Attitudes to Learning
We are very proud of our students
at CNS and are constantly aiming to improve the quality of teaching and
learning they receive. You may be aware
of the CNS lesson, a framework we developed at the start of this academic year
for lesson planning to promote quality teaching and consistency throughout the
school. Central to its success however is
a positive attitude to learning. The
vast majority of our students work hard and achieve however a few do not and so
it is to deal quickly and effectively with those few students that we are
introducing a pilot scheme on behaviour beginning today (Wednesday 20th
June).
The overall behaviour policy
remains the same but some parameters have been tightened. Consequently students who disrupt learning
will now only be given one “verbal warning” with the intention of getting them back
to work. However should they chose to ignore
the warning and disrupt learning again, they will be sent to “Remove” and
parents will be informed and the usual sanctions will apply. Should a student then choose to misbehave again
in “Remove” then a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) will be called and
the student will be excluded from school for a fixed term.
The pilot will be evaluated and
reviewed along with other possible changes to the behaviour policy ready for
implementation in September and we will be asking for the views of all
stakeholders on its impact before the end of term.
Today we held a special assembly
for each year group where I repeated my belief that every student was entitled
to learn and no one had the right to interfere with that learning. I also said that the scheme was to support
the vast majority of students at CNS who are hard-working and
conscientious. It was very clear both
during the assembly and afterwards that the scheme was viewed extremely positively
by students.
Every student should have the
opportunity to achieve the highest possible standards in a positive learning
environment therefore I would hope you will be able to support us in this
initiative.
Jim Nixon
