A child is misbehaving in the hope he will be sent to the learningsupport unit, but sending him there could send the wrong message. Ateacher recalls the difficulties posed by the child's increasinglychallenging behaviour.
I'm a head of year at a London primary school. We are one of arelatively small number of primary schools to have a learning supportunit on the premises.
The unit is on the top floor of the building and provides short-termteaching and support programmes for pupils who need help in improvingtheir behaviour.
Last year, one of the older boys was sent to the unit after a sustainedperiod of bad behaviour. His slightly younger brother then decided thathe would like to be taught in the unit too. The younger brother was verykeen to be in the same building as his sibling.
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