Kids getting sent to other classes when naughty

[Dressedinplum]

Is it normal practice for children to be sent to another classroom if they misbehave in primary? I’ve just heard about the “table of doom” in y5 and y6 classrooms, where children in lower years are sent to work if they’re naughty. I’ve been oblivious to it all the way through school but only know about it as heard DC and friend talking matter of factly about who was on the table of doom today. To me, it seems a bit WTF, but maybe it’s normal in schools. Is it a practice in your school?

It was when mine were in primary.

I don’t know about all schools but yes, it is at my boys’ primary. I think it’s quite clever as punishment/deterrent goes as obviously it doesn’t really mean anything but seems quite effective!

It’s effectively time out. Nothing wrong at all

Yeah. Sometimes a teacher in the upper years will have more gravitas so are useful for discipline - not to be used in cases of SEN or emotional dysregulation. More when they are being little buggers.

I'm in my mid fifties and it was normal when I went to primary, and normal at my grandchildren's primary.

I've never heard it called 'the table of doom', but sending them to another class is a good idea, as it normally knocks the wind out of their sales if they've been acting the class clown.

I do it in secondary occasionally. Sends a clear message that you can't stay in my classroom and behave like a wazzock and you have the utter horror of having to do a walk of shame with all your books into the back of another classroom. Used selectively and effectively, it's a pretty good deterrent.

No, I haven't heard of that. Sounds a bit like detention but not held after school?

Well I'd expect so, hopefully removing the pupil from the attention they'd get from their peers should halt the annoying disruptive behaviour. Or should these pupils be celebrated for their behaviour?

I’ve never heard of it before and surprised it happens to five year olds.

I remember it being used in secondary school, a little 12yr old brat doesn't feel so big and clever when they're sat at the back of a top set of 15 and 16yr olds who think they're an idiot for behaving in that way.

That's a great idea, if it works. We don't have it at my school. Probably the older boys would high five them.

Stops disruption in its tracks, the child loses it's audience of friends, gives the miscreant's class a chance to learn and the offender gets the stern face of a lesser known teacher.

This!

Yes our reception year of 4 year olds had that alot.

Happened in every school I worked in. If nothing else it gives the rest of the class and teacher a break from someone who is disrupting the lesson (and they are rarely disruptive in a different class). Doesn’t even need to be a particularly scary teacher - even on short term supply I’ve had kids sent to me and they look pretty mortified by it even though I have no reputation whatsoever!

It’s used sometimes in high School too.
my dd was sent to a different classroom quite a few times last year when she was struggling with her behaviour in class last year. She usually got sent to her head of years classes, or form teachers class as she gets on well with them plus both are no nonsense. She’s in year 11 now and she said having to sit in a class with a bunch of year 7s was embarrassing 😂

I also think it gave her an opportunity to calm down and reflect and give her the headspace to work through her issues.

Shes fine so far this year.

Common at secondary.

the secondary I worked at most recently had a timetable that showed where kids who needed to be sent out should go. We called it the safe room.

usually sixth form or top set year 10. Most disruptive kids will shut up and sit down in a completely different class of older kids.

Happens a lot at the high school I work in. Generally they're sent into an A-level class and it seems to be very effective. Never heard of it being used in my kids primaries though.

You would probably be surprised at the behaviour of 5 year olds.
Children respond well to firm boundaries and consequences for their behaviour. Even 5 year olds.

Dd year 12 and has a very small German class with a fierce teacher. They quite often have a terrified year 7 or 8 miscreant sitting in their class as it’s deemed the ideal punishment class!

Would have worked brilliantly with a Latin teacher I had! I don’t know what it was with her, but NOBODY ever messed about. I got my highest mark in the end of year exam (1st year senior.). 90%!! Compared with about 40% for history, for which we had a most uninspiring teacher and the most deadly dull textbook in the world.

I'm surprised it's still done in schools these days, it was done in the late 70's/80's when I was at school, I'd totally forgotten about it until this thread though.

yes but it’s a last resort in our school, i.e. once they have 4 ‘reminders’ in a day.

Normal at ours, but they had paired classes for this rather than a designated punishment table for the whole school.

Used occasionally at our primary too. As a last resort. It’s generally effective.