Tackling behaviour in primary school.

[amulet]

We are currently reviewing pupil behaviour in our school and we have recognised that routines and expectations outside of the classroom, like corridors, playground and lunchhall are an area of development. Does anyone have any ideas that have worked in their school to help improve behaviour such as running in corridors, rudeness to dinnerstaff etc. I appreciate these problems seem to have been part and parcel of school life in any school at some time or another but I would be interested if anyone had any tips or ideas that have worked in their school.

Thanks

[bird_81]

I tend to make sure that they have lined up appropriately and will not move the line on untill they have stopped talking. This continues unitl we reach our class. the time that they have kept me waiting will be the time that they make up at lunch, This has been reallly effective with my class. I also give individual points and reward them on Fridays. Hope this helps.XXXX

[luciec]

At my school we have quite a lot of 'difficult' kids, so are constantly coming up with new ways to solve their behaviour.
One method we have employed at playtime is to have a member of staff (a TA) assigned to a specific part of the playground, where the difficult children are sent to play games initiated by the TA. I.e. children are sent to spend a week on playground A where they are taught how to play together and given ideas for games to play.
In the dininghall we now play popular music to try and sort out the loud, rowdy behaviour while eating.
When the children are travelling around the school with someone other than the teacher, that member of staff is aware that they can award the children house points, or special stickers for their good behaviour. So the children always know their behaviour is going to be reported back, good or bad.
These are just a couple of things we do, if anyone has more to add I would also be interested.

[amulet]

Thanks for your responses. It is a tricky one to deal with. Especially when some of the staff at my schoolwho have been there for a long time are very lax in their approach to lining up and any suggestion of change makes them bring out the UNION card. In other words, we don't have to do that, its not our job etc etc...grrr,

[aviator]

Hey, i know this is late for an answer but i find that getting children to line up straight and quietly is basically a pointless exercise. I always use some sort of brain gym in my lines as it keeps them active and its more interesting than standing still and silent. You need to have high expectation of them and make them aware of the sanctions but remember how much you hate having to queue for anything.
Have a weekly line monitor who choses the exercises from a poster and make it their responsibility to keep everyone doing the activitiies. Its tricky to get going to start with but really eases your problems once they get into it, it works for me and i have seen it working in SEN schools too!