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Space to Belong: Creating Classrooms That Support Positive Behaviour and Inclusion

Do you want to transform your learning environment to foster positive behaviour and genuine inclusion?

This comprehensive professional development course is a guide to mastering classroom design. You will learn practical strategies to create purposeful areas, optimise seating arrangements, and apply design principles to enhance self-regulation and dramatically improve pupils' outcomes. Perfect for educators seeking effective behaviour management and a truly inclusive classroom for all.
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Adam Barrett, Jess Hursit & Carly Watkins

2 hours

Online Course

By completing this course, you will:

design purposeful classroom areas for focus and self-regulation;
create seating and grouping plans that support behaviour and inclusion; 
apply simple display and organisation strategies to reinforce positive routines;
apply informed design principles to make classrooms feel safer and more predictable for vulnerable pupils; 
trial and refine changes that specifically support pupils with SEND.

Course Lessons

Written by: Adam Barrett

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Adam Barrett is an experienced teacher, academic and SENDCo. He has previously specialised in behaviour management, leading and reforming approaches to behaviour management in primary schools with the aim of creating inclusive environments for all. As well as a PGCE, Adam has an undergraduate degree in history and an MA in English literature.

Presented by: Jess Hursit

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Jess Hursit is an experienced teacher with a strong background in maths education. As a former maths lead, she worked closely with Maths Hubs and supported the development of her school’s maths curriculum. Jess has worked in a leading training school, where her teaching was regularly observed by visiting educators, and she served as a mentor to trainee teachers and early career teachers.

In collaboration with: Carly Watkins

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Carly Watkins has over 20 years of experience as a primary school teacher, including several years as an assistant headteacher, with responsibility for whole-school curriculum development and overseeing pupil progress and attainment. She also holds a master’s degree in Education Practice and a NPQ in Leading Teacher Development. Carly has been a mentor for both student and Early Career Teachers and currently facilitates the Early Career Framework for ECTs and their mentors, delivering training at conferences and via online seminars. At Twinkl PD, Carly heads up pedagogical professional development – a role which means she can support educators to develop their personal practice and pedagogy, something she is passionate about on a national scale.