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Welcome to the Classroom Management pages.
Look at the General Classroom Management ideas and resources listed below,
or browse around the other Classroom Management pages using the bar above.

Start of the Year Activities:

• Choosing the Rules - Involve the children in deciding the rules of your class at the start of the year.
• Hawaiian T-Shirt Glyph - Get to know your students at the start of the year, by asking them to colour this glyph according to the given key. Contributed by Cori McKinzie.
• Video Introductions - Get to know children at the start of the year by asking them make a short video recording.

Don't forget to look at the Co-operation activities to help your class get to know each other at the start of the year.

General Classroom Management Ideas:

• Classroom Rules - A set of posters to encourage positive behaviour from the children in your classroom. Contributed by M V.
• Classroom Scorekeeper - Make one of these wonderful scorekeepers to use in a wide range of activities in your classroom. Contributed by Melissa Cadman.
• Brain Break - A great idea to reduce tiredness and silliness during carpet times.
• Time-Saving Tips - Save yourself some time with these useful tips.
• Class Noise Level - Encourage children to think about the class noise level with this idea.
• Seating Plan - Use a seating plan to make carpet time go more smoothly!
• Magic Classroom Management - Some useful ideas and strategies for developing your classroom management. Contributed by Rob Plevin.
• Class Stationery - A fantastic idea to make decorative paper for your everyday needs!
• Registration Time - Vary your registration times using these suggestions.
• Learning Words - A great way to use spare time to reinforce children's knowledge of their high frequency words.
• Taking Turns - Not really an activity, but a way of choosing children to take part in activities.
• The Life Line Game - A way of encouraging children to help each other in class.
• The Blue Box - A very useful tool, which can be used for picking children, sorting groups, and much more!
• Organising Worksheets - A clever trick to help you keep all of your pupils' worksheets organised!
• Wet Play Ideas - A tip for managing wet play times in your classrooms.
• Homework Notice - A notice which can be sent home to parents informing them on missing homework. Contributed by Michelle Vivad.
• Time Out Sheet - A time out form which parents must sign and return to the teacher. Contributed by Michelle Vivad.
• Make it Multisensory - Ideas for making your lessons appeal to children's senses. Contributed by Jeanette Moore.
• Covering Books - Cover books using quotes, images and vocabulary related to your topics!

Finishing Work:

• Time Target - A way of encouraging children to complete activities before a particular time. Contributed by Victoria Jackman.
• Counting Down - Use this simple tip to help children to finish work promptly.

Celebrating Birthdays:

• Birthday Cake - Celebrate a child's birthday with this fun idea.
• Class Birthday List - Celebrate your children's birthdays. Add them to this list and put it up in your classroom!

Getting Attention:

• Watching the Clock - Help children to settle down after a break using this quick and easy technique!
• Gaining Attention - A couple of useful methods of gaining children's attention without losing your voice!
• Singing Signals - Signal your expectations to your class with a song!
• Are you Listening? - Gain your children's attention using this simple technique.
• Last Person to Stand Up - A simple way of getting chidren's attention.
• The Silence Game - Challenge your class to play the Silence Game!

Managing Toilet / Drinks Breaks:

• Toilet Breaks - Manage the number of trips children make to the toilet using the clever idea.
• Bathroom Breaks - Schedule bathroom breaks to minimise disruptions to your lessons.
• Hall Pass Challenge - Get your pupils to complete a quick challenge before leaving the class.
• Ts and Ws - A way for children to request a toilet / drink break without interrupting you when you're busy.
• Can I use the Toilet?! - A simple way of managing the number of children who leave the room for the toilet during lessons!

Tidying / Moving Around:

• Tidy Up Song - Tidy your classroom quickly using this simple idea.
• Mystery Mess - Help speed the process of tidying your classroom with this simple technique!
• One, Two, Three - A simple technique for getting children to move from one area to another.
• Lining Up - Fun ways to organise children when lining up for lunch and other activities.
• Exit Slips - A quick and easy way of assessing children's understanding at the end of a lesson.

Contacting Parents:

• Welcome Letter to Parents - A packet that will be given to the students in the first day of school. This includes a welcome letter, classroom rules and procedures, grading policy/scoring rubric, student information sheet and learning contract. Contributed by Mary Angel Alim-Flores.
• Parent Notification - A written communication that can be sent to parents to inform them about areas of concern that the teacher is having some problems with their child. Contributed by Mary Angel Alim-Flores.

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Links to other sites:

• Learn Anytime - Links to interactive resources, covering all subject / topic areas.
• Plain Sailing in Schools - Lots of wonderful advice and information for teachers.
• Brainpop - Fantastic animated movies which support teaching in a wide range of curriculum areas, including Science, Literacy, Maths, PHSE, DT and more!
• School Select - Help find schools and learning places for your child. Also has a blog with interesting education articles.
• H-Vine - Teaching resources for all areas of the curriculum.
• Language Arts Teaching Expert - Lots of practical ideas and strategies for teachers to try. Very useful.
• Teaching Expertise - Information, advice and resources for teachers on this useful site.
• GetTheRightSchool - Lots of advice and information for parents.

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