At Calside Primary School, we employ an assertive discipline policy with four fundamental beliefs:

• All pupils have a right to learn.
• All adults have a right to be able to do their job.
• All adults have a responsibility to promote good behaviour.
• All children can behave.

The policy was updated by pupils, the Parent Council and staff in November 2023 in line with updated guidance from Dumfries and Galloway Council., and was shared with parents accordingly: Respect for All Behaviour Policy Nov 2023

The policy incorporates the national Respectme guidance on anti-bullying. Parents can find out more about this guidance at https://respectme.org.uk/adults/ This site also includes advice for parents to support young people and to help keep them safe.

All the classes have explored the themes within the policy during class lessons on Health & Wellbeing, and revisit these themes through the curriculum as well as through school life and ethos.

We use Class Dojo to share learning and achievements with parents/carers. Within these, you can find class newsletters, homework guidance and information about our learning. Within your own password-protected page, you can also see your child’s current learning targets as well as information about their wide achievements, and parents are encouraged to add photos/ videos/ text to these passports so we can all celebrate successes. The teacher may also use this to inform parents of any issues with behaviour at school, or indeed examples of excellent behaviour. ClassDojo was suspended by Dumfries and Galloway Council on 4th September 2023: we await an update as to a suitable replacement. The staff are exploring temporary solutions, and we are trialling the use of a Class Wakelet for each class October to December 2023: parents/carers have been emailed the link to these. If you have not received this, please let the school office know.