Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves establishing an on-going, timetabled process of circle-meetings for adults and children. As a basis for teaching relationship skills, enhancing self-esteem and building a positive behaviour management and anti-bullying policy, circle time will not only increase confidence and "emotional intelligence" in pupils, but should also contribute towards a positive whole-school ethos.

Fully updated in light of changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage, this highly practical book will explain how to put the principles for early years education into practice through well-structured and purposeful circle time lesson plans. Jenny Mosley, the UK's leading expert on circle time, provides accessible guidance on:

• incorporating the curriculum for personal, social and emotional development
• enabling children to understand universal moral skills
• developing young children's emotional intelligence
• helping children to practise problem-solving skills.

Each chapter in this book explains circle time in a 'why? what? how?' format, and includes tick-sheets, bullet-pointed pages and examples showing how the theory works in practice.

This is an invaluable and fun tool for developing young children's understanding of their feelings and relationships. "

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves establishing an on-going, timetabled process of circle-meetings for adults and children. As a basis for teaching relationship skills, enhancing self-esteem and building a positive behaviour management and anti-bullying policy, circle time will not only increase confidence and "emotional intelligence" in pupils, but should also contribute towards a positive whole-school ethos.

Fully updated in light of changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage, this highly practical book will explain how to put the principles for early years education into practice through well-structured and purposeful circle time lesson plans. Jenny Mosley, the UK's leading expert on circle time, provides accessible guidance on:

• incorporating the curriculum for personal, social and emotional development
• enabling children to understand universal moral skills
• developing young children's emotional intelligence
• helping children to practise problem-solving skills.

Each chapter in this book explains circle time in a 'why? what? how?' format, and includes tick-sheets, bullet-pointed pages and examples showing how the theory works in practice.

This is an invaluable and fun tool for developing young children's understanding of their feelings and relationships. "

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves establishing an on-going, timetabled process of circle-meetings for adults and children. As a basis for teaching relationship skills, enhancing self-esteem and building a positive behaviour management and anti-bullying policy, circle time should not only increase confidence and "emotional intelligence" in pupils, but should also contribute towards a positive whole-school ethos. This classic text provides a rationale, framework and whole-school model for quality circle time specifically for secondary schools and further education colleges. Fully revised and updated, the authors offer over 100 activities and practical strategies to help build teachers' confidence and circle time skills. The book aims to enable teachers to sustain this approach within their SEAL syllabus, tutorial time, subject teaching, or as part of their work with pupils with special educational needs.

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves establishing an on-going, timetabled process of circle-meetings for adults and children. As a basis for teaching relationship skills, enhancing self-esteem and building a positive behaviour management and anti-bullying policy, circle time should not only increase confidence and "emotional intelligence" in pupils, but should also contribute towards a positive whole-school ethos. This classic text provides a rationale, framework and whole-school model for quality circle time specifically for secondary schools and further education colleges. Fully revised and updated, the authors offer over 100 activities and practical strategies to help build teachers' confidence and circle time skills. The book aims to enable teachers to sustain this approach within their SEAL syllabus, tutorial time, subject teaching, or as part of their work with pupils with special educational needs.

This practical work provides a comprehensive collection of tried and tested old favourites together with modern innovative games designed to enhance and promote children's self-esteem, drawing on the authors' own in-depth knowledge of teaching group games.

An exciting collection of parachute games to develop teambuilding and cooperation skills in the school classroom. It's all very well having a parachute, but do you know what to do with it? If you find that after a couple of games your use of a parachute falls away, this wonderful bumper collection of games is precisely what you need. Parachute games are an exciting way to develop co-operation skills, self-esteem, empathy, communication skills and emotional literacy. In addition, they are incredible fun! Written by two experienced teachers, this book is based on their extensive experience of developing parachute games in a school environment. It will teach you how to get started with a parachute, how to develop active and reflective games, and how to end a session calmly.

We all want children to enjoy playtimes, benefiting from the physical and mental exercise and social interaction that effectively run outdoor spaces allow. This timely book is designed to help you teach exciting games that will encourage children's social and emotional development. The games are grouped by the social or emotional skill they focus on so that you can select activities that suit your children's needs. Each game requires minimal resources and includes clear instructions suitable for use by Playground Friends. A wide range of games is included in this book to suit all outdoor spaces and weather conditions. Whether you are looking for games to develop social and emotional skills or for ways to engage active bodies and minds, the games in this book should meet your needs.

Circle time is an approach to school management which helps teachers to initiate their own school policy on self-esteem and positive behaviour. This book is a practical guide for the primary classroom contains teachers' notes as well as circle time activities.

A guide to enhancing self-esteem, self-discipline and positive relationships through classroom circle time sessions.

This new addition to the popular "101 Games" ...series is brimming with exciting and purposeful activities to develop children's co-operation skills and their ability to get on together. Written by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet, the activities are compatible with the aims of the government's SEAL resources (distributed in England and Wales). This extensive collection of activities will enable children to explore how to work together effectively through ideas for paired tasks, problem solving, games, outdoor activities, music, and many more. At the same time as engaging in exciting and well-planned activities, children will acquire those skills necessary to work with and relate well to others. "101 Activities to Help Children Get on Together" will help teachers to develop a classroom that is a pleasant place to work, where relationships are valued and in which every child matters and is appreciated.

Through feedback from teachers and children, The Circle Book gives further ideas and explanations for Quality Circle Time. As always there are great suggestions for games and activities with comments from the users.