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Tag Archives: behaviour management
Sunday 19th April – Pulse, Silence, Awareness
I learned all my samba and djembe skills from watching Simon teach various Wider Opportunities classes over the past few years. He’s also made a vast difference to my own ability to keep a steady pulse, play several rhythms at … Continue reading
Issue 146: Top Tips for Teaching Samba
The first samba lesson I ever taught, many years ago now, was when the “real” visiting samba teacher rang in sick halfway through the first term. There I was, thirty eager year 5 and 6 children, a load of still fairly … Continue reading
Issue 131: The Chatty Djembe Class
There is a class of year 3 and 4 children that I teach to djembe to who must take the gold medal for being the most chatty class anywhere! The big problem is getting them to watch and listen … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Djembe, Lessons that have happened
Tagged behaviour, behaviour management
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Issue 126: There was an old woman who…
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.So she gave them some broth without any bread,And whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed. Of … Continue reading
Issue 122: Samba and Rhythm Grids
In one of my larger samba classes we have run into a bit of behaviour management hassle. There are a number of children who, for various reasons, are fidgety or disruptive or uncooperative or disaffected or – well there are … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Composition, Lessons that have happened, Samba
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Issue 121: Year 1 and 2 back on track
I have been having difficulties with a rather large year 1 and 2 class. There are a lot of reasons for this – several children have “issues”, one is “statemented” with their own TA to watch over them, several are very, very … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour management, keystage 1
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Issue 120: Ten Seconds of Stillness
Here’s another weird thing that is working well at the moment; challenging an extremely chatty, fidgety, distracted, noisy, class of year 3 and 4 children (aged 7 and 8 years old) to stand absolutely still for ten seconds. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour management, silence
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Issue 118: First Week Back – back to basics
Well, I’ve just survived the first week of term – ooof! Going from the holidays to full-on teaching was a shock to the system! I suspect it was a shock for the children too, although I was so busy keeping … Continue reading