Safe Schools
Mary Wright Public School
Safe and Inclusive School Plan 2025/2026
At Mary Wright, we are committed to providing a safe, caring, and inclusive learning environment, where student’s, staff’s and our school community’s voices are heard and valued. Our goal is to strive and continue to promote and foster respect, acceptance, and empathy in an attempt to mitigate issues such as bullying, harassment and potential loss of learning opportunities due to negative behaviours. Our staff, students, parents, and community will work together as a team to make our school a safe, respectful and welcoming environment for everyone.
Key Priorities and Goals
Ensuring positive relationships, focussed on mutual respect and shared values:
Our overall focus will remain on building positive and healthy relationships. We will strive to accomplish this by working with students, helping them to recognize and resolve conflicts, while supporting them in rebuilding positive and mutually respectful relationships.
Key Actions or Strategies
Throughout the year, we will:
- Implement the use of Recess Coaches who are staff designated to facilitate conflict resolution strategies for students on the yard.
- Help students to identify caring adults within the building who they are comfortable approaching for help and support during challenging situations.
- Continue to promote our motto, "Here at Mary Wright we Think Wright, Do Wright, Live Wright" with students, staff and our school community and model what that looks like at school (common language, posters, connect to monthly character trait assemblies and embed it into our daily practice).
- Explicitly teach students conflict resolution skills (Brave Education strategies).
- Continue to use our problem-solving wheel to help students navigate and resolve conflicts.
- Use restorative approaches to help students build and repair fractured relationships and demonstrate empathy towards others.
- Validate students' feelings and lived experiences. Help them see that they are safe, appreciated and respected here at Mary Wright P.S.
Problem-Solving Wheel
See where your conversation takes you. If further problem-solving is needed, use the wheel to support and influence change
This Safe Schools and Well-Being portfolio collaborates to support staff through Tier-1, evidence-based practices. These foundational practices establish safety, connection, and regulation, which are essential conditions for learning. Through the important work, a deep understanding of students and relationships will foster the positive climate necessary for student well-being and achievement.
Developing a Safe and Inclusive Culture
Under the direction and guidance of the Ministry of Education (Policy/Program Memorandum No. 144 (PPM144), our School Board is committed to supporting schools to create and maintain positive school climates.
The Thames Valley District School Board would like to introduce the Safe and Inclusive School Plan (SISP). This plan replaces the former Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan (BPIP), and the Safe and Accepting School Plan. This plan will be completed annually by every elementary and secondary school in the Thames Valley District School Board.
This important work is facilitated at the school-level by a school-based team. This team is composed of students, family members, teachers, support staff, community partners, and the principal and/or vice principal.
This important work is facilitated at the school-level by a school-based team. This team is composed of students, family members, teachers, support staff, community partners, and the principal and/or vice principal.
This important work is facilitated at the school-level by a school-based team. This team is composed of students, family members, teachers, support staff, community partners, and the principal and/or vice principal. The Safe and Inclusive School Team meets several times throughout the school year. During this time, school teams will identify one local priority, and create a plan to support the identified goal. As the plan is implemented throughout the year, the Safe and Inclusive School team will continuously support these goals and monitor the results.