Appropriate behaviour results from providing children with a safe and caring environment in which they are encouraged and supported to:
- make wise choices;
- reflect when they have made unwise or inappropriate choices;
- have the opportunity to ‘put things right’ when they have made unwise choices; and
- take responsibility for their own actions.
Meritton's approach to behaviour management enables the child to take responsibility and to manage their own behaviour, with the support of their teachers and family. We focus on developing intrinsic motivation and preventive interventions such as:
- Values-based education
- Mindfulness
- Class contracts
- Teacher role modelling
Our corrective interventions focus on giving students the agency, with our support, to fix problems themselves using the the three R’s:
- Reflect on the action;
- Resolve the issue;
- Restore the relationship.
To be effective, we rely on parental support as we strongly believe that the best outcomes are achieved when home and school work together.
