Welcome to your mini training series all about ROUTINES. In this season we are getting GRANULAR on what we were never actually taught but has a significant impact to the start of the year and classroom management ALL YEAR LONG. 

In this episode, we delve into effective strategies for managing morning and end-of-day routines in a classroom. Our discussion covers how well-designed morning routines can set a productive tone, improve time management, and enhance well-being. The Good Morning Framework includes greeting children, organising resources, and conducting well-being check-ins. For the end of the day, the Great End of the Day Framework suggests tidying up, reading a story, reflective highlights, and gradual release. The episode rounds out with tips on how to ensure routines are effective and the benefits of creating a positive classroom environment. 

00:00 Morning Routine Chaos

02:36 End of Day Routine Challenges

03:18 Introduction to Episode Four

04:01 Importance of Morning Routines

06:28 Greeting and Organizing the Classroom

11:49 Wellbeing Check-ins

13:02 End of Day Framework

20:52 Final Thoughts and Tips

24:00 Closing Mantra

In the TGMC Back To School Kit you can access:

1. TGMC training programme
2. 13 Lessons for the first week back
3. 8 routine lessons 
4. 8 afternoon activities
5. 10 Transition buffers
6. 20 check-in journal pages
7. ALL the resources you need for better routines

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Welcome to your mini training series all about ROUTINES. In this season we are getting GRANULAR on what we were never actually taught but has a significant impact to the start of the year and classroom management ALL YEAR LONG. 

In this episode of Behaviour Besties, we dive into the importance of tidy-up routines in the classroom. The Besties share their personal experiences with classroom chaos and the stress of managing tidying up. We discuss practical strategies to implement effective tidy up systems, including class captains, job spinners, and visual aids. Emphasis is placed on the importance of simplicity, consistency, and planning to make these routines work smoothly throughout the school year. This episode will give you actionable tips and tested strategies to ensure a clutter-free and organised classroom environment, benefiting both your students and you boo.

01:42 The Lunchtime Chaos

00:45 Introduction to Behaviour Besties

02:27 The Importance of Tidy Up Routines

04:04 Creating Effective Tidy Up Systems

04:41 Class Captains and Job Spinners

07:48 Using Timers and Visual Aids

09:59 Adapting Tidy Up for Different Ages

12:26 Overcoming Common Challenges

17:29 Simplifying and Sustaining Routines

18:01 Episode Mantra

In the TGMC Back To School Kit you can access:

1. TGMC training programme
2. 13 Lessons for the first week back
3. 8 routine lessons 
4. 8 afternoon activities
5. 10 Transition buffers
6. 20 check-in journal pages
7. ALL the resources you need for better routines

Click here to access

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by NOW PRESS PLAY. The remarkable immersive storytelling classroom resource you and your children will love. 

You can find more about Now Press Play here. They offer a free trial AND you can get 10% off for your school just by saying you are a bestie.

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Welcome to your mini training series all about ROUTINES. In this season we are getting GRANULAR on what we were never actually taught but has a significant impact to the start of the year and classroom management ALL YEAR LONG. 

In this episode, the Besties practical strategies for managing EFFECTIVE classroom transitions. We discuss the common challenges teachers face during transitions and introduce tested methods like the '1-2-3' technique, gradual start and stop, using timers, and incorporating role-play to maintain smooth transitions. We also emphasise the importance of minimal verbal instructions and adaptability to meet the needs of all students. The session concludes with a roundup of discussed strategies and a reminder to approach transitions with patience and care.

00:00 A Story to Start: A Teacher's Confession

03:22 Introduction to Season Three: Routines and Transitions

03:33 Understanding Transitions in the Classroom

05:21 Strategies for Effective Transitions

09:10 The Importance of Timers and Organization

12:40 Avoiding Common Mistakes in Transitions

19:51 Final Thoughts and Recap

20:51 Episode Mantra 

In the TGMC Back To School Kit you can access:

1. TGMC training programme
2. 13 Lessons for the first week back
3. 8 routine lessons 
4. 8 afternoon activities
5. 10 Transition buffers
6. 20 check-in journal pages
7. ALL the resources you need for better routines

Click here to access

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by NOW PRESS PLAY. The remarkable immersive storytelling classroom resource you and your children will love. 

You can find more about Now Press Play here. They offer a free trial AND you can get 10% off for your school just by saying you are a bestie.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/morning-coffee
License code: LPGUERTEIIKDUYT4

Welcome to your mini training series all about ROUTINES. In this season we are getting GRANULAR on what we were never actually taught but has a significant impact to the start of the year and classroom management ALL YEAR LONG.

 In this episode, the Besties discuss the importance of establishing effective classroom routines to create a structured and anxiety-free environment for students. We reflect on our own first-day classroom experiences, emphasise the significance of predictability for children, and cite research from experts like Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Becky. We also introduce a framework for teaching routines, known as the four/five Ps: Plan, Precision, Practice, Perfect, and Probe. The episode concludes with tips on iterating and adapting routines, ensuring inclusivity, and using interactive methods to engage students.

01:42 First Day in the Classroom Memories

02:57 The Importance of Routines

03:27 Common Routine Disruptions

04:41 Research on Routines and Safety

08:04 Implementing Effective Routines

10:16 Interactive Routine Blueprint

11:04 Attention Getters: Practical Tips

16:14 Reflecting and Adapting Routines

18:31 Episode Mantra 

In the TGMC Back To School Kit you can access:

1. TGMC training programme
2. 13 Lessons for the first week back
3. 8 routine lessons 
4. 8 afternoon activities
5. 10 Transition buffers
6. 20 check-in journal pages
7. ALL the resources you need for better routines

Click here to access

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by NOW PRESS PLAY. The remarkable immersive storytelling classroom resource you and your children will love. 

You can find more about Now Press Play here. They offer a free trial AND you can get 10% off for your school just by saying you are a bestie.

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! This season has been brought to you with so much love. If you have taken ANYTHING away from this season we would appreciate it so much if you could rate the podcast (5 stars lol). To help us to continue to grow this community!

In this episode we take you back to our live event where we had a Q&A panel with all of our authors and besties!

Questions asked:

1.I really struggle with guilt when I am resting, any suggestions?

2. What advice do you have talking to people who think rest is lazy?

3.How can we foster a tribal classroom with everyday football feuds?

4. How can we support our wellbeing when the culture is toxic?

5.As a White woman I often feel intimidated by conversations surrounded race, what would you suggest?

6.Do children learn that certain actions or behaviour lead to a desired result?

7. What do you think about Golden time?

8. What do you think about Time Out?

9. What can we do when a class have received a reputation for being THAT class?

10. How can we challenge old mindsets?

11. Talking to SLT can feel stressful. What can we do?

In this episode we take a deep dive into lot of things! You can unlock more in TGMC. Just search:

• Brains and Behaviour
• Classroom Community
• Educator Wellbeing 101

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We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including mine wink wink) right here: 

Bestie recommendations are:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. In this episode I get the amazing opportunity to interview Clinical Psychologist: Dr Martha.

I’m so excited to introduce and welcome Dr Martha to this season of the Behaviour Besties Podcast, welcome to the Club! Dr Martha is a clinical psychologist whose expertise lies in parenting, child development, and paediatric health, specialising in sharing a holistic approach to supporting children and parents. Sunday times best selling author might I add! In this interview we are going to learn more about how to tackle issues around children and ‘lying’ and the debate between warnings vs boundaries.

Time stamps:

2.55 As a clinical psychologist, what are your pet peeves with our education system?

7.30 Can children manipulate us?

10.04 What is your take on fake tears?

14.04 What is the problem with telling children to share?

20.25 Why we need board games!

21.38 Why do children lie?

29.30 Why boundaries are better than warnings

32.20 Martha’s mantra

Find Dr Martha on Instagram:

@dr.martha.psychologist

In this episode we take a deep dive into all things Big Feelings. You can unlock more in TGMC. 

Click here for a whole bank of strategies

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including mine wink wink) right here: 

Bestie recommendations are:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. In this episode I get the amazing opportunity to psychologist Suzy Reading.

Hello it’s Tan from the BB crew! I am so excited to welcome Suzy Reading to our Behaviour Besties Podcast. Suzy is a published author and a chartered psychologist. If you know and follow Suzy you will know how her gentle words and reminders always always come at the right time and for me, always feels like a huge hug after a difficult day. Suzy prioritises wellbeing & has made a huge difference for us in the teaching community, where let’s face it, it can feel like everything comes at us back to back and there isn’t much time to pause, process, plan or reflect. We really hope you enjoy this episode with Suzy and Jen & we promise that you will takeaway something new, comforting and reassuring by the end of the episode. So let’s get started on this journey together with Suzy 

Time stamps:

2:07 Grounding practice

4:55 Why does rest have a PR problem?

7:22 What are the repercussions if we do not rest?

8:10 What are the statistics of burnout and fatigue in our community?

11.10 If rest isn’t just ‘taking a nap’, what is it?

15.30 Are we en route to burnout? How can we tell?

20:10 How can we switch off?

29:30 How and What micro practices can we do in the classroom?

33:00 How our well-being impacts our children on the spot

35:30 What is your advice for educators?

36:30 Suzy’s mantra

Find Suzy on Instagram:

@suzyreading

Download the 8 types of rest from Suzy

https://www.suzyreading.co.uk/the-8-pillars-of-rest/ 

In this episode we take a deep dive into all things YOU. You can unlock more in TGMC. 

Click here for a whole bank of strategies

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including mine wink wink) right here: 

Bestie recommendations are:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. In this episode I get the amazing opportunity to interview Best Selling Author of How To Build Your Anti-Racist Classroom.

We are so excited to welcome Orlene Badu to the Behaviour Besties podcast. Orlene is an ex headteacer, an anti-racist consultant and author of ‘how to build your anti-racist classroom’. Orlene also started her career as a teaching assistant, which highlights her passion and experience with working in education. 

Orlene is also the collaborator behind ‘behaviour and bias’ from Jen’s book: Behaviour, the lost modules 

In this interview, we are going to learn more about the link between behaviour and racism. We will also be learning how we can make a difference in the classroom. 

I am really looking forward to listening and learning during this episode today, this is an area we need to keep discussing and to keep developing. You may know that the most recent discussions have been around the book: The Colour Monster, let’s learn why this could be problematic.

00.00 - 03.10 What drives you and what continues to drive you?

03:10 - 07:00 How behaviour can be shaped by adult responses

07:00 -   Understanding the role of race within the school to prison pipeline and how we can do more and what questions we need to ask

13:00 - 18:45 What narratives are we creating around behaviour?

18:52 - 26:35 What is the problem with the Colour Monster? Understanding early perceptions of colour

28:30 - 33:00 What do we need to be mindful of in the curriculum?

33:55 Orlene’s mantra 

In this episode we take a deep dive into adult responses, anti racist texts and emotional literacy. TGMC’ers can unlock more on our shiny new platform just search:

• 90 second pause
• Educator well-being 101
• Emotions unlocked

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

www.tgmc.uk/subscribe 

We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including mine wink wink) right here: 

Bestie recommendations are:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. In this episode I get the amazing opportunity to interview Best Selling Author of Well-being In The Primary Classroom Adrian Bethune.
Adrian Bethune is the founder of Teachappy. Teachappy's mission is to put happiness andwellbeing at the heart of education through their award-winning teacher training. Founded in2017, Adrian created Teachappy to share what he had learnt from his own experiences with others so we can all lead happier lives in and outside of school. As well as this, Adrian is the proud wearer of many other hats, including teacher, associate lecturer, father and author of ‘Well-being in the primary Classroom - A Practical Guide to Teaching Happiness’. I’m sure you’ll agree that all of this makes him the perfect bestie to interview around well-being in the classroom whilst becoming an official member of the BBZ club!
Find Adrian at @teachappy on Instagram and https://www.teachappy.co.uk/

In this episode we take a deep dive into Well-being. TGMC’ers can unlock more on our shiny
new platform just search:
● Movement
● Check ins
● Connection
● Behaviour Scripts

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Time Stamps

2.30 Meditation

5.30 Where are we going wrong with wellbeing?

8.30 Why is movement so important for wellbeing?

12.30 How can we support ‘anti-team’ classrooms to create a community?

14.30 What are tribal classrooms and why is connection so important?

19.40 What are some practical connection boosting activities we can do?

28.00 Why we need to know about the 1% principle

32.00 Adrian’s mantra

We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational
publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including
mine wink wink) right here:
Bestie recommendations are:
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620
https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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Welcome to Behaviour Besties SEASON 2! You are officially part of the BBz club. AKA The staffroom you WANT to be a part of. I'm Jen Foster, best selling author of Behaviour: The Lost Modules, founder of TGMC: the online behaviour encylopedia and overall behaviour enthusiast. I am here with my besties and TGMC family Soph (Early Years Expert), Tan (Our TGMC SENCO) and Evie (TGMC rep and Merch Queen). It’s giving unhinged energy and we are here for it. 

In this episode we take a deep dive into Connection Seeking. TGMC’ers can unlock more on our shiny new platform just search:

• Connection seeking
• Flexible sitting
• Re-establishing expectations
• Classroom Agreement
• Intrinsic motivation

Not a TGMC’er? We would love to have you part of the movement. Click below AND use GET1FREE for a cheeky discount:

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Time Stamps

0.00 - 12.00 

BESTIES CATCH UP

13.00 

Question: What do we do when other children are responding to that connection seeking?

What do we mean by connection seeking?

17:51 

Why do other children start showing similar behaviours?

21:00

How can we set up for success? How do we take away the You vs Me?

24:00

Behaviour shouldn’t be perfect all the time

27:00

Behaviour comes from skills that we need to teach

Re-establishing expectation games

32:00

Read the needs

35:00

Hold boundaries 

43:00

The round up!

We are super proud to be sponsored by SAGE Publications. One of the leading educational publication company. You can unlock a special discount code for Sage books (including mine wink wink) right here: 

Bestie recommendations are:

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/behaviour-the-lost-modules/book283261

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/how-to-build-your-antiracist-classroom/book279620

https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/it%E2%80%99s-never-just-adhd/book279617

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/morning-coffee
License code: LPGUERTEIIKDUYT4