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 4 we are trialling a new whole school reward system. Led by our Community House Captains who came up with the rewards, the students then voted for a whole school reward they would like to receive in term 4.
The Community House Captains then announced the two winning rewards at assembly: a movie afternoon with popcorn and a water fight afternoon.
When students show the expected behaviour outside or on the playground, they can receive a token by the yard duty teacher to then vote for one of the two selected rewards. Each class can also receive 5 tokens when they acheive their classroom goal. When one of the boxes is filled or when the tokens run out, the school will receive the winning reward!
