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The Classroom Behaviour Policy at Curro Thatchfield High School aims to create a safe and structured environment for optimal student learning and personal development. It emphasizes positive discipline, clear communication of rules, and the enforcement of expected behaviors based on the SMART principle. Disciplinary actions follow a progressive model, addressing violations through a series of interventions by teachers, grade heads, phase heads, and operational heads, with consequences ranging from counseling to expulsion.

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The Classroom Behaviour Policy at Curro Thatchfield High School aims to create a safe and structured environment for optimal student learning and personal development. It emphasizes positive discipline, clear communication of rules, and the enforcement of expected behaviors based on the SMART principle. Disciplinary actions follow a progressive model, addressing violations through a series of interventions by teachers, grade heads, phase heads, and operational heads, with consequences ranging from counseling to expulsion.

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CLASSROOM BEHAVIOUR POLICY

Reference: Curro Code of Conduct


Curro School Disciplinary policy

Introduction:
The goal of the class room behaviour policy at Curro Thatchfield High School is to
provide a structured climate, which is safe and orderly and enables students to learn
at an optimum level. The policy is designed to provide all learners the opportunity to
develop positive self-control, successful interpersonal skills, self-direction, self-
understanding, and the self-worth that comes with knowing that they are achieving
their academic goals while maturing as individuals.
Guiding principals
The policy will be well communicated and consistently enforced.
The School will endeavour to follow the positive discipline principle.
Conduct that is counterproductive to an individual’s learning or self-development;
that is detrimental or unsafe to persons or property; that violates laws, policies, or
commonly accepted standards will not be tolerated.
Curro Thatchfield High School will not tolerate violence, harassment and bullying
related activity.
All learners are expected to comply with the school regulations outlined herein and to
respect the authority of the School staff.
All staff will negotiate an accepted set of behavioural rules and consequences for
every class taught. These expected behaviours will be visible in each class room.
All staff members are expected to enforce these rules in a firm, fair, consistent and
timely manner.
Expected behaviour
All learners are expected to behave according to the School’s SMART principle
S – Sensitive
M – Motivated
A – Achieve
R – Respectful
T – Trustworthy
10 Non-negotiable classroom rules.
- Walk briskly to your next classroom.

- Stand neatly behind your desk, wait to great your teacher.

- You may not leave your seat without permission.

- No chewing of gum, eating or drinking in class.

- Don’t talk whilst your teacher is teaching.

- Raise your hand when you want to say something.

- Throw away all your rubbish at the end of the period.

- Respect the possessions of your teacher and other class mates.

- Wait until you are instructed to pack away at the end of the period.

- Leave the class in an orderly fashion. Girls first.

Procedure
The sequence of disciplinary consequences follows the “progressive discipline”
model and begins with minimal actions which can be taken, and ends with the
maximum action which can be administered.
This listing does not imply that a “step by step” progression of increasing severity
needs to be used by the school staff in dealing with a violation. Disciplinary
consequences are based on circumstances unique to each individual incident of
inappropriate behaviour and will be dependent on such factors as:

- The severity of the incident.

- The student’s attitude, which includes the student’s sense of ownership of


the behaviour (accepting responsibility or shifting blame) and willingness to
change.

- The student’s discipline record.

Discipline will be administered by using a 4 step intervention method.

- Teacher intervention: The class teacher reprimands the offending learner.


On repeated offences, the teacher will record the infringement on the
schools’ behavioural folder and inform parents via email.

- Grade Head intervention: Grade Heads will monitor behavioural folder. Upon
repeated infringements a parent / learner meeting will be convened. Parents
will be informed of the date and time of the meeting via email.
- Phase Head intervention: Upon repeated infringements, the Grade Head will
inform the Phase Head of the learners’ infringements. A Parent / learner
meeting will be convened.

- Operational Head intervention: Upon repeated infringements, the


Operational Head will convene a meeting with the parents in preparation for
a disciplinary hearing.

Disciplinary consequences

- Teacher intervention: The class teacher may council the learner or enforce
agreed upon sanctions in the class room environment. These sanctions
should be in line with accepted Curro and School guidelines. Parents will be
informed of repeated infringements.

- Grade Head intervention: The Grade Head may council the learner. A
weekly behavioural report may be required. A verbal warning may be
issued. Parents will be part of this process.

- Phase Head intervention: Written warning.

- Operational Head intervention: Final written warning. Disciplinary hearing.


Suspension. Expulsion.

Created: January 2016

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