Improving behaviour and wellbeing in primary schools : harnessing social and emotional learning in the classroom and beyond /
edited by Jean Gross and Sarah Seleznyov.
- London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- 1 online resource (x, 170 pages).
What works in improving behaviour and wellbeing / Jean Gross -- The action research project / Sarah Seleznyov -- Conker the chameleon : how we taught children about the zones of regulation at Drew Primary school / Demi Demizogh and Una Murtagh -- The upstairs and downstairs brain : learning about neuroscience at New City Primary / Eilidh Kirkpatrick and Annabelle Greyling -- How we solved playground problems at Cubitt Town Primary / Emma Whitwam and Jessica Robinson -- How we helped withdrawn children come out of their shells at Selwyn Primary / Laura Partington and Susan Potter -- Creating calmer classrooms at Redriff Primary / Claire Taylor and Maia Mitchell -- Tackling football problems at lunch and breaktimes at Shaftesbury Primary / Zainab Khonat, Jo O'Connor and Aaron Bennett -- How we engaged children with learning at Portway Primary and Pinner Primary / Saidat Olajide, Casey Rich, Jessica Rubens and Emily Thomas -- Colour monsters and feelings wheels : emotional literacy at Carpenters' Primary / Stephen Goggin and Melissa Hobbs -- Older children coaching younger buddies at School 21 / Lauren James and Lisa Placks -- Postscript / Jean Gross and Sarah Seleznyov.
"This accessible resource provides a vivid and practical guide to social and emotional learning and will help primary schools tackle and improve behaviour and wellbeing. With content written by teachers and used successfully in real classrooms, chapters include powerful stories from teachers about their work and the impact it has had. Developed within a theoretical framework of evidence-based strategies, the resources included are fully illustrated with photographs from classrooms and draw upon a useful bank of downloadable resources and proformas. Taking the reader through a journey of how a group of schools worked together to develop practical and effective approaches, this essential resource features: - Tried and tested strategies for improving behaviour and wellbeing - Ready-to-use classroom resources - lesson slides; top picture-books for teaching about emotions; twenty simple exercises to help children stay calm; playground conflict resources and a progression in learning emotion vocabulary from Reception to Year 6 : powerful stories from individual teachers about their work and its impact - An in-depth understanding of research evidence on what works in tackling social, emotional and mental health needs, from best-selling author and expert Jean Gross Children's social, emotional and mental health needs have never been of more concern to teachers than they are now - this book genuinely brings theory to life and is essential reading for today's primary teachers, SENCOs, support staff and safeguarding leads"--