We are a team...

We are a team...

As we move to the second half of the school year,  Mellor staff and students are continuing to engage in activities that promote working as a team within classrooms and with the wider school community. Whole school activities such as Book Week, Sports Day and wearing green and gold to celebrate Australian athletes competing in the Olympics, help make students feel connected to their learning spaces, class members and school community.

Learner Agreements

Our positive team environment revolves around using common agreements to ensure success in achieving shared and individual goals.  The 6 Learner Agreements are the base for common understanding and expectations for all students. They include: how to move around the school successfully, how to treat others with respect, care and concern, how to use good problem solving skills, how to communicate well and how to stay safe when learning.  Students are encouraged to reflect on these agreements when managing their behaviour and ensure a positive learning environment in which to grow and develop.

Our 6 Learner Agreements Are: 

• Learning
• Treatment 
• Safety 
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Movement 

Posters of the Learner Agreements all Year 1 and 2 students made for 2021.  They are displayed in learning areas for students to refer back to. 

Circle time

Regular circle time and class reflection time encourages  student well being and supportive learning environments. During meetings, students are encouraged to speak honestly and share their thinking and to listen to other points of view.  These discussions help build skills and encourage the development of positive attitudes to learning and relationships.

Topics discussed are based on issues relevant and important to students and encourage them to work through issues collaboratively. Working together to find solutions develops positive attitudes and behaviours in a supportive and understanding environment. 

Behaviour Education

Behaviour Education at LNPS focuses on the ultimate goal to teach children to regulate their behaviour and support them in learning about the consequences of their behaviour. 

When children regulate their own behaviour and become self-directed, their needs and interests become clearer to them and to others. 

The purpose of the LNPS school-wide positive behaviour education is to establish an environment in which students can effectively manage their own behaviour and thereby  increase achievement.

Our overarching aims: 

Enable the students to own their behaviour and be accountable for their behaviour

To promote and develop a culture of raising self-esteem, respect for others and positive relationships with peers and adults throughout the school

To provide a supportive structure in order to maximise opportunities for effective learning and teaching to take place

To develop students’ understanding of responsibility for their own actions 

Restorative Practice 

Restorative Practice is a major element of behaviour education at LNPS.  The approach encourages children to take responsibility for their actions. 

The program is based on:

The aspects of fair process, teaching students to accept responsibility, reducing hurt and harm and restoring relationships are used in our behaviour education and conflict resolution processes.

Restorative conversations are based on the following three questions:

        1. What happened?

         2. Who has been affected? How?

         3. How can you make things right?