Marie Bashir Public School is committed to explicitly teaching and modelling high expectations for positive behaviour and to supporting all students to be engaged with their learning.
In partnership with parents and the wider community, our school vision is to provide a quality education for all students to reach their full potential, within a caring learning environment. Marie Bashir Public School takes pride in the pursuit of equity and excellence. Our goal is to promot successful learners, confident and creative thinkers, and active and informed citizens.
Principles of positive behaviour support, trauma-informed practice, inclusive practice, and social emotional learning underpin our daily practice. High expectations for student behaviour are established and maintained through effective role modelling, explicit teaching, and planned responses.
Key programs prioritised and valued by the school community are:
· Our six school rules
· Covey’s Seven Habits of Happy Children and the Leader in Me program
· Second Step social and emotional learning program.
These programs prioritise social and emotional learning which supports good mental health, positive relationships and the prevention of bullying.
Marie Bashir Public School rejects all forms of bullying behaviours, including online (or cyber) bullying by maintaining a commitment to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning community that promotes student wellbeing. Staff are committed to establishing evidence-based approaches and strategies that promote a positive climate where bullying is less likely to occur.
All members of the school community are active participants in building a welcoming school culture that values diversity and fosters positive relationships. A key component of a supportive school culture is building respectful relationships and an ethos that bullying is not accepted, in both online and offline environments. School staff actively respond to student bullying behaviour.
Partnership with parents and carers
Marie Bashir Public School will partner with parents and carers in establishing expectations for engagement in developing and implementing student behaviour management and antibullying strategies, by:
· inviting parent/carer and student feedback through formal and informal means, such as Tell Them From Me surveys, school surveys, consulting with the P & C and local AECG
· using concerns raised through complaints procedures to review school systems, data and practices.
Marie Bashir Public School will communicate these expectations to parents/carers through the school newsletter and school website. Our school proactively builds collaborative relationships with families and communities to create a shared understanding of how to support student learning, safety and wellbeing.
School-wide expectations and rules
For more information, please read this document: MBPS Behaviour Support and Management Plan 2025