SWPBS at POPS

School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is a whole-school framework that promotes positive behaviour, improves student wellbeing, and creates safe and supportive learning environments. This allows our school to create a positive and predictable environment where students know what’s expected. 

It focuses on:

• Teaching expected behaviours explicitly

• Acknowledging positive behaviour consistently

• Using data to guide decisions about student behaviour and support 

POPS Matrix of Expected Behaviour 

Our matrix of expected behaviour, which was developed by the teachers and students, is visible in each classroom and around the school. The matrix is split into different areas and explicitly teaches the students the expected behaviour for the different learning areas. Teachers and students are continually referring to the matrix and teaching the behaviours: 

Behaviour Flow Chart 

Students and teachers then created the behaviour flow chart. The behaviour flow chart lists minor and major behaviours and the steps the teacher or adult will follow when a student is not meeting the expected behaviour. This allows for a consistent approach when responding to minor and major behaviours: 

Responding to Positive Behaviour 

Students are rewarded when they are showing the expected behaviour, and in term 1, we are continuing with our whole school reward system, led by our Community House Captains, who came up with the rewards. The students have voted for a whole school reward they would like to receive in term 1. 

The Community House Captains will announce the two winning rewards at assembly on Monday.

When students show the expected behaviour from our Matrix in learning spaces and in the playground, they can receive a token from a staff member. They can then vote for one of the two selected rewards. Each class can receive 5 tokens when they achieve their classroom goal. When one of the reward boxes is filled or when the tokens run out, students will receive the winning reward!