Primary teachers....I have the most....

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lovely class this year. They really are a dream. How are yours?

I had this class when they were Y1 and now they are Y5. Still lovely, but now they laugh at my jokes!

Fab!

Same here! It must be something in the water. A true joy after last year's lot who argued, shouted at each other, bickered and whined from September 3rd through to July 20th non-stop !!

Mine have a lot of growing up to do.....(Y5, going on Y3..). Quite a bit of very daft behaviour, culminating in tantrums and tears when they are collared. We will get there, eventually . Was spoilt last year by a lovely class, I think.

I am a TA these days, in a Y1 class. Have to say that this year's class are delightful!

Do YOU use the "star of the day" with your children?

jealous of all the lovely classes.

My y6 form class is looking like being much easier than my last lot.

Fingers crossed it stays that way.

That said, my bottom set Y7 are, generally, hideous!

Middle school so a bit of KS2 and Ks3.

I've moved from 2/3 to 5/6 and last had some of my new class when they were in Reception! They've grown up a bit ( but not too much!) and I love them to bits already. But, my God, they are so poor academically! I only have 11 year 6's( the rest are 5's) and nearly half are level2's! The SATS results are going to be really bad this year ( Next years will make up for it, two of my yr 5's are already Level 5!)

I have a really lovely, well-behaved, clever class this year in Year Five. Nice as they are I have to say I miss last years fighty, arguey, shouty, gobby lot! I always did like a challenge!

Bo1 - we give out a couple of celebration certifictes once a week, through the celebration assembly.

Bo1 - We have golden seats for golden people (i.e. those who have kept golden rules (no giving to challenging children to 'be fair')) in KS1. They just sit up the front in KS1 assembly each week in a place of honour and their names get put up in the hall with the KS2 award winners.

I can honestly say that my class this year is the most challenging I have ever taught in my 12 years as a teacher.

I have a lovely lot too. Chatty but lovely.

My Year 6s are fabulous too. Last year I had the most challenging class in a challenging school. This year's are just delightful. But I miss the feisty, argumentative children from last year. They keep coming in to see me in their shiny new uniforms - they look so grown up.

have been receiving my (first ever nursery) class in 5 at a time so not quite sure how they will be as a whole class. At the moment all is going fairly well, who knows what the final batch will be like tomorrow (does the word 'batch' make them sound like gremlins?)
commiserations to littlefish

Mine are okay - I had them in Y1, now Y4 (first year for me in KS2 ulp!) I think we will be able to go somewhere.
Many commiserations to Littlefish!

Mine are mostly lovely individuals but don't have any cohesion yet, lots of friction in the class. Lots and Lots of PSCHE/Circle time for me this year.

I've just had the worst day in teaching that I've ever had .

sorry to hear that LF - want to talk about it?

Thank you isittooearlyforgin (great name!). I feel much better now - just a bit shaken by an agressive incident involving a 6 yr old, where I came off worse.

Luckily I work part time, so I've had 4 days away from it, with one more to go before I start work again.

Just a bit of a shocker though.

blimey! It's hard to know what to do when kid's get out of control. so sorry you had to deal with that.