Focus and self-regulation
Sleeping Dragon
Classroom noise monitor for focused activities
Use a sleeping dragon to make classroom sound levels visible during independent work, group tasks or transitions. Teachers choose a suitable noise threshold.
Open activity →Teacher account required · Primary and middle school
How to use it in your lesson
Agree what a comfortable working volume sounds like before starting. The dragon responds to sound levels, so the class can notice when its volume changes.
- Choose a sound threshold for the room.
- Start the microphone and explain the dragon’s stages.
- Pause to reflect on how the group maintained an appropriate working volume.
For primary learners
Try a short paired task with a shared quiet-work goal.
For middle-school learners
Ask groups to agree their own working-volume expectations and evaluate how well they followed them.
What do I need?
A classroom screen and an authorised Oracy teacher account. Choose your prompts before the lesson and try the activity on the device you will use. Adjust the language, pacing and participation to your learners.