Behaviour Management in Cooking Lessons – Guide for a Primary School

Behaviour Management in Cooking and Nutrition may not be something you’d expect you’d have to consider. However, as I’ll explain and as you’ll find in the free guide below, behaviour in cookery lessons may be different to that in your daily lessons. Expect the unexpected and be prepared right from the start. In the guide below, I share my top tips for managing behaviour in a primary school cooking lesson. Make sure to download it and let me know what you think in the comments section of the blog post!

Behaviour Management is a top priority for all schools and teachers alike. We set classroom rules and routines to manage our high expectations. However, something we don’t always consider is how we may need to change these rules and expectations for different subjects. Possibly add new expectations, raise current ones or relax some all together.

I’ve compiled a list of 8 good practices when teaching cookery which should all help with the behaviour management in cooking lessons! Some of these, you may use in other subjects, look to practise them in cookery too!

You can download the guide here:

The above guide is suitable for all teachers, early years, primary and secondary. Although, the tips may not suit every setting, they can be easily adapted. Initially, the behaviour management guide was written from my perspective – a former primary teacher. However, I’m sure the techniques and tips described will work for others too.

As mentioned earlier, the tips are suitable to try across all subjects. The techniques and tips, such as numbering pupils and turn-taking, are great for other ‘hands-on’ subjects too. Try our behaviour management techniques in your Design Technology subjects, your art lessons and even in your PE classes. They’re great for embracing and managing excitement to the advantage of the lesson.

For anyone who doesn’t know me or hasn’t met me before, I’m James Deveney, owner of Classroom Kitchen and former Primary Teacher.

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Email: james@classroom-kitchen.co.uk

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