This week we start looking inside (and as it happens, outside) the doors of our classrooms with an exploration of the routines we operate in our classes to support safe healthy relationships and to keep the focus on the learning.

Today’s routines are the macro ones, the procedures we use as students enter and leave the class which can be crucial to setting the tone.

What are the routines like in your classrooms, or the classrooms you remember – and importantly: what purpose do they serve?