Our policies and reports

Our policies and reports help families understand how our school works. Our annual report and school plan show what we’ve done and how we’re improving each year.  Our policies address attendance, absences, behaviour, uniform and how we respond to your concerns.

Annual school report

Each year, we share our progress in the annual school report. It gives families a clear picture of how our school is performing and how we’re supporting every student’s success. The report reflects our commitment to openness, accountability and continuous improvement.

The report includes:

• what we’re doing well and where we’re improving
• student achievement and academic progress
• our school vision and goals
• key highlights and milestones
• challenges we’ve faced and how we’re addressing them.

School excellence plan

Our school excellence plan (SEP) is a working document that shows our priorities in learning, teaching and leading. It explains our focus areas for improvement and how we plan to get there. We write our SEP with help from our school community so it reflects our shared priorities.

School behaviour support and management plan

Our school has a school behaviour support and management plan (SBSMP). The SBSMP helps us create a safe, respectful and supportive learning environment for all students. It sets clear expectations for student behaviour. This includes how we respond to bullying and cyberbullying. We work together with our school community to shape the plan and review it each year.

School Behaviour Support and Management Plan

Anti-bullying Plan

The Bay Way

At NBPS we use a whole school Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) system to encourage good behaviour. PBL is an evidence-based approach, providing a framework to assist schools to improve social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for children and young people.

Our logo

Bayley the Whale is our PBL mascot for NBPS. Surrounding the whale are our 3 expectations:

• Be Responsible
• Show Respect
• Do Your Best

The Bay Way

Our expectations for meeting The Bay Way.

Caught You Being Good

‘Caught You Being Good’ tokens are used both in the classroom and the playground to reinforce ‘The Bay Way’. The tokens are linked to the four houses within the school (Waratah, Gilmore, Milson and Warung).

Awards

• 5 stickers = Bay Award
• 4 Bay Awards (20 stickers) = Principal’s Award
• 3x Principal’s Award (60 Stickers) = Bronze Badge
• 2x Principal’s Awards (100 Stickers) = Silver Badge
• 2x Principal’s Awards (140 Stickers)= Gold Badge
• 1x Principal's Awards  (160 Stickers) = NBPS Service Medal

Mobile phones and communication devices

We understand in some circumstances students will need to bring a communication device to school to be used after school. If your child owns a mobile phone or watch capable of taking or making calls, sending or receiving messages, we ask that the device is left at home. If students do bring a communication device to school, the school requires this device to be turned off and in their bag. During the school day, students are not permitted to make or take calls, send or receive texts or take photographs with the device. If your child needs to contact you during the day, their class teacher will organise for our office staff to do this. In addition, any device or personal property brought into school is at the owner’s risk. The school does not cover loss or damage to personal property of students or their parents.

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