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Go for a walk as a class group.

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Asks questions about what they are currently reading

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Asks questions about what they are currently reading

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Get involved in extra curricular activities to know your students outside of the classroom. Fitness Club.

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Get involved in extra curricular activities to know your students outside of the classroom. Fitness Club.

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Link a question back to the school theme. Ask students to create a page in their books and to write 5 things they are grateful for each week. Students don’t need to share but gets them thinking. 

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Link a question back to the school theme. Ask students to create a page in their books and to write 5 things they are grateful for each week. Students don’t need to share but gets them thinking. 

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After going over collaborative class expectations, I always finish with asking them what they expect from me.

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Quote of the week

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When doing graphs use class dat

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Birthday poster in homeroom

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Do this on purpose, ease the tension for students.

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I have a performa that I keep for each student from the first day 

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I have a performa that I keep for each student from the first day 

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Take any opportunity to talk to your students about themselves and what they love to do

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Acknowledge achievements outside of school

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Acknowledge achievements outside of school

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In teams, they answer questions and can phone a friend or ask for 50/50 - teacher makes up any ridiculous rules

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Meet the students at tbe door. Say hello. Learn tbeir names. Say please and thank you. Tell them what they can expect from me before discussing what I can expect from tne class. Smile

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Meet the students at tbe door. Say hello. Learn tbeir names. Say please and thank you. Tell them what they can expect from me before discussing what I can expect from tne class. Smile

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Favourite food

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Play every  one is in chasing game as well as other games. I also join in these.

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Play every  one is in chasing game as well as other games. I also join in these.

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Standing at the door when they enter and exit the room. 

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Standing at the door when they enter and exit the room. 

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Greet them with a hello when they enter and bye when they exit. Many students will stop and talk to you about what they are doing.

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Ask students to order themselves youngest to oldest in the classroom but... no speaking! Challenge to do it silently but then opens discussion to get to know them further

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Recommending literature I think they’d enjoy

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Simple - always look them in the eye and smile when they greet you in the playground or when you greet them

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Making time to listen to students’ stories and gettting to know them and their passions and interests

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Thumbs up heads dow

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Participate in ice breaker activities so students get to know you.

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Be visible outside of the classroom - talk to the students when you're on PGD duty - they are more likely to talk to you informally outside of the classroom than they are in the classroom in front of other students

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Be visible outside of the classroom - talk to the students when you're on PGD duty - they are more likely to talk to you informally outside of the classroom than they are in the classroom in front of other students

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Make url codes and put around the room. As they scan they answer the questions. 

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Make url codes and put around the room. As they scan they answer the questions. 

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Students are blindfolded and without words, need to order themselves in height order

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Go around the room and students introduce themselves and give 3 points (2 truths, 1 lie). The class then has to guess which point was their lie. This gets the class talking and engaging with each other and gives the teacher information about the students that they can then talk and develop a relationship with as the year goes on

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Learning the students’ names by the end of the end of the first lesson is important. If the students have novels on their desks I ask them about what they are reading . Depending on the content that I am teaching I will share my story and students share their own stories , eg Christmas traditions, holiday destinations

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Greeting every student by name every period.

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Greeting every student by name every period.

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Humour even if they don't get it they will still laugh. 

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Humour even if they don't get it they will still laugh. 

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As I move around the classroom I listen to conversations, such as what students are doing on the weekend, or that they have footy training etc. next lesson I ask them something about what I heard e.g. how was your fishing trip? How did your team play on the weekend etc

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Try to be familiar with student's interests outside of school

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Try to be familiar with student's interests outside of school

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Have set of questions. Students partner up and answer a question. Rotate partners. Hear their responses and comment.

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Online "questionnaire" that students complete informing me about the sort of learner they are and also another fun fact about them (interests, talents etc). The form then can be downloaded as a spreadsheet so I can then continue to refer to it through the year

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Online "questionnaire" that students complete informing me about the sort of learner they are and also another fun fact about them (interests, talents etc). The form then can be downloaded as a spreadsheet so I can then continue to refer to it through the year

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Write a Letter (Getting to Know Your Students

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Write a Letter (Getting to Know Your Students

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On the first day, as part of an orientation I tell the students a bit about myself. I get the students to write me a letter telling me a bit about themselves and something about their learning. I then take these home, read them, take some notes, and use these as an opportunity to get to know them more.

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Tell them about myself, learn about your students

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Have a presence with students
Co develop classroom expectations
Show you are human

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Ask students for help in areas they are knowledgeable on eg IT/ computer issues

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Talk to them
Learn names
Share stories
Create a safe space
Give them a voice- let them know you see them, encourage to participate in class
Find out about them, life talents interests (find common ground)
Acknowledge them outside the classroom
Talk to them on duty

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Non school related fun fact about each student. Conversation starter for outside of the classroom eg. break time and sporting events.

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When playing Kahoot, students must put pets name as user name

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When playing Kahoot, students must put pets name as user name

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Notice little things about the students' possessions e.g. Footy team pencil case and use that as a starting point for conversion as you go around the classroom.

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1st lesson - letter to the teacher (students are able to let me know things about them in a 'safe' way)

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1st lesson - letter to the teacher (students are able to let me know things about them in a 'safe' way)

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Learn one hobby/interest/sport that they participate in outside of school. 

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Learn one hobby/interest/sport that they participate in outside of school. 

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Stories about me relating to class content
Ice breaker games. Who was born in January
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Listen to the kids talk and add when appropriate

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I introduce myself and tell students some things about myself (hobbies etc) and then I ask them to write a letter to me telling me about themselves. It provides them and me with some conversation starters.

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Say good morning and smile in the morning/throughout the day

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Students write a short personal essay introducing themselves.
I write personal feedback to make some sort of connection and also to recall something significant about them

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Incidental conversations in the playground

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First day of each term each student shares something exciting or fun they did on the holidays

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First day of each term each student shares something exciting or fun they did on the holidays

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As I mark the roll the first few times in the term I ask students to tell me something that they like, ie ice cream, soccer, dance, sleeping etc. and I engage in a few seconds of conversation with each student.

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1. Utilising a roll of string, start with a student who will hold the end and say a piece of information (teacher can decide what it is).
2. Roll the string to each student who says their piece of information and holds a part of the string.

- This creates a “spider web” and is symbolic of a support network.

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Get to know student names as quickly as possible.
Write a paragraph about yourself, likes, dislikes, interesting facts.
Smile.
Student of the week

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Student challenging activities in groups - gives the opportunity to chat to students in a ‘fun’ environment.

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Placing students into groups of 3 to complete class work. While in their groups, you go around to each group and talk with the students 1 on 1 while everyone is busy working. 

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Placing students into groups of 3 to complete class work. While in their groups, you go around to each group and talk with the students 1 on 1 while everyone is busy working. 

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Stand at doorway as students enter, greet them.
Find common ground
Ice breaker games: 1st lesson; year 7 camp
Sharing things about myself
Linking content with real life situations (PDH)
Speak about own experiences