Colour Me 10...

Shannon Staveley
Jul 9, 2016
2 min read

Behaviour management is often a target trainee teachers continually set themselves throughout their careers. Behaviour management is typically associated with negative connotations, its used to 'contain' or 'control' bad behaviour, but I believe it can be turned into a positive.

I am hands up not a very creative person... however if you give me an idea I will try my best to make it happen. As a result I've restored to scrolling through Pinterest to find effective and creative ideas to reward and challenge behaviour in the classroom and I have found a great idea- (I lost the page after the screen shot therefore I can't give the correct credit to the creator).

You might be wondering why I have posted a picture of a number square and here's why...

Colour Me 10 is based on the principle of teamwork and resilience, your class must work together to colour 10 numbers in row by picking a lollipop stick out of a box and colouring the relevant number. However... the class can only pick one lollipop stick once the teacher has deemed one earnt, this might be for example when all the children have behaved exceptionally well in accordance with the class rules on a school trip. The teacher would then procedure to award a child the opportunity to pick a lollipop stick. Once there has been 10 in a row coloured in, the class is entitled to a class party to celebrate their success- they maybe given a 'treat' and the option to choose their own thing to do for 30 minutes. This maybe to listen to music on the IWB, play Just Dance on the WII in the school hall or play a board game.

I believe this would be a very successful strategy in the classroom as not only does it celebrate the positive behaviour the display itself is colourful, bright and inviting. The fact that the class have to work together in order to achieve a number encourages teamwork and responsibility as it allows you to clearly highlight who has prevented the class from achieving a number. The element of chance adds excitement to the choosing of a lollipop stick but it also saves the teachers finance of too many parties (and getting into trouble with your Head).

Personally I would use this strategy within a school that does not offer incentives such as golden time as it would be very similar. I would also proceed with caution not to single out any 'badly' behaviour children or the opposite, not to forget about the children that have been successful and achieved. Further strategies would need to be in place but I believe this is a great starting point for behaviour management.

Other fantastic ideas I found included:

The proud cloud-

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