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Welcome to the Classroom Management pages.
Look at the General Classroom Management ideas and resources listed below,
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General Classroom Management Ideas:

• Choosing the Rules - Involve the children in deciding the rules of your class at the start of the year.
• 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.
• 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!
• 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.

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.
• Get them Involved - Use this tip to get children involved in the lesson if they are distracting others.
• 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.
• 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.

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Links to other sites:

• A New Teacher's Survival Guide - A brilliant web site giving advice for those new to teaching. Most of the advice would also be valuable to those who might have been teaching for longer. Very useful.
• Teaching Expertise - Information, advice and resources for teachers on this useful site.
• Primary Teacher UK - An interesting blog giving information, advice and useful tips about primary teaching. Look out for the free resources too!
• GetTheRightSchool - Lots of advice and information for parents.

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