Discipline & Pastoral Care

School rules are simple and are positive in their approach.  They are concerned with fostering positive attitudes towards self, others and the school environment.  The Pastoral Care Policy outlines the school behaviour code and discipline procedures.  We rely on families to work in partnership with the school to ensure the best student behaviour resulting in students working to their potential.

At St Patrick’s School everyone has the right to:

• Be Safe
• Be Happy
• Learn to the best of their ability

Our students follow the following five basic rules:

1. Hands are for helping.
2. Everyone has the right to learn.
3. Play in play time and work in work time.
4. Stay in the right place - keep yourself safe.
5. Speak to please - not to tease.
   

We follow a ‘Restorative’ approach to discipline. Through this approach we view relationship-building and behaviour management as a means to strengthen community among students and between students, teachers and parents, through educative processes. In the philosophy, conflict or wrong doing is seen as causing harm to people and relationships, and there is an obligation first to repair this harm in order for the people involved to move forward. It is a way of educating students towards self-regulated appropriate behaviour that is respectful of all concerned.