An alive school culture as an opportunity One of the central challenges facing schools today is to foster an active school culture. Above all, the teaching staff must work out teaching guidelines for the entire school. Guidelines are needed that can be understood by the community and by children. The principles rather should describe ideas that the teaching staff takes to heart and that can be quoted spontaneously by children and parents alike. School culture also contains conflict consciousness.
Further thought has to be given to dramas in the playground.
School yard supervision does not mean standing watch at the doorway, waiting until something happens somewhere. Instead during recess supervision time you should fantasize about the happenings on the playground. Recess supervision is an opportunity to study the children's subculture. Furthermore it is important that the teaching staff agrees on the meaning of punishment. Then, work with parents becomes very significant.