• Looking after out physical and mental health (well being) is a priority for both teachers and students- to ensure productivity

• Setting the boundaries and setting classroom routines will help you start the year well. To explicitly teach these, the behaviours that surround the routines have to be explicitly taught through a process of PLAN, SCRIPT, MODEL and PRACTICE

• Once students are settled and understand expectations, this frees up space in Working Memory so that they can begin learning effectively

  
  

• Routines make classroom predictable.

• Making them part of the environment gives more learning time.

• Start with small number of high impact routines.

• Children feel a sense of belonging and know expectations

• Praise is important and motivates them.

3. Setting the Boundaries for a Successful 2025.

• Making good choices and your well-being is YOUR responsibility.

• It can be difficult to disconnect from school and switch off

• Allowing school work to take over other aspects of our lives makes work-life balance almost impossible

• Golden rules are boundaries that you put in place to protect what important to you

• It is relationship limiting to deliver the rules to your partner – better to design them together

  4. Starting the year well

     • Setting a tone for expectation of the year.

     • Key expectations and classroom routines- keep using effective ones.

     • assign tasks to students

     • not a marathon

     • Start well and create balance

     • Physical and mental health are a priority

     • Don’t set yourself up for failure.

Use the gradual release model to deliver instruction to move information from short term to long term memory.

Have a whole school and classroom approach to establish consistent routines.

Establish healthy balance and boundaries between work and home.

Team- Anthony, Marie, Rebecca B & Pina

• Good choices especially for your well being.

• Make time for yourself and disconnect from work.

• Set Boundaries to protect what is important to you.

Cognitive Load

Process impact learning.

Mental effort to process information .

Strategies to support learners is based on Gradual release model.

6 strategies

1. Activate what st's already know

2. worked egs

3. increase independence

4. remove unnecessary information.

5. present essential info

6. use verbal and visual info

Classroom Routines

• Invest time to strengthen routines

• 66 days of consistent repition to learn routines

• Plan, script , model and practice and revise to ensure they remain impactful.

• Explain routines and praise students to show acknowledgment.

Starting the Year Well.

• Set the tone

• good balance.

• Put into place clear expectations and classroom routines (use routines that have worked for you in the past).

• Students arriving , homework, distributing materials etc.

• Organised and effective Time Management. (Assigning Tasks to students so kids are involved).

• Its not a marathon - take your time , start well and create a balance to look after yourself.

• Physical and mental health should be a priority.

• Goals need to be achievable. Don't set yourself for failure.

• Every individual is different set realistic goals.

• Set out routine and expectations.

• Display the routines for students.

• Jobs should be rotated.

• Organise and teach students their seating spots.

  
  

  Starting the year well

• Set expectations and routines.

• Organise your time management.

• Don't be too tough on yourself.

• Set realistic and achievable goals.

• Create a To Do list.

• Not a marathon. Take the time needed to start well and create balance to look after yourself.

Cognitive Load

• Extraneous Load is a bad type of cognitive load so minimise it.

• Intrinsic Load is the good type so optimise it.

• Six strategies include activating students' prior knowledge, guiding students step by step, increasing independent problem-solving, cutting out unnecessary information, presenting essential info together, and presenting information verbally and visually.

Setting boundaries

• you are responsible for your wellbeing.

• Try to disconnect.

• Limit time checking emails at home.

• Sit down with your family and share a meal three times a week.

• Date night (with your partner!) at least once a month.

• Leave at a reasonable time once a week.