1st Edition
A Primary Circle Approach to Supporting Oracy, Wellbeing and Inclusive Relationships Making Time to Listen
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface – Why Do We Need Circle-Time Now as it’s Been Around for Ages?
- Introduction
Part One
Foundations of the Circle Approach
1) To Establish Positive Relationships in Your Class – You First Need to be Honest with Yourself
2) Establishing Three Listening Systems
3) Establishing the Golden Rules
4) Incentives Leading to Community Celebrations – Golden Time
5) Children Beyond the Suggestions Already Offered in the Book and the Containment Stage: When Nothing Else Works
6) Helping Your Children Enjoy Wellbeing at Lunchtimes
Part Two
Practice and Impact
7) What Teachers and Children Say About Quality Circle-Time
8) Common Queries Teachers Ask Me
9) How Circle-Time Works in Practice
Part Three
Practical Application
10) Circle-Time Session Plans for Early Years / KS1
11) Puppet Scripts and Cloaks for Make-Believe
12) Circle-Time Session Plans for KS2
13) Parachute Games
14) Extra Creative Visualisations
15) Writing Your Own Circle-Time Plans to Tackle Current, Specific Issues Cropping Up In Your Class
16) How to Run a Circle-Time Staff Meeting so that More Staff Want to do Circle-Time!
- Training available from Jenny Mosley Consultancies
Biography
Jenny Mosley is a well-known education expert and consultant, famous as the founder of Jenny Mosley Training Consultancies and the creator of the widely acclaimed 'Quality Circle Time Model'. She has most recently also written A Circle Approach to Boosting Emotional Wellbeing and Relationships in the Secondary School (2026); Early Intervention Through Circles of Support (2026); 101 Games for Social Skills (2026) and 101 Games for Better Behaviour (2026) all published by Routledge.
