Psychologists warn that Marsden’s views - especially that a child’s bullying behaviours are prompted by the victim’s ‘unlikeable’ personality traits - erode self-esteem; making children susceptible to anxiety, stress...
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The DON’TS on Managing Classroom Behaviour
Whether it’s your first day teaching a new class, or just the start of a new term or week, you can always consciously decide to modify your teaching style to change the behaviour of your students. The one major thing...
FOOD ALLERGIES ARE THE NEW “STRANGER DANGER”
I was more bothered by the fact that if I said or did the wrong thing regarding these so-called “risky foods” then I would be harassed by those dreaded over-protective “helicopter parents.” I admit this now with a...
Strategies for Oppositional Kids
START A FRESH EVERY DAY is my favourite from the image below from @pathway2success. On this post on @lizard_learning Instagram, jem_honor wrote that her favourite strategies for helping her oppositional kids were;...
Positive Behaviour for Learning
We’ve all heard the sayings, “Children should be seen and not heard”; “spare the rod, spoil the child”. Thankfully, gone are the days where a child would cop a clip over the ear from an old-school teacher for...
Intergenerational Learning
The series explores a social model called intergenerational learning; bringing kindergarten children together with the elderly at an aged care centre. Together these ‘bookend’ generations play games, compete in sports...
Screen Time for Kids
An Australian 2017 Child Health Poll identifies one-third of pre-schoolers and two-thirds of primary school children own their own tablet or smartphone. Based on Australian National Physical Activity and Sedentary...
Resilience in Children
If a child is showing signs of distress, we can support them by being a caring, non-judgmental person to trust; they may feel comfortable to open up about sensitive issues such as family conflict, parental struggles,...
Fidget Spinner Craze
Different people need different levels and kinds of sensory input to focus their best. Some people focus best with as little input as possible, and others need multiple sources of input to help them focus on the ones...
Positivity in the Classroom
A few of our recent blogs have focussed on ways to improve student engagement by concentrating on the learning environment. This week’s blog will be about bringing positivity into the classroom. Positivity is one of...