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3 Takeaways
2 Questions
1 Thing I would like to practise and apply

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1. Which CCE curriculum content area(s) would you connect this scenario with?

2. How can the teacher be intentional in facilitating CCE learning to meet students’ needs at the individual and class level? You may think of it in terms of:

a) Providing students with a caring and enabling learning environment

b) Helping students connect learning across the CCE Lessons and other experiences (e.g. SDEs/ Teachable moments)

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Q1: Sexuality Education
Misconception probably stems from kids hearing about stereotypes from their families since young e.g. "guys should play soccer" "girls should wear pink and dance ballet"

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- Set pre-requisite ground rules: be kind to each other, be inclusive
- Remind students of these ground rules every day + the CCE core values
- Ask students questions to challenge their thinking "What about PE lessons? Do you like rope skipping? Then is rope skipping for boys or girls?" - Get them to relate to other experiences and realise that it is not true that activities are for fixed genders only
- Get the boy to see maybe he just doesn't like some aspects of the dance (too slow), not that he doesn't like dance as a whole - perhaps he'd like break dance? bboy? Show them more examples that defy stereotypes
- Establish more orderly routines when getting students to select their props (better classroom management) - so students won't shove each other in moment of excitement

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3 Takeaways

Planning and Prevention is key

Important to address feelings of students involved

Reinforce desired behaviours and Restore relationships

2 Questions

How do I find ways to restore relationships if students refuse?

How can I deal with contradiction between values at home and values in school? (E.g. Parents reinforce use of violence for student to stand up for themself.)

1 Thing I would like to practise and apply

I would like to practise and apply helping students to understand which behaviours are appropriate and why.

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3 takeaways:
1. It is important to contextualise students’ learning by drawing on their personal experiences (e.g., their school environment). This helps to ensure coherence in their understanding and make learning meaningful.

2. I learned about the positive and proactive approach to discipline (i.e., promote and prevent, address and correct, replace and restore)

3. We need to be flexible and seize teachable moments wherever appropriate. (To better inculcate CCE/school values)

Question(s):
1. How do I manage conflicting views (especially touching on sensitive topics) expressed by students in the classroom?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:
I would like to practise highlighting the CCE curriculum content areas and explicitly teaching them during my lessons because I think it would better help my students develop social-emotional competencies.

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3 takeaways:
1. applying the content area knowledge to scenarios
2. looking at application of class and individual level actions
3. how we can collaborate with other school staff to help students.

2 questions:
1. How knowing more common tricky scenarios can help us
2. Importance of knowing what are the critical aspects to address in the midst of handling many tasks

1 thing I would practise and apply:
1. Mindful to set ground rules in preventing situations from escalating

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3 takeaways:

Be mindful when correcting students in front of whole class

Possible to scaffold tasks for students who have less home support

Always try to restore relationships with students

2 questions:

How can teachers deal with bullying in class?

How do we partner with parents who are often absent or MIA?

1 thing to apply:

always be willing to take the first step to restore relationships with students when needed

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3 takeaways
- Set ground rules before activities
- Students' feelings are very important
- Always plan ahead

2 questions
- How do I build rapport with students who do not like me?
- What should I do if their family values contradicts the school's CCE values

1 thing I would like to apply
- I would like to learn how to set proper ground rules such that the activities can still be fun and is not restrictive

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3 Takeaways: Seize teachable moments; Act quickly to defuse tension/conflicts; Set and reinforce rules and expectations

2 Questions: How do we reconcile home practices and school practices? How do we reconcile differences in opinions between students?

1 Thing I would like to practise and apply: Seizing teachable moments

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3 Takeaways
- Pre-empt potential scenarios before lessons
- Be empathetic towards students' situations
- Be careful of situations escalating into something bigger

2 Questions
- How can I navigate around sensitive issues with the younger students if it might too complicated for them to understand?
- How can I reach out to students without them thinking I have ulterior motives?

1 Thing I would like to practise and apply
- I would like to practise personalised conversations with my students and make sure I get to know each and every one of them.

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Takeaways:
- Very important to set clear ground rules at the start of any activity
- Communicate expectations of students' behaviour
- Important to address students' feelings

Questions:
- How to connect with students whom I still fail to get through to?

Thing I would like to apply:
Establishing orderly routines/ground rules with clear classroom expectations

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Takeaway:
(1) It is always important to set ground rules before any activity/ discussion.
(2) Teachers should always seek to understand their students and establish positive TSR
(3) I enjoyed the scenario-based discussion as they were very relevant and the comments shared by my peers were helpful as well.

Question:
Given a class of 40 students with diverse needs, I do find it challenging to address ALL their opinions/ views. How can I address them such that everyone can come to a common ground?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:
I would definitely want to set ground rules before every discussion/ activity so that students are aware and hence they will respect one another's views.

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Takeaways:
1) It is important to setting achievable routines and meaningful expectations for students to follow
2) Being timely in addressing issues during a lesson such as insensitive comments
3) Reinforcement of routines and following through is important for children

Question:
1) How do we address situations where parents are upset about something that happens to their child but the child does not want the parent to be involved in addressing this matter.

Thing I would like to practice and apply:
At the start of year, I would like to set achievable routines and meaningful expectations in order to set the classroom environment for students to learn and grow.

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1. It is important to set ground rules
2. Important to consider the movements of students also
3. Important to help restore relationships

Questions:
1.  How to deal with students that outrightly disrespect you?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply
- Set ground rules and clear instructions before every activity

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3 Takeaways
1) There’s always so much we can do before a lesson; set ground rules, clear instructions, extra time spent on sensitive topics and being cautious when introducing the topic. While we cannot expect the unexpected, we can do our best to predict the foreseeable.

2) Try not to dismiss or brush aside situations that need to be addressed. If it’s important and is a teachable moment, share with the class respectfully.

3) It’s not easy, it will never be. Do our best and with the help and resources we have, we’ll be able to handle the different situations that will come.

2 Questions
1. How do we bridge the common values/beliefs between personal, school and parental perspectives?

2. What is the first course of action, should there be a physical breakout?

1 thing I’d like to try: To cultivate a strong and inclusive classroom environment, so that we can facilitate better lessons and CCE discussions.

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3 takeaways:

When it comes to correcting our students or even disciplining them, we need to be mindful on how we would like to carry out the conversation.

We need to model the way, hence our behaviour is important to show the students what is appropriate and what is not.

Our choice of words is crucial to ensure the message we want to delivery is brought across correctly.

2 Questions:

How do we ensure that the message we want to deliver is in-sync with all the other teachers, especially if we are the FT or co-FTs?

How do we teach a child, should a parent refuse our teachings?

1 Thing I Would Like to Apply:

To apply strategies on how to faciliate class discussions to ensure a caring and enabling school environment

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~ we have to be actively responsive and sensitive to teachable moments and use them where possible
~ prevention is always better than cure
~ student centricity should always be at the heart of all that we do,  and that may not necessarily be aligned to what we may deem as best/fitting.

~ How may I build a culture of living beyond reward & regard?
~ With such a limited time how may I authentically connect with every single student?

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3 takeaways
- Before starting an activity in class, it is helpful to set ground rules.
- Positive approach to discipline - promote and prevent, address and correct, replace and restore
- Seize teachable moments to inculcate school values

2 questions:
- How do we deal with sensitive issues/topics in class?
- What if parents are unwilling to work with us?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:
- Remember to set ground rules before the start of each activity

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3 Takeaways
- there is a need to repair and restore relationships between students after a situation
- always keep the students' needs in mind when planning for activities or deliverables
-  need to set ground rules before lesson activities to reinforce expected group norms and behaviour

Questions
- how can we probe students' thinking further by asking higher-order questions? Eg. how can we get students to reflect in greater detail regarding

Practice
- facilitating strategies centered around asking probing questions

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3 Takeaways
- prompt intervention
- reinforce ground rules
- 3 PPs approach to discipline

2 Questions
- When drawing our lines, how much is too much info for parents?
- How do we better manage sensitive/overreacting parents?

1 Thing I would like to practice and apply
- Building a strong TSR

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3 Takeaways
1. The importance of restorative practices
2. The importance of understanding our students and their needs
3. The power of a form teacher and how students actually take after their form teachers (which I agree with)

2 Questions
- How can we build strong TSR with students who I don't see often (esp if I am only teaching them a few lessons)?
- How do I work with difficult parents who do not agree with the way I teach or conduct my lessons?

1 Thing I would like to practise and apply
- After scolding/reprimanding a student, I will apply restorative practices after to allow the students to understand the reasons for my actions and to ensure that we continue to have a strong TSR.

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3 Takeaways:
- Importance of modelling values
- Preventive Vs. Restorative approaches
- Intentional facilitation of CCE at appropriate moments

2 Questions:
- How do we leverage on differing but somewhat accepting views provided by both families and schools?
- How do we show genuinely our concern for the students when we help them?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:
- Establishing routines and keeping to them throughout the year

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3 takeaways:
- It is important to giving students options in the task they are assigned.
- Teachers need to be proactive in ensuring students practise the values that we are trying to inculcate in them.
- Important to set ground rules and expectations and remind students about these before they embark on any task.

Question I have:
- How do we resolve student conflicts in a way that satisfies both parties’ parents (each student’s parents may think their child is right)?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:
- Being intentional in the rules and expectations that I set and giving students a voice in what rules/expectations to be set

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3 Takeaways:

It is important to take a student centric stance, be intentional in our teaching of CCE, and to be coherent in our messages to the students.

Taking a positive and proactive approach to discipline is key to ensure that the behaviours are addressed in a timely manner and that explanations to the students are easily understandable

We need to practice flexibility and be adaptable based on our class, and use any opportunities to seize teachable moments to instil the values in our students.

2 Questions:

How do we approach sensitive topics that are asked by the students?

How to ensure impartiality when students give opposing views in the classroom?

1 thing I would like to practise and apply:

Create a set of ground rules together as a class and to let students know that the classroom is a safe space for them to learn and grow together.

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Takeaways:
- the positive and proactive approach to discipline, in particular the preventive measures before the misbehavior happens
- being mindful of students' image and considering when to address situations 1-1 privately or in a class setting
- to always capitalise on teachable moments and not let these opportunities slip away
Questions:
- some parents might have different views. how do we convince parents to be on the same page as us?
A thing I would like to practise and apply:
- Establishing ground rules and consequences, and ensuring these consequences follow through.