Wellbeing

Wellbeing Leader - Mr Nick Flavel

PBL at St Bernards

Shine Bright, Do What’s Right!

We are excited to introduce a new behaviour acknowledgement system at St Bernards. This initiative has been thoughtfully designed based on valuable feedback from our students, parents, and staff, ensuring it reflects the needs and values of our whole school community.

As part of this system, students will have the opportunity to earn ‘gotchas’ in recognition of following our school values - Respect, Safety and Responsibility. These tokens can then be exchanged for a variety of rewards, helping to celebrate student success and reinforce positive choices. Rewards have been chosen and voted on by our SRC who have consulted their classmates for input. Some examples of rewards include sitting at the teachers desk for a lesson, doing a lesson in another class (maybe with an old classmate or buddy) and the very popular principal for a morning including an announcement on the PA system! In addition, tokens earned will also contribute to students’ house teams, fostering a sense of teamwork, pride, and friendly competition across the school. 

We are currently reviewing our school’s Behaviour Matrix to ensure it remains clear, consistent, and aligned with our shared expectations. This review process will support us in continuing to foster a safe, respectful, and positive learning environment for all students.

We look forward to sharing more updates with you as this work progresses.