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Kirsten Parker

How can we use HPL to build our behaviour policy and practises?

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"During my time leading my school through World Class School Accreditation, the first full school action we developed was to change our behaviour policy. The school was an inner-city UK state primary school. The catchment was very diverse, and many pupils came to school with challenging backgrounds. Traditional behaviour strategies were not working for a small percentage of pupils but these pupils’ behaviour impacted on whole year groups or phases. We looked at changing our behaviour policy with the HPL VAAs at its heart. Instead of being dictatorial with looked at behaviour as being aspirational. For pupils to develop the behaviours that they needed to be high performers and confident learners. Coupled with this was the essential understanding of our pupils both at a school level and individual level for classes.

Have you used HPL to shape behaviour in your school? How did you do it? What worked well that you can share?”

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  1. Post by Kirsten Parker
    Re: How can we use HPL to build our behaviour policy and practises?
    Has anyone else noticed how quickly adopting HPL in lessons positively impacts behaviour for learning? Lessons are more pupil centred, busier and more engaging where HPL is a focus and we all know that when children are properly involved, they are much more likely to behave well. Some lessons and learning activities can even be used as a reward. A good example of this is when children who have worked hard on a project, maybe a creative or enquiry based activity, and are rewarded by being allowed to share it  - collaborating - with other pupils. Excellent for building confident learners. Do you have any examples of how HPL has shaped learning behaviour in lessons?
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