What is golden time?

[dilemma456]

I'm fairly sure DD's school don't do it.

They do gym, ballet, swimming and nature walks. Is it that sort of thing?

[staryeyed]

DS1 makes and eats toast in his golden time. I think its supposed to be a time to do something nice that the children will enjoy. A privilege that could be removed.

[DanJARMouse]

Golden time is time set aside each week at school where the children get to choose what they want to do. Ours are allowed to bring in small toys to play with from home, or they can paint/draw/play the computer - whatever they want!

Our school does it on a wednesday afternoon, usually 30mins "free time". Golden time is rewarding good behaviour, so any unsavoury behaviour has 3 minute chunks of Golden Time removed. Very rarely do kids lose Golden time as they have the chance to "earn" it back with good behaviour and good work.

Hope that helps.

[mankyscotslass]

No!

In our school its time at the end of the day, or in the juniors case, the end of the week, where they can have extra outside playtime, or choose a free play activity.

Children who have consistently been naughty lose a minute of this time, for each transgression, after several warnings.

[potplant]

There is part of the day (or possibly on a wekkly basis) where the children get to choose an activity like playing outside, playing on the laptop etc. Free play type of thing. Its part of the reward system. If you are good you get more golden time.

[dahu]

I don't how to fancy link thing but this explains it, Jenny Mosley developed golden time to be linked in with whole school positive behaviour programme and circle time.

www.circle-time.co.uk/site/questions_answers/golden_time

[throckenholt]

in our primary it was the last hour (?) of Friday afternoon when the lids get to choose their activity - could be playing cars (as my DS always seem to choose), football out side, reading, whatever they like (within reason :)).

They could also be docked golden time for not behaving well during the preceeding week.

[throckenholt]

or even even kids rather than lids

[TheInvisibleManDidIt]

At ds's school it is on friday afternoon, for 30 minutes.They choose the activity they want to do earlier in the week (baking, football, arts, computer time, board games, things like that).

They start their week with their full allocation of golden time, but if they get moved onto a yellow and then red card for breaking the golden rules they get 5 minutes off their time.

Golden rules are:be gentle, be kind and helpful, be honest, work hard, look after property and listen to other people. Don't; hurt anyone, hurt peoples feelings, cover up the truth, waste time, waste or damage things, interrupt.

(have got the booklet in front of me- I don't have those memorised! )

[wheelsonthebus]

When the chilled sauvignon blanc hits the side of the glass as it comes out the bottle

[TheInvisibleManDidIt]

wheelsonthebus

[Freaky]

I am fairly annoyed at our school as Golden Time is the last half hour on a Friday where they watch TV! Lazy teaching IMO.

It would take hardly any effort to put on a CD and sing silly ryhmes or let them play outdoors or something.

[dilemma456]

It does not sound familiar. I will ask about it at parents evening next week. DD is happy enough at school as it is but I was intrigued to know what it actually was.

[JoBettany]

Freaky, give me strength! Think you need to slacken your corsets a bit!

[dilemma456]

Yet you Jo Bettany appear to have taken your user name from a book of school stories where they would probably have threaded needles and played Consequences during golden time

[JoBettany]

I am so glad someone has finally 'recognised' me!

[desertgirl]

I recognise you enough to wonder every time I see your posts why you picked Jo not Joey....!! makes you very memorable though :)

[JoBettany]

I did have a long think about the whole Jo/Joey thing but like Jo better as that is what Jack called her. I had a bit of a crush on Jack when I was about 13!