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How to start your lessons

It’s important to consider what we might face when our pupil arrives at our lesson.

You are in control of setting the tone in your teaching environment. This can come from a strong beginning, finding variety in your opening exercises and listening to your pupil.
Do you always start with the same activity at the beginning of your lessons? What might you do differently going forward?

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