What’s the most effective way to help an NQT, support teacher and other colleagues with behaviour management?

Some behaviour management books run to hundreds of pages, and if you are writing a thesis on the subject or running courses for other teachers they might be exactly what you need.

But sometimes there is a need to go back to the beginning – especially if you are looking to help NQTs, support staff or other colleagues who are having some difficulties in the classroom.

It’s for this reason we have produced Behaviour Management: or what do I do now?

The aim of the booklet is simple – to set out the basics in behaviour management in a short simple format, so that anyone interested can take the information and transform their work in the classroom immediately.

The focus is the simple question: “What do I do with young people who have anger and behaviour issues?” It is in fact a straightforward first information pack for staff who are looking to make progress in this own classroom environment.

The booklet covers such topics as “The Conflict Cycle”, aggressive signs and signals, ways of managing anger, the “solid relationship”, the “CALM” technique, body language etc etc.

Behaviour Management: What do I do now? is published as a download so that you can receive immediately a copy onto your computer which you can print out for colleagues as often as you want. You can also put it on your school learning platform so all staff can access the document – and indeed you can make it part of the induction documentation for new members of staff.

You can obtain Behaviour Management: What do I do Now? by going to http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=744

The price is £10 plus VAT (the VAT can be reclaimed in most cases by the school).

Behaviour Management is published by First and Best in Education, part of the Hamilton House group. If you have any enquiries you can call 01536 399 011, or email sales@firstandbest.co.uk or write to us at First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH.

The full range of First and Best books can be seen at www.shop.firstandbest.co.uk

 

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The music curriculum requires schools to use music to increase self-confidence, creativity and a sense of achievement. 

But how is this to be done?

It has perhaps not been the focal point of a lot of discussion so far, but the 2014 curriculum does require that schools see an increase in pupil self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement as a result of their musical experiences within school.

This is a particularly challenging issue in the National Curriculum, because there is so little agreement as to what creativity actually is, let alone how to develop it.

For the problem with creativity is that there is such little agreement as to what the term actually means. Most would agree it is not just about novelty, for few value novelty for the sake of novelty. But then, what makes us say x is creative, and y is not?

We might agree that endlessly banging a drum, irrespective of what is happening in the immediate environment is not “creative” while improvising in a novel way with feeling and understanding around an existing artistic framework, is “creative”.

But still this is difficult territory, and it is not fully clear how Ofsted is going to make its own judgements on how musical experiences in school are increasing pupil self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.

Which is why we have developed ABC Creative Music at this point: to help both music specialists, and classroom teachers who are not musically trained, to bring a genuine creative music-making culture into the classroom.

How is this done? Quite simply, through placing decision-making and performance at the heart of children’s musical experiences.

By providing innovative approaches to improvisation and composition ABC Creative Music helps children become experienced at creating and performing their own music, and listening to and assessing the music of others.

From reception onwards, children explore music through age-appropriate activities and notation that develops in sophistication as they grow.

Structured auditions, peer feedback, and rehearsal activities provide smart support for group creativity and rehearsal driving engagement and instrumental and vocal skill development.

The programme also gives lots of original songs and activities, exploring many musical styles from around the world.

In short ABC Creative Music answers the dilemmas posed by the new curriculum, allowing children to experience and experiment with all the elements of music in a truly creative way.

If you would like to see ABC Creative Music in action please click here for a free trial course.

For more information on how ABC Creative Music meets the aims of the new music curriculum please click here. 

And if you have any enquiries concerning ABC Creative Music and how it might be used in your school please do either:

• Call me on 01875 898340
• Or email me at phil@abccreativemusic.com

Phil Bancroft