School Day Timings | Attendance

behaviour

At Claycots we are committed to a partnership approach to promoting positive behaviour. Our staff teach self-discipline and self-regulation with a heavy emphasis on the principles of Ready, Respectful and Safe developed by the behaviour expert Paul Dix.

We strive to be a community that is:

Ready to learn
Respectful of themselves and others
Safe in school

These principles have been established as Claycots’ school rules.

The school values of Kindness, Curiosity, Integrity and Respect underpin the core principles taught in the Behaviour and Wellbeing curriculum.

Using the Zones of Regulation at Home

At Claycots we use the Zones of Regulation to support children to learn how to manage their own feelings and behaviour. You can find information about the Zones of Regulation in the Behaviour at Claycots document above.

You might find it useful to use the Zones of Regulation with your child at home. The following prompts and resources below may help with this:

Put up and reference the zones visuals and tools in your home.
Identify your own feelings using zones language in front of your child (e.g.: I’m frustrated. I think I am in the yellow zone.”)
Regular check-ins. “How are you feeling now?” and “How can you get back to green?”
Talk about what tool you will use to be in the appropriate zone (e.g.: “I need to take four deep breaths to help get me back to the green zone.”)
At times, wonder which zone your child is in or, discuss which zone a character in a film/book might be in. (e.g.: “You look sleepy. Are you in the blue zone?”)
Engaging your child in discussion around zones when they are in the red zone is unlikely to be effective. You need to be discussing the different zones and tools they can use when they are more regulated/calm.
Teach your child which tools they can use. (eg: “It’s time for bed. Let’s read a book together in the comfy chair to get you in the blue zone.”)
Praise and encourage your child when they share which zone they are in.

Anti-Bullying

We take bullying seriously and have a clear policy on how to prevent, identify and respond to bullying and make it clear that the bullying of adults, children or young people is not tolerated in any form.

The policy has been adopted with the involvement of the whole school community.