Marco School is working towards being a PB4L school:

PB4L looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school as well as an individual child perspective. PB4L helps Marco School build a culture where positive behaviour and learning is a way of life. It’s not about changing the students; it’s about working together and making sure the environment, systems and practices we have in place to support tamariki to make positive behaviour choices.  

For our staff and students PB4L is about:

• Preventative Approach: We focus on having positive systems to support behaviour rather than just managing students. This looks like our Learning Ladder and our Values displayed daily. This sounds like  our Values being talked about in everyday situations,  as well as students using  Zones of Regulation, WITS, and What Size Is My Problem Social and Emotional learning tools.

• School-Wide Values: We have 5 defined core values and explicitly teach them to students. 

• Behaviour Expectation Matrix: covering Minor and Major behaviours and the consequences. This means consistency for all our learners and staff.

• Recognition System: We have fun, celebrate, share our connection to our values and successes daily.      For our students this could be:                                                                                                                                                                      

*Shout Out  / Principal certificate😁            

*Values Cup trophy  and Values Certificate🏆                                                                          

    *House Points that earn a house reward such as morning tea with the Teachers 🧁                                                               

     *Class Dojo (Marco Monsters) so the WHOLE class can have Discovery Time or SW4G time (Stop Work 4 Game time)⛹️

• Restorative Practice: We model and teach how to have conversations to resolve conflict.