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Written by strictlypositiveblogJanuary 14, 2018January 14, 2018

Kids know what they need to do to get the next stage. Teachers are forced to drive them to get more.

Parents and carers read, listen to, are aware of news. They know that schools are presiding over a rising muddy tide of mental health problems caused by multiple factors. They know that also one of those factors is the relentless (does that word still appear in the OfStEd success criteria?) drive to push students up […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogDecember 20, 2017February 27, 2019

How ‘I’m a Celeb’ helped me to explain teaching resistant kids… to a resistant kid.

Zach is 13. He has an overall CAT score of 133, and he’s bright as a shiny new coin, with a special gift for Maths. He’s a cheeky character with a twinkly smile and a ready answer to anything you care to say. He also has some fairly insoluble problems in his home life and […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogOctober 8, 2017October 8, 2017

Why everyone in a school works for the teacher.

I wish I could remember who it was who said, back in the day when I worked for what was at the time the biggest and most successful corporation in the world “Everyone works for the salesman.” His point was that the salesman, or account manager, as they were actually known by the time I […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogMay 2, 2016September 4, 2018

Managing Behaviour before the first student walks though the door…

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” I was in business for a few years before I came into education, and I have a lot of these little aphorisms to hand. But this one is spot on. Many battles are won and lost in the planning phase, and I’m not just talking here about lesson […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogMarch 21, 2016February 8, 2019

Using Attention Seeking Behaviour positively.

Children want attention. In fact, children need attention just as grass needs rain. If they cannot get positive attention, negative attention will do. So in the Strictly Positive Teacher’s classrooms there are endless opportunities to gain positive attention, and no opportunities at all for negative attention. Why do they need attention? Lets go back a […]

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