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Be able to support positive behaviour

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What might be a good way to get children to sit nicely at the table for dinner?

Have them face away from the windows

Only give food they like and can eat quickly

Letting them prepare the table with a friend

Telling them off if they don’t sit nicely

If a child is very disruptive what might be the cause?

Tiredness

All of these

Boredom

Task too challenging

Should you remove a previously awarded reward sticker when a child starts to behave unacceptably?

Definitely, as they have cancelled out any good behaviour

Not the first time – if they continue to behave negatively then yes, but let them know that you will do this

Definitely not, as the reward was deserved for what they did well at the time

Yes, if the bad action is the exact opposite of the good they achieved it for

If a child shouts all the time how can we help them?

Get their hearing checked; they might not know how loud they are

Turn the music up to drown them out a bit

Sit them in a corner on their own every time they are too loud

Shout back so they know how it feels to listen to that noise

A child always dumps the coat on the floor instead of hanging it in the peg – what should we do?

Explain to them how much the coat cost and how their parent cannot buy a new one if this one is not looked after

Tell the parents that this is not acceptable setting behaviour and that they must work on their child at home to solve this issue

Hide their coat so they cannot find it at playtime, reminding them it is not on its hook and that they are missing playtime

Make sure the pegs are attractive and easily accessible

Stevie spends a lot of time kicking other children when outside; what can we do to stop this?

Arrange activities where he can kick acceptably, such as football, bean bags, and so on.

Ask the parents to find another setting for him.

Take his shoes off so that he does not hurt people as much when he kicks

Removing him from the play area whenever he kicks

The children in purple class are very fidgety at story time; what do we need check on?

Whether there is a draft making them uncomfortable

All of these

Whether they are at the right stage of development to be able to sit for story time

Whether the story and the teller are engaging

When deciding on a course of action for dealing with unwanted behaviour, what should you think about?

How will this help the child to learn?

How you can take the sanctions up a level if they do the same thing again?

Whether this course of action is acceptable to others?

How do I make them more respectful of my words and rules?

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