Stickers
I use stickers wherever I go in primary - at the top end of the age range I let them write their own if there's time. At the bottom end I talk to each and every one of them as they come in and settle down etc - how are you today? type thing, writing their label as I talk to them. They loving labels mostly and are not bothered about others seeing them in the school. If one or two refuse (I have had a
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) you tend to remember who they are just because they don't have a sticker. By the time the stickers have started peeling off you've got most of their names sorted.
I always spend some time doing this because in my experience it's easier to control behaviour etc if you can call a child by name rather than oi, you!
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