Berserker Street SS will continue to be a PBL school in 2025. This will allow us to continue to explicitly teach and reward positive behaviour for learning with a whole school approach. Each week our students are taught a school wide lesson on a particular focus.

Our school expectations are:

• We are safe

• We are respectful

• We are responsible

• We are learners.

Week 5&6: Strong Starts and calm transitions.

• Start each entry (beginning of the day and after each break) with our whole school entry routine

- Greeting

- Check in

- Affirmation

- Do now activity

• Walk quietly and calmly around the school.

• I check in with at the end of playtime

• When the bell rings I transition quickly to be in my class safety line on time in the Stadium or at the end of lunchtime.

• I am punctual. Right place: right time!

Week 7 & 8: Use the Berserker 5!

The majority of behaviour incidents we are dealing with when unpacking with students is because this strategy is not being utilised and students are taking actions into their own hands which is leading to poor decisions.

When students are encountering or experiencing negative unwanted behaviour from other students then we encourage our students to use the Berserker 5 strategy.

1. Talk Friendly – tell them to stop or leave you alone in a friendly manner

2. Talk Firmly – if it continues use a firm voice – stop it I don’t like it!

3. Ignore, walk away – if the negative behaviour continues ignore them and move away.

4. Warn – if the issue still continues warn the other person you will report if they don’t leave you alone and stop.

5. Report – speak to an adult immediately in the area or find a trusted adult.

Berserker Bucks

Students are rewarded for positive behaviour choices with our whole school universal rewards known as Berserker Bucks. Each term students have the opportunity to reach Berserker Bucks milestones with incentives on our rewards day for those who reach our Gold benchmark. Berserker Bucks will change colour each term and this year we have raised the bar with our students blowing expectations out of the water last year. Each Term students who receive their gold award will be eligible to participate in a better and brighter event. Term 1 will include a petting zoo!

Bronze – 100 Berserker Bucks

Silver – 150 Berserker Bucks

Gold – 200 Berserker Bucks

A platinum award is presented to students at the end of Term 4 for those students who have received their Gold award in every term of the school year. This year our Platinum award will consist of an excursion to the movies with the cost covered by the school.

Children can also earn extra Berserker Bucks by using our school wide focus word of the week on Wednesday and Friday with school staff.

To promote further incentive the highest earning student in each cohort will be invited to a pizza party with the principal.