Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)
The Palmview Learning Community believes behaviour is a shared responsibility that is taught and learnt through setting high expectations and building positive relationships. Palmview State Primary School is proudly a PBL school.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a whole-school framework that promotes positive behaviour across a school and helps schools develop safe and supportive learning environments.
Our PBL framework makes sure all students are explicitly taught the expected behaviours and establish clear and consistent boundaries. Our Framework is guided and built around our TRUST, CONNECT GROW values. Staff take a proactive, preventative approach to ensure all students receive the appropriate level of support to help them to be successful at school.
As part of PBL practices we incorporate the Zones of Regulation to support students on their journey to self -regulation.
The Zones of Regulation framework is designed to help individuals, especially children, understand and manage their emotions, sensory needs, and self-regulation skills. It sorts emotions into four coloured zones, all of which are expected in life.
Here are the four zones:
- Blue Zone: Describes low states of alertness and down feelings, such as when a person feels sad, tired, sick, hurt, lonely, or bored.
- Green Zone: Describes a calm, alert state. We may be feeling happy, focused, content, peaceful, or calm in the Green Zone.
- Yellow Zone: Describes when our energy is higher, and our internal state starts to elevate. Our emotions get a little stronger. We may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, confusion, nervousness, be overwhelmed, or have the wiggles, when in the Yellow Zone.
- Red Zone: Typically represents extremely heightened states of alertness and intense emotions.
The goal of The Zones of Regulation is to teach individuals how to recognize when they are becoming less regulated, and equip them with strategies to manage their feelings and get themselves to a healthy place.