To reinforce your expectations

• Decide how you are going to bring a sense of order and calm to the classroom
• Know that your body language will give important messages
• Be specific and adopt a variety of non-verbal gestures eg. “Hand up means we are ready and we are listening”
• Use clear and crisp verbal instructions to the class eg. “Look at the clock, look at me and listen”
• Routinely, stand in same place to start your lesson and observe behaviours, whilst waiting
• Ensure that all books, work tasks and equipment are immediately available
• Decide on your monitors to distribute books etc
• Think carefully about using more challenging or stimulating starter activities
• Focus on those children who are looking and listening, praise accordingly
• Be prepared to settle or bring back to task those who are not listening, distracting others or those out of their seats
• Decide which classroom consequences need to be introduced for certain pupils, who do not conform