Schools, businesses to promote positive behaviour around town

October 19th, 2011
[by David Armstrong]

A new community initiative developed by Motueka's schools is shortly to be launched, ready to start operating in February 2012, that will see businesses help reward students for good behaviour around town.

The four local PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) schools - Motueka South, Lower Moutere, Parklands and Motueka High School - have combined to design a "Community Congratulations Card" scheme to reward young people for their good behaviour in town, reinforcing the respectful behaviour being taught in schools.

A letter will shortly be going out to local businesses, inviting them to participate in this positive community initiative.

"We hope that every business and organisation in and around our town will join us," says one of the project's organisers, Linda Beatson of Motueka South School. "There is to be no cost to businesses!"

The proposal involves the four local PB4L schools printing off "Congratulations Cards" for businesses, who would then stamp the back of the cards and hand them out, one at a time, to students on their premises who display good manners and respectful behaviour.

"It's really simple," says Linda. "The result should be reinforcing of the great behaviours that we all want to see from our young people."

The PB4L vision is that all local students from in and around Motueka should be eligible to receive a Congratulations Card (regardless of which school they come from), which they will be able to take back to their own school and exchange for the positive reward token in use there.

For more information please contact the school office at any of the four PB4L schools, to speak to a school PB4L leader: Linda Beatson (Motueka South School), Andrea Smith (Parklands School), John McFadgen (Motueka High School), and Shelley Gibson (Lower Moutere School).

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