I have been a qualified primary school teacher for seven years. My research began last year in August 2012. Presently I teach a year two class of 23 students in an east Auckland primary school in Pakuranga. Even as my topic and rationale were developing I decided early on that I wanted my research to be from the teacher perspectives. There were two main reasons for this. Firstly, most of the writing about challenging behaviours stresses on how teachers can effectively manage challenging student behaviour. Secondly, from personal experience of being a practicing classroom teacher it seems that the onus of managing a student misbehaving in class rests with the teacher as it is portrayed as if it is the teachers’ responsibility if students are not behaving in an expected manner. So therefore, I decided to carry out this research and hear from teachers point of view- their perspectives on challenging student behaviours and what they do to manage these behaviours and what support is available to them in managing challenging student behaviours.