2. Pro- active circles and building community
Encouraging responsibility and setting ground
rules
Responding to conflict and challenging
behaviour
Resolvingtension and conflict and repairing
relationships through responsive circles
3.
4. Equality
Safety and Trust
Responsibility
Builds connections
Ownership
Develops confidence
Helps the learning process
Encourages empathy
Share experiences
5. Re -name circle time ( if appropriate)
Choose relevant topics
Use restorative language-affective questions and
statements
Train pupils as facilitators
Encourage and empower staff
Involve parents/carers
Use a talking piece
Establish clear ground rules
Keep responsive circles solution focused
Deal with non- compliance firmly as a group
Introduce circles in learning and teaching
6.
7. Learning and teaching- starters, plenaries,
collaborative tasks, carousel activities
Preparation for - visits, visitors, new class
activities
Establishing ground rules/expectations for
behaviour
Addressing class issues- homework, attendance,
fulfilling school’s key values
Check in circles- feeling charts, fun go arounds,
friendship activities, welcoming new pupils
KS4 specific issues- revision, post 16, application
forms, CVs
8.
9. What happened?
What were you thinking about at the time?
Who has been affected?
How have they been affected?
What do you think needs to happen next?
10. To address
Challenging behaviour in class
Relationship breakdown-pupil/pupil, pupil/
teacher, parent/teacher, teacher/teacher
General unsettled/unfocused behaviour in
class activities
Break and lunchtime problems