Lakeside Primary Academy uses Restorative Practice approaches to improve behaviour in order support your child’s education. Whilst providing children with an education in the core subjects it is important that we educate them both socially and emotionally. We will look to give the children valuable life skills, and tools to be able to overcome the challenges that they will face as they learn and grow over the years. As a school that uses Restorative Practice approaches, we will proactively support the children in managing any conflicts that arise, this could be conflict in their learning but it also may be conflict with their peers. We aim to provide children with clear boundaries and consequences to behaviours.
Our Virtues of Respect, Self-Belief and Resilience are the basis for how we conduct ourselves and these are supported by using restorative language. All staff will communicate in a restorative way and will ask your child to do the same. Restorative language is calm respectful and fair. It allows everyone to be listened to.
School Specific Behaviour Information
Behaviour Policy Anti-Bullying Policy: Appendix A
Positive Approaches to Anti-Bullying
As a school, we constantly reflect on our protocols and adjust where necessary. One of these areas that we have been working on is our Positive Approaches to Anti-Bullying. The leadership and wellbeing team have been working very closely with Rebecca McGuinn, the trust lead for Safeguarding, Behaviour and Wellbeing, in revising our protocols so all parents, carers and staff are clear of the routes to follow if they have a concern about bullying. Alongside this piece of work, we have delivered a number of assemblies to all children. One looked at celebrating differences regarding needs and disabilities and the other assembly was to launch the new slogan of STOP: Several Times On Purpose, Start Telling Other People. This is a piece of work that will be looked at more intensively throughout the year with all children and staff, and will be addressed through specific focus weeks such as our culture week.
