We are committed to ensuring a safe and happy environment for your child.
We support your child’s health and safety through a range of strategies including:
For more information, visit the student wellbeing section of the department’s website.
Like all NSW public schools, we promote the healthy development of students through:
- school programs and practices that protect and promote health and safety
- supporting individual students who need help with health issues
- providing first aid and temporary care of students who become unwell or who have an accident at school.
Student wellbeing
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The department is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships and fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allows them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
At our school, we use Positive Behaviour for Learning – a whole-school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate where students can learn and develop. Our whole school community works together to establish expected behaviours and teach them to all students.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is an evidence-based whole school process to improve learning outcomes for all students.
At Metella Road Public School there are four universal expectations. These
stem from the school's acronym:
Motivated
Respectful
Proud
Safe
Students are expected to uphold these expectations in the classroom and playground. Weekly lessons are explicitly taught by classroom teachers to ensure that students have a clear understanding of how these values can be incorporated into their daily school life.
Teachers deliver consistent responses to student learning and behaviour. Students respond positively as they have been taught what is expected of them.
We have a focus of the fortnight on our four core values; Motivated, Respectful, Proud and Safe. This reminds students of our expectations which promotes Positive Behaviour for Learning.
Captain Metella is the PBL mascot at Metela Road Public School. You can see him on:
- School expectation signage
- Stickers
- PBL Awards
- School Awards.
Club 250 Reward Points – An Explanation
Each Captain Metella is worth 1point
10Captain Metellas = 1Assistant Principal's Award (Total 10 points)
5Assistant Principal's Awards = 1 Deputy Principal's Award (Total 50 points)
5Deputy Principal's Awards =1Principal's Distinction Award (Total 250 points)
Download CLUB 250 (PDF 1620KB) for further information about our Club 250 Program
