PBL HubDubbo Public School
Wellbeing & Recognition

Good News
Postcards

At the end of every term we send Good News postcards home to celebrate our learners. Some are celebrated for staying consistently safe and respectful — others for the effort they've put into turning things around. Here's exactly how we decide.

A Good News postcard from Dubbo Public School celebrating Safe, Respectful Learners
At the end of each term

How it works, in three steps

1
Harvest the dataWellbeing and behaviour data is pulled from School Bytes for the whole term.
2
Sort into tiersEvery student is placed in a support tier based on their incident data.
3
Send Good NewsPostcards go home to celebrate the students who've earned one this term.
Our school at a glance

Every student sits in a support tier

Tiers simply show how much behaviour support a student needs — most thrive on our everyday whole-school supports.

1
Universal support

Tier 1 — thriving

Safe, respectful learners who do well with our everyday, whole-school supports. Around 85% of the school.

2
Targeted support

Tier 2 — some extra help

Students who need some targeted support to stay on track. About 1 in 10.

3
Intensive support

Tier 3 — individual plans

Students with individual, intensive support plans in place. Around 5%.

Snapshot: Term 2, 2026 · 481 students · drawn from School Bytes wellbeing data

Who gets a postcard?

Two ways to earn Good News

Whether a student is thriving or turning a corner, there's a path home to a Good News postcard.

Tier 1 · the 85%

Celebrating consistency

Every Tier 1 student receives a Good News postcard home each term — recognising a term of consistently safe, respectful learning.

Postcard goes home
Tier 2 & Tier 3

Celebrating improvement

Students in the higher tiers earn a Good News postcard when their negative incidents have declined appropriately from the previous period — recognising real effort towards positive behaviour.

Postcard goes home
Cocky giving a thumbs up

Good news for every learner

By recognising both consistency and improvement, every child has a genuine path to being celebrated — whether they're flying high all term or working hard to turn things around.