According to Therese Hoyle, a leading expert in children’s play, there are three main types of behaviour that can be observed at play time and during lunch breaks…

Bullying and bad behaviour
Bored behaviour
Positive behaviour
Self-evidently what we want is as much positive behaviour as possible, plus an arsenal of speedy and effective ways of rapidly turning bullying, bad behaviour and bored behaviour into positive behaviour.

For not only is bullying, bad behaviour and bored behaviour disruptive and negative in itself, but it takes up everyone’s time in dealing with it. Time that could be much better spent in encouraging and developing positive behaviour.

Sadly, as we all know, simply telling children who tend to engage in the negative forms of behaviour not to do so, has little effect.

Instead we need two approaches – and it is noticeable that schools which adopt these approaches dramatically and rapidly reduce the level of negative behaviour.

Indeed they also reduce the pressure put upon teachers and lunchtime assistants in dealing with the problems that such negative behaviour brings.

Autumn catalogue
Therese Hoyle has evolved six approaches within her Positive Playtime Behaviour Management Programme to overcoming negative behaviour, and these are outlined in her latest article, “Helping your school flourish”, which is published within the new Edventure catalogue.

A copy of the catalogue, complete with the article, has been posted to your school. If this hasn’t arrived for any reason please do click here, complete your details, and we’ll get another in the post to you right away.

Also within the catalogue are hundreds of ways of enhancing positive behaviour while reducing the level of bullying, bad behaviour and bored behaviour in the playground.

I do hope you will find the article and the range of ideas within the catalogue to be of interest. You can place an order in a variety of different ways including:

on the website www.edventure.co.uk
by faxing us to 01323 50 10 41
by calling us on 01323 50 10 40
by emailing us at sales@edventure.co.uk
by post to Edventure Ltd, Hargreaves Business Park, Hargreaves Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 6QW.
What’s more, if you quote HH0314 on your order delivery will be free.

Without quoting the code the charge is £3.95 if ordered online or £6.95 if ordered by fax, phone or post.