Formulating our Inquiry Question

How can we best met the needs of distruptive learners through the modification of the physical, social and emotional classroom environment.


Since formulating the questions we have implemented these things:

Physical Environment - We have

• Opened up the learning space by removing excess furniture (desks, chairs, trolleys etc)
• Calm down space/work area
• Removed crayons/scissors from easily accessible spaces (Room 9 pencils on wheels
• Lock things away
• Putting out interactive activities so children can be engaged in classroom from 8:30am onwards

Plan to

• calm visual reminders

Emotional Environment - We have

• Spot antecedants as early as possible
• Calm down kits
• Circle time lessons -weekly and as needed.  Focussing initially on playground behaviour
• Capitalising on Life Education Lessons - Empathy
• This/then visual strategies
• Sticker chart
• Caught being good coupons
• Working with the Ministry - UBRS lworkshops
• UBRS Plan
• Mindfulness/breathing to start the day
• Checking in and out with children at beginning of day and end of day
• Calming strategies as needed eg reading a story 1to1 after breaktime to calm down

Plan to

• Referral to RTLB
• keep working on modifing the strategy to suit the child
• Different strategies to calm children
• Check in before and after break times setting the child up for success

Social Environment - We have

• Kemu (game) after mindfulness to build relationships
• Guidlines - from the beginning of the year set class expectations
• Circle Time

Plan to

• Build on the links between circle time and daily practise