School Expectations

The staff at Lord Roberts Community School believes the following:

• Everyone must be treated with dignity and respect. 
• Students should be taught the skills and behaviours necessary for success. 
• Motivation and responsibility should be encouraged through positive interactions and rapport with students.
• Student misbehaviour represents a teaching opportunity.

The children are taught to be responsible, respectful, and cooperative as a result of the following measures:

• Training students to comply with the four expectations.
• Teaching students the skills and attitudes for being responsible, respectful and cooperative.
• Preparing children to handle choices and to make good decisions.

At Lord Roberts, teachers spend the first few weeks training students on the four school expectations:

• Be safe
• Be learners
• Be respectful
• Listen to adults the very first time

Students are taught what these look, sound and feel like:

• They are taught the appropriate behaviour in each setting in the school (e.g. classroom, office)
• Students are recognized when they meet the expectations. When students do not meet the expectations, an “Incident Form” is completed and documented in a database. Consequences include problem-solving and discussion, think sheet, community service, restitution, extension of the school day, recess/lunch restrictions, and parental contact.

We use restitution to create conditions for students to make amends. At Lord Roberts Community School restitution includes:

• Missing recess and, instead, helping in the classroom, office, etc.
• Staying after school to perform a helpful act.
• Calling parents to explain behaviour and performing a “caring act” as a consequence at home.
• Under adult supervision and willingness of the victim, doing something nice for the student who was bullied.
• Peer tutoring