Golden Time in a Primary school is a time for relaxation and fun as a reward for good behaviour during the week.
Each class will have a set of rules agreed on by both staff and pupils. Each child starts with an hour Golden time. Children who are in danger of breaking one or more of the rules in class or elsewhere in school or playground are given two verbal warnings If the child continues to ignore the warnings their Golden Time will be cut by 5 minutes. Children are given the opportunity to 'earn back' their time before the next "Golden Time".
"Golden Time" activities are suggested and agreed on by the children. It is hoped that we will be able to offer a wider range of activities including some outdoor ones, weather permitting. In this way, the message we are giving the children is that if they are sensible, co-operative and go about their business to the best of their ability, the will be consistently rewarded for their efforts and they are secure in the knowledge that their reward will not be forgotten about due to pressure from other commitments in the curriculum.
Ideally those children who have a tendency towards disruptive behaviour will be less inclined to continue if they are risking the loss of a privilege which they had a part in deciding on.
Looking forward to it and I'm sure the chidlren are too!
Miss Lewis
