I've come home tonight cross and feeling incompetent. There are about 6 boys in my Y6 class who just won't shut up. They make silly noises, tap their desks, trays and equipment, comment on everything I or anyone else says and constantly narrate what they're doing/thinking. Every time I pull them for it, they respond with open mouthed disbelief and deny they made any noise, or preface their response with, "I was just. ..." or "I was only...." I use the class sanctions, but they have no impact. I have a partner teacher, who's the deputy, but they don't relentlessly witter for him, so he doesn't back me up (he picked one of the persistent offenders to help with a special job at home time, even though he knew his behaviour had been shitty for me today). I am not softly spoken and think I'm pretty firm but I'm getting sod all respect. So what can I actually DO?
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So how DO you shut up the constant talkers?
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