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TLG Pri Pg 57 to 58: Ideas to Establish A Caring and Enabling School Environment

Building A Positive Class Community: A Guide for Form Teacher

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Please provide specific examples / ideas on the post if possible.

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- Lack of class bonding as students prefer to stay in their P4 Clique of friends hence are unwilling to make new friends in P5.

- Isolation of Peter due to disruptive behaviour

- Concern parents who want to find out how they can help their children to cope with school work

- Celeste's mother who wants Teacher's personal contact as Celeste was bullied

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How to work with co-form to create caring & enabling environment?

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How to work with co-form to create caring & enabling environment?

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1) Set up classroom rules expectations
2) Providing ample ice-breaker games
3) Buddy system based on interests
4) Delegate with co-form FT (1 FT to Peter parents and another to Celeste parents), Sharing with each other on the outcomes after communicating with parents
5) Teachers get information from cockpit/ Find out from previous FT (P3/P4) / Find out from previous school (eg: counsellors) regarding Celeste

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Q1. How do we strengthen TSR with the individual student & the whole class?

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Q1. How do we strengthen TSR with the individual student & the whole class?

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- set up a chit chat session with class

- having ice-breaking/ team bonding activities to gel the students together

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Q4. How would you work with your co FT to create a caring and enabling learning environment for your class?

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Q4. How would you work with your co FT to create a caring and enabling learning environment for your class?

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1. set up classroom rules and expectations.

2. buddy system so that no one is left out.

3. Both FT should share whatever information they obtain regarding the students.

4. Both FT should also discuss together on the appropriate steps to take when handling students with issues.

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- Grouping: Let students know each other in their classroom

- Buddy system

- Helping hand

- write cards to one another, or implement an angel-mortal game so that everyone will have a mortal to care for them.

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1. Meet the Parent sessions
2. Communicate/Update parent if necessary
communicate via phone calls, email or App (Class Dojo)
3. Write in the student diary.
4. Write feedback on selected assignments for their parents to sign.

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- students come in from different P4 classes. Hence, those from same class tend to stick together.

- isolating of Peter who is very active and have disruptive behaviour.

- a new student, Celeste, just joined the class. She was bullied in her previous school.

-parents who are concerned with significant drop in students' result & are seeking advice from the Form Teachers.

-parent asking for Form Teacher's mobile number for easy communication.

-Demanding parent 7/24

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Problem: Negative & hurtful comments by peers (unintentional)
Solutions: Creating more awareness/ modelling positive behaviour

Problem: Students who are quiet and unintentionally left out
Solutions: Seating arrangement to pair up those who are more outgoing with those who may be quieter (explicit about helping one another)

Problem: Siva's alone for recess/ behavioural changes/ parents MIA for parent-teacher convos
Solutions: Speak to Siva alone (one-on-one time) and have an open conversation to build relationship. Provide opportunities to open up during class discussions to boost his confidence. Communicate with fellow subj trs on the situation. Encourage peers to befriend Siva. Provide positive affirmations when he is ‘caught’ being involved in discussions./ Get parents on board for PTM or find alternate means to do so if they can't make it

Problem: How to work with co-form to create a caring and enabling environment
Solutions: Let students know that there's open door policy to have conversations with teachers/ More games to build up class bonding

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Areas of concern:
- some students feel hurt with negative comments made by their friends.
- some students are quiet and unintentionally being left out in class.
- there is a change in Siva's behaviour.

How to create a caring and enabling learning environment?
1. Find out what causes the change in behaviour.
2. Conduct circle time, or buddy system. energetic pupil with the quiet pupil.
3. write cards to one another.
4. FTs can address the hurtful comments as a class by following the steps taught.
5. FTs can conduct more bonding sessions/games.
6. FTs can be consistent in their classroom routines/ management.
7. get input from pupils to conduct class bonding activities.
8. Work together with Siva's parents

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1) Students feel hurt with negative comments exchanged during lesson.
2) A few students are being left out during activity time
3) Siva-
Siva used to be a good student however, his standard has dropped. He has not been submitting work on time, not paying attention and his parents did not attend parent teacher meeting too.

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1. Getting students to work with other peers than their own clique/or friends they are comfortable with.

2. Peter is disruptive.

3. Celeste being outcast because she is new and no one is familiar with her.

4. Students are not coping well academically.

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How to create a caring and enabling environment.

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How to create a caring and enabling environment.

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1. Look at seating arrangement. Try to make the seat with someone they have not interacted or work with.

2. Set up a buddy system.

3. Nominate peer support leaders in class to help students who are struggling with interaction.

4. Get students who are on track academically to those who are weaker to motivate them.

5. During FGTP, get some ice breaker games and check in to encourage students to get to know one another more. (E.g. how are they feeling 1-5, they motivate one another high-5 one another after they share their thoughts)

6. Peter - to speak to him personally and check in on him. Call the parents to see if there are other factors affecting Peter's performance in school. Counseling - get a counselor to assess him and his possible learning needs.

7. Peter - create a calm-down corner for Peter or any other students with emotional needs.

8. Celeste - assign 1-2 buddies to help celeste get adjusted.

9. Celeste - Communicate via email to the mom to assure her. Or any other parents via email.

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Creating a caring and enabling learning environment

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Creating a caring and enabling learning environment

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1. Have a conservation with Siva to build rapport and check out his problems in schools and at home. Good to have a close contact with his parents to understand the family background or problems at home.

2. To teach students during CCE about communication with peers. Ask student to list out negative comments that they might have heard before and think about how to convert to positive comment.

3. Teachers to give specific grouping instead of allowing students to choose their own group to avoid left out students.