1. You shout out if you want to say something.

2. You swear.
3. You throw a piece of paper at another pupil.
4. You eat or drink in class.
5. You dont pay attention.
6. You look at a message on your phone.
say something
Which of these are examples of
bad behaviour in the classroom?
Tick the boxes, add your own idea and
then compare your choices with other pupils.
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SCHOOL STORIES
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waste time when you should be working
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Two boys are talking
loudly. Three girls come
in late. Another girl cant
fnd her pen. According
to* a new survey, these
things mean teachers
and pupils lose ve
weeks of lesson time
every year!
Survey of 10,000 teachers carried out by NASUWT teachers union.
Alan Steer, doesnt agree. He has
visited thousands of schools. We
do not have a crisis in behaviour in
school, writes Sir Alan.
The minister
Schools Minister Ed Balls agrees with
his teachers and his inspector. Most
behaviour is good, he believes, but
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The pupil
It starts with talking and general
messing about*, says 16-year-old
Charlotte Richman from Beaminster.
But then the teacher shouts. And
when the teacher shouts, everyone
else takes it as a signal to talk,
because there doesnt seem to be
much work going on. It takes the
teacher ve minutes to get the pupils
to listen. But these minutes become
hours, the hours become days and
the days become weeks ve weeks
to be exact. And its the pupils who
suffer. The people who want to learn
dont get to learn, says Charlotte.
The teachers and the inspector
Teachers are fed up with bad
behaviour. It means they cant do
what they are paid to do - teaching.
Were not police and were not
parents, says one teacher. Some
kids dont know how to behave in
any social situation whether its in
a classroom or a restaurant, says
another teacher, Jim Porter. But the
Governments Schools Inspector, Sir
Alan Steer, doesnt agree. He has
visited thousands of schools. We
TThe pupil The pupil
It starts with talking and general
messing about*, says 16-year-old
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there is also lots of behaviour that is
not acceptable. This year, behaviour
teams will go into schools where the
teachers need help. But pupils can
take control too. Were not children,
says Brandon from Luton. We know
whats good and bad behaviour. Its
our education and our lives!
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