PB4L - Positive Behaviour for Learning (School-Wide)

Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide (PB4L School-Wide) helps schools develop a social culture that supports learning and positive behaviour. It is an evidence-based framework that looks at behaviour and learning from a whole-of-school, as well as an individual student perspective. The framework process for teaching social and behavioural skills helps kura build a positive, proactive, and systematic approach based on the individual school context.

Our School values form the foundation of our PB4L approach:

Whakanuia - Respect

Mahi pono - Honesty

Ngākau aroha - Kindness

Responsibility - Mana whakahaere

Manawanui - Determination

PB4L School-Wide takes the view that opportunities for learning and achievement increase if:

● The school environment is positive and supportive.

● Expectations are consistently clear.

● Students are consistently taught desired behaviours.

● Students are consistently acknowledged for desired behaviours (star cards) and responded to in a fair and equitable way.

PB4L School-Wide takes schools through a tiered process over several years. At each tier, schools make data-based decisions and use a problem-solving mindset to put in place systems and practices that match the needs of the students.