Behaviour
As part of the #oneTKATfamily we have a shared and common purpose to work together as a community of schools to ensure that every child, whatever their background, receives a high quality education within a safe, inclusive and ambitious environment. We achieve this through the values of shared voice, shared belief and shared success.
At The Oaks we have developed our behaviour policy to embrace this mission and ensure all children, especially those most in need, achieve their full potential.
Our approach
Our values are at the heart of all we do at The Oaks and we aim for all children to learn to embody our values: Respect, Perseverance, Cooperation and Kindness. We want our students to develop into responsible citizens, upholding British values, playing an active part in the school, local and wider communities. At The Oaks, we educate children around statutory protected characteristics and we do not tolerate bullying of any form. We believe that all members of the school community deserve to be consistently treated with dignity.
Oracy is at the heart of our curriculum and through this, and our focus on child wellbeing, children have the opportunity to value each other and explore and articulate their feelings. Through developing self-awareness and motivation, children will be well-equipped for their futures.
We acknowledge that behaviour is communication and it may be communicating a number of things including a communication, sensory or social, emotional and/or mental health (SEMH) need. Therefore we use methods such as the Zones of Regulation and restorative conversations to teach children how to manage their own behaviour, in a way that will be supportive to their future.
We have high expectations of behaviour and high expectations of all staff to ensure that the right support is in place to enable children to thrive. At The Oaks, all responses from adults to the behaviour of children are informed by the principle of considering what the child is learning from the adult’s response, and how that response will support the child with their future behaviour; this is based on our whole school's compassionate ethos and a research informed approach. A foundation of our school is that all staff understand the importance of positive relationships between staff and children. Furthermore, children are encouraged to choose a ‘trusted adult’ who they can go to if they ever have any concerns.
We work in collaboration with parents/carers and welcome questions and conversations about our approach to behaviour at The Oaks. All staff across the school, including lunch/playtime support staff, follow our Behaviour policy and are trained in our whole school strategies.