1st Edition
Improving Behaviour and Wellbeing in Primary Schools Harnessing Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
1. What works in improving behaviour and wellbeing
Jean Gross
2. The action research project
Sarah Seleznyov
3. Conker the chameleon: how we taught children about the Zones of Regulation at Drew Primary school
Demi Demizogh and Una Murtagh
4. The upstairs and downstairs brain: learning about neuroscience at New City Primary
Eilidh Kirkpatrick and Annabelle Greyling
5. How we solved playground problems at Cubitt Town Primary
Emma Whitwam and Jessica Robinson
6. How we helped withdrawn children come out of their shells at Selwyn Primary
Laura Partington and Susan Potter
7. Creating calmer classrooms at Redriff Primary
Claire Taylor and Maia Mitchell
8. Tackling football problems at lunch and breaktimes at Shaftesbury Primary
Zainab Khonat, Jo O’Connor and Aaron Bennett
9. How we engaged children with learning at Portway Primary and Pinner Primary
Saidat Olajide, Casey Rich, Jessica Rubens and Emily Thomas
10. Colour monsters and feelings wheels: emotional literacy at Carpenters’ Primary
Stephen Goggin and Melissa Hobbs
11. Older children coaching younger buddies at School 21
Lauren James and Lisa Placks
12. Postscript
Jean Gross and Sarah Seleznyov
13. Resources
Biography
Jean Gross has been a teacher, an educational psychologist, head of children’s services in a local authority and a Visiting and Associate Fellow at three universities. She has written multiple books for Routledge, including Time to Talk (2018), Reaching the Unseen Children (2021) and Beating Bureaucracy in Special Educational Needs (2023).
Sarah Seleznyov is a Co-Headteacher of School 360 and Strategic Lead for Learning and Development at Big Education Trust. She formerly worked at UCL Institute of Education and is the author of numerous articles and chapters on research approaches to teacher professional development.
