Category Archives: Discipline

My Top 10 Ideas for an NQT or RQT in Key Stage One

  Below are 10 ideas that I’ve found have been really effective in my class this year. Every class and every teacher is different, but I hope you might find one or two of these ideas inspire you a bit! … Continue reading

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Idea 231: Fun Quick Activity to Help Children Work Together.

This is a fun little activity which always ends up with the children in my class having a good time with each other and laughing over mistakes. Very simply, you teach the children a clapping game they can play in … Continue reading

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Idea 229: Lining Up Song

I found that my class was struggling to line up quietly at the end of the lesson and couldn’t figure out a way to improve this. That’s when I tried out using a ‘lining up’ song. The children all sing … Continue reading

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Idea 211: Class Friendship Chain

Cut out some multi-coloured strips of paper and leave them handy in a basket. Children can take one (perhaps straight after play time?) and write down on the strip a sentence about either someone being nice to them (letting them … Continue reading

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Idea 209: End-of-Day Routine ‘Draw What You’ve Learned’

I was reflecting on my routines in the classroom and thought there had to be a way to get the children ready to go home in a better manner. All of my class piling into our small(ish) cloakroom at once … Continue reading

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Idea 206: Simultaneous Show and Tell

Show and tell is a common classroom activity (particularly with early primary) where children can bring in something from home and then tell the class about it. I found recently that due to having so many things to fit in, … Continue reading

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Idea 204: Encouraging Children To Listen with Kagan ‘Timed Pair Share’ Structure

How I previously used ‘talk partners’ in a lesson: “Do you think a car is alive? Discuss with your talk partner what you think and why.” After perhaps a minute, I would signal for everyone’s attention and then randomly-select a … Continue reading

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Idea 198: ‘Golden Ticket’ Behaviour Management

This is something I’m trying out in my class at the minute. If a child does something particularly noteworthy, they earn a golden ticket. They write their name and the date on it, then put it into a tub. On … Continue reading

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Idea 196: Behaviour Management Simple Idea ‘Mystery Pupil’

At the beginning of the day, tell the class that you have secretly selected a pupil whose behaviour is going to be a special focus for the day. If at the end of the day the selected pupil has made … Continue reading

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Idea 195: Using ‘Cheers’ in the Classroom

During the final placement of my teaching course, I introduced the concept of ‘cheers’ during a streamed phonics class that I had first thing in the morning. Essentially, when a pupil made a contribution to the lesson (it was a … Continue reading

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