School-Wide Positive Behaviours
At East Doncaster Secondary College, we are committed to creating a positive climate for learning where every student feels safe, supported, and ready to succeed. Through our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) approach, we continue to strengthen consistent expectations in all classrooms, during recess and lunchtime in the yard, and when representing the school in sporting teams or on excursions.
In classrooms, students are supported through clear and predictable routines that help maximise learning time and create a calm environment. For students in Years 7-10 such routines include arriving to class on time, lining up quietly before entering the classroom and standing quietly behind chairs. Teachers use the College’s Instructional Model to collaboratively plan lessons that meet students at their point of need. Through consistent phases embedded within the model, teachers provide clear learning intentions, explicit instruction, and regular opportunities to respond so students can actively engage in their learning and receive timely feedback. Teachers also provide regular positive acknowledgement when positive behaviours are exhibited and when students demonstrate our school values of Curiosity, Excellent, Fairness, Respect, Resilience, Teamwork, and Care and Compassion, through student-teacher interactions and Compass chronicle entries. Positive Behaviours: In Class posters are now displayed in all of our classrooms.
During Positive Futures sessions, students are explicitly taught our positive behaviours and school expectations through class discussions, reflection activities, goal setting, and scenarios linked to respectful relationships, teamwork, organisation, and positive learning habits. These sessions provide valuable opportunities for students to build social skills, strengthen connections with peers and staff, and reflect on how their actions contribute to a positive school culture.
Families play an important role in supporting this work by reinforcing positive routines and expectations at home. Encouraging punctuality, organisation, respectful communication, and regular conversations about learning and behaviour helps strengthen the connection between school and home. Celebrating positive choices and discussing the importance of our school values can further support students to make responsible decisions both at school and in the wider community.
In the yard, students are encouraged to move safely and calmly between classes, respect personal space at the lockers, include others in social and sporting activities during recess and lunchtime, and communicate respectfully with other students and staff. Students are also expected to take pride in the College environment by placing rubbish in bins, caring for shared spaces, and following instructions from yard duty teachers to help maintain a safe, respectful, and positive environment for all students. This will continue to be a focus in 2026 by explicitly teaching Positive Behaviours: In the Yard.
Students representing the College in sporting teams are encouraged to demonstrate positive behaviour, teamwork, respect, and sportsmanship at all times, reflecting the values and expectations of East Doncaster Secondary College both on and off the field. Coaches and team managers will explicitly teach and reinforce Positive Behaviours: In the Community.
By working together as a school community, we can provide consistent support, expectations, and opportunities for students to develop into passionate lifelong learners who are creative and critical thinkers, with the confidence and resilience to thrive in the global community.
Sally Polidano
Acting Assistant Principal
Leading Teacher School Wide Positive Behaviour Support
