This Project has been developed by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in partnership with Maylandsea Primary School to share best practice and ideas that can help to create a ‘Calmer Classrooms’. Seen through the eyes of ‘Owl Class’, a class of ten and eleven year old pupils, the children invite us into their classroom for the day, where we filmed scenarios designed and created by the children. All the class were invited to participate in the project, and the School, parents, teachers and children all gave consent for the filming. This is a Flash based resource and you may need to download the latest plug-in. (You can download it here: (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/) You will not be able to access them via an iphone or ipad Opposite: Creative work from the pupils at Maylandsea Primary School

 

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The page is divided into six key sections, work through each in turn, just scroll down the page.

1. Planning at the co-design workshop
   The Children brainstorm ideas and scenarios, which we have captured using film. The teachers and researchers were amazed how creative the children were, and well they already understood principles of calmer classrooms.
2. Post-It notes
   The initial ideas were captured on post-it notes, ready for further discussion
3. The Scenarios
   The children in Owl class wrote, developed and planned out their scenarios to be filmed, and there are prompts for discussion and an interactive activity for each one.
4. Teachers at the school respond to our interview questions about  best practice
5. Workshop resources
   This section hosts our publication and materials for running your own 3 hour workshop
6. Further resources and external links

 

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The 'Brainstorming Session' This video enables you to understand the way the children worked on this project. In this instance two of the groups worked along side the teachers to produce ideas and scenarios about classroom behaviour. Once brainstorming the ideas the children began to create roleplaying scripts for them to act out. Co-design is part of design-based research: “… a genre of research in which the iterative development of solutions to practical and complex educational problems also provides the context for empirical investigation, which yields theoretical understanding that can inform the work of others … [although potentially powerful] the simultaneous pursuit of theory building and practical innovation is extremely ambitious” McKenney, S. & Reeves, T. (2012). Conducting Educational Design Research. New York: Routledge. (Video length 6min 27sec)

 

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Our first activity was to ask the children to write down their own ideas about what stopped them learning

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Above: A collection of creative work from the pupils at Maylandsea Primary School (1 of 3)

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Roll-over the titles to see the scenarios and click on your desired selection, or click on the links below (senario 1 to 10) each Scenario.

Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 3 | Scenario 4 | Scenario 5 | Scenario 6 | Scenario 7 | Scenario 8 | Scenario 9 | Scenario 10 |

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Above: A collection of creative work from the pupils at Maylandsea Primary School (2 of 3)

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Six members of Staff talk about the issues and how they deal with them. See Maylandsea Community Primary School ‘Enjoy and Achieve’ Behaviour Policy and School Rules in the resources section below

Question 1 What behaviour do you find most annoying?

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Question 2 How does that disruption make you feel?

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Question 3 What is the best way to tackling disruption in the classroom?

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Question 4 What do you believe is a good learning environment?

 

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Download the pdf booklet opposite

 

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Above: A collection of creative work from the pupils at Maylandsea Primary School

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Key information pdf's to view and print:

 

https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources - using the ‘Whole School’ section seems to give the best results.  Searching for behaviour management helps to narrow down results.

https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/whole-school-approach-managing-poor-behaviour - part of a collection of case studies looking at dealing with behaviour and bullying in schools.  Published by Department of Education

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/tripsresearchdigests/a0013242/themes-behaviour - This one is an oldie but still a goodie  - TRIPS Digest for the theme of Behaviour.  Unfortunately, it’s not been updated in the last few years but still has useful information

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-behaviour-in-schools-checklist-for-teachers - Another Department of Education paper but still very useful – checklist for good behaviour

http://www.behaviourneeds.com/behaviour-needs-home/ - this resource seems to come recommended and has good feedback.  Aimed at all levels but should have some useful stuff.

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Time for you to get to the staffroom, but first answer some questions...

 

 

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We hope you have enjoyed working on this online resource.
The staff and pupils at Maylandsea School wish you every success with your teaching career.

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