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Cosmos Primary

Culture area · Impact Team

⭐ Positive Behavioural Interventions & Supports.

A school-wide system of explicit expectations and warm, consistent recognition. The PBIS Impact Team owns S.T.A.R. expectations, S.T.A.R. Coins, and the Intervention Diamond — our equity-centred answer to MTSS for behaviour.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

Behaviour language is taught explicitly. Children learn the difference between feelings, actions and consequences.

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserystop · waitkind · safe
  • Have You Filled a Bucket Today? — Carol McCloudBucket-filling metaphor for kindness.
LKGtry · helpfair · turn
  • Llama Llama Time to Share — Anna DewdneySharing & emotion.
UKGchoice · voiceresponsible · cooperate
  • David Goes to School — David ShannonSchool expectations through humour.
Grade 1solve · repairconsequence · restorative
  • A Bad Case of Stripes — David ShannonIdentity, peer pressure.
Grade 2boundaries · self-controlinclude · exclude
  • Each Kindness — Jacqueline WoodsonBelonging and missed chances.
Grade 3agency · communityaccountability · integrity
  • Be Kind — Pat Zietlow MillerPractical kindness, everyday.
Grade 4advocate · bystanderdiscrimination · fairness
  • Stand in My Shoes — Bob SornsonEmpathy in action.
Grade 5justice · leadershipequity · civic
  • A Long Walk to Water — Linda Sue ParkResponsibility on a larger scale.