Behaviour Book

A free, private tool that helps Australian primary school teachers track student behaviour, spot patterns early, and respond with evidence-based strategies.

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What is Behaviour Book?

It's a single-page app you open in your browser. You log quick behaviour entries throughout the day, and the app does the rest:

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Log in 10 seconds
Tap a student, choose positive or negative, pick a category, done. Designed for the pace of a real classroom.
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Patterns surface automatically
The app detects recurring behaviours, hotspot locations, and trends you might not notice across a busy week.
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Aligned to SWPBS
Built around School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support — the framework most Australian schools already use. Tiers, expectations, restorative prompts.
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Completely private
No accounts, no cloud, no internet required. Your data saves as a file on your computer. Nothing is ever uploaded.

How does a typical day look?

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Morning: Open the app. Glance at the dashboard — are there any overdue follow-ups or students you need to check in with?
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During the day: When you notice something — good or bad — tap Log, pick the student, pick a category. 10 seconds. You might log 5-15 entries on a typical day.
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End of week: Check student profiles. The app shows you who's trending well, who needs more positive attention, and who might need a targeted intervention — with specific, evidence-based suggestions.
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Save: Hit Save to download your data as a file. Open it next time to pick up where you left off. Back it up like any important document.

Key concepts you'll see in the stories below

4:1 Ratio
Research says students need at least 4 positive interactions for every 1 negative to thrive. The app tracks this ratio for each student and flags when it drops too low — a prompt to increase encouragement, not a punishment.
Tier 1
Universal support. Most students (~80%). Few or no concerns. Keep doing what you're doing.
Tier 2
Targeted support. Some students (~15%). Recurring minor issues. The app suggests check-ins, social skills groups, or parent contact.
Tier 3
Intensive support. A few students (~5%). Frequent or severe incidents. The app suggests formal assessments, behaviour plans, and wellbeing team involvement.

Four stories from the classroom

Real-world scenarios showing what Behaviour Book catches that a busy teacher might miss — and how it turns a vague concern into a clear next step.

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Pattern Detection

"I didn't realise it was the same thing every time."

📄 The problem
  • Liam's off-task a lot — you've tried quiet words, moved his seat, a checklist
  • The learning support teacher asks "what's the pattern?"
  • You can't answer with specifics. Just a vague "he's off-task a lot."
📚 What the app catches

After 2 weeks of 10-second entries, Liam's profile shows:

📈 Liam's Pattern Analysis
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"Off Task" — 5 times in 4 weeks
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All in the Classroom (not playground, not library)
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Ratio: 0.4:1 — far more corrections than encouragement
Result: Now you can say "Off-task 5 times, all in the classroom, all 'Be a Learner', ratio at 0.4:1." That's a conversation that leads to a plan — in seconds, not hours of write-ups.
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Positive Ratio Tracking

"I thought I was being positive. Turns out I was 1:1."

📄 The problem
  • Maya's having a tough fortnight — incidents, refusals, shutting down
  • You've been praising her when she gets it right
  • But the relationship still feels strained. What's going wrong?
📚 What the app catches

Friday afternoon — you glance at the class overview:

👥 Class Overview
Student
Tier
+/- Ratio
MK
Maya Kowalski
Tier 2
1.0:1
ET
Emma Thompson
Tier 1
5.0:1
JR
James Rivera
Tier 1
8.0:1
Result: Maya's at 1:1 — every correction matched by just one positive. Emma's at 5:1, James at 8:1. The problem is obvious instantly. You increase positives on Monday; by Friday she's smiling again.
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Tiered Support & Next Steps

"The deputy asked what I'd tried. I showed my phone."

📄 The problem
  • Ethan: 2 major incidents + a string of minors this month
  • Deputy calls you in: "What have you tried? What's the timeline?"
  • You flip through scribbled diary notes for 20 minutes
  • Can't remember if you called parents after the first incident or second
📚 What the app catches

Ethan's profile — auto-classified Tier 3 with generated next steps:

🎯 Suggested Next Steps — Ethan (Tier 3)
Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) — identify triggers
Individual Behaviour Support Plan with Wellbeing Team
Parent/carer meeting to plan supports
Re-teach "Be Respectful" — Disruption logged 3 times
Result: The meeting takes 5 minutes. Timeline, tier status, follow-ups completed — all on your phone. The deputy sees what's been tried. You have the data to support an FBA referral.
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Follow-up Reminders

"Thursday, the app reminded me to call his mum."

📄 The problem
  • You call Oliver's mum after a rough lunchtime, promise to update her Friday
  • Friday = photo day + chaos. By 3pm you've forgotten.
  • Monday: mum emails. You feel terrible.
📚 What the app catches

You logged the incident with a follow-up: "In 2 days" + "Call mum." Thursday you open the app:

⚠️ Dashboard Alerts
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Follow-up due tomorrow — Oliver G.
Call Oliver's mum with update
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Check in with Jack M.
Tier 3 — no entries for 6 days
Result: You call Friday morning. Mum's impressed. And Jack — the quiet Tier 3 kid with no entries for a week? The app nudged you to check on him too. Nothing falls through the cracks.

Ready to try it?

Behaviour Book is free, private, and takes under a minute to set up. Open it in your browser, add your students, and start logging.

📚 Open Behaviour Book
or try the interactive demo with sample data →
🔒 No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Just a file on your computer that you control.
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