Is Quality Circle Time a cost effective, value for money approach in terms of the amount of staff time expended on it?
In school we are concerned with teaching and learning first, but many of our children are unable to sit and listen, take turns, share ideas or contribute to a group situation, all of which are basic requirements for the delivery of the National Curriculum and the Literacy Hour. To be able to take part in the classroom (and the playground) a child needs a certain amount of self-esteem and some social skills. Many pupils have neither when they arrive in our schools. All the systems and structures associated with Quality Circle Time enable staff to get on with the job of delivering the curriculum; it contributes to the effective teaching and learning in the classroom both directly and indirectly, and as such is an invaluable cost effective tool for our work in school.
