour that shows unsafe or disrespectful behavior.
- Talking back or arguing
- Yelling
- Refusing to follow directions
- Being untruthful
- Disrupting the learning of others
5. Vandalism – behaviour that willfully damages personal or school property such as:
- Defacing a book
- Writing on desks, walls, bathroom cubicles
- Painting graffiti on the outside of buildings
- Throwing rocks at cars or windows
- Damaging school furniture or equipment
Consequences for Unacceptable Behaviour
All staff members attend to student discipline. The goal of resolving issues is to help students find a better way of doing things so the issue doesn't present itself again. We strive to include parents in the development of habits of mind and ask for their support in developing consequences and or actions. We also ask that parents notify the school if they know of unsafe or unkind behaviour. Staff at Royal Oak follow the CBE's Progressive Discipline Regulations when dealing with student behaviour. Consequences may look different for students and this is kept confidential between that child's family and the school.
Student consequences may include any of the following.
- Making restitution and or loss of privileges
- Think Sheets and adult supported problems solving
- Phone calls home to involve parents in creating an action plan
- In-school suspension
- Suspension from school
CBE Progressive Discipline Regulations
CBE Independent Bullying Review 2019