Classroom Environment

Room 1 environment

Production finished and we are able to put our room back together so I decided to ask the children which areas they thought worked well and which needed to be changed. 

We had undertaken this activity in term 1 and it is very noticeable that the children are capable of much deeper and clearer thinking.  Their ideas this time are a response to how they are able to work in areas whereas at the beginning of the year it was much more about activities they like to do.

The children were able to justify their comments with sound ideas based on their experiences.  The changes mostly were around ease of access and being squashed using a particular area or table.

Emily – in room 1 I think that the browse boxes are easy to get and easy to see and they are in the right place also the maths need moving and the library books need moving to a different place I think that the whiteboards and the whiteboards need to go a different.  (It needs a bigger space – library books)

Daniella

What is good in this classroom is the curtains because it is like a dark spot. I also think that we have change something is the bookshelf and the literacy activities. (Because so then we can learn other stuff)

Samantha

In room 1 the library corner maths activities are working really well we can get them.  The library corner you cannot get the books.

Sophia

The birthday cakes on the wall can stay where they are

Alexey

We need to move the white shelf to the jelly table. It is very nice (so we can see it from the far away.)

Jacob M

The maths shelf was working well because when you tell us we can just walk to the maths trolley from the mat.  The library corner needs to be moved (when books fell off people might bump into it)

Jimmy

The maths trolley is perfect.

Charlotte

The maths are going very well because we are able to get them and I think we should move some paper into some square holes  (from blue shelf to white shelf)

Bella

In room 1 the browse boxes are in the right spot.  Because it is in the right spot the maths trolley can move because they are in the way of us playing.  (There’s not enough room to play with the maths.)

Adam

In room 1 the maths are easy to get there so you can get the activity and the worst is the key area (if heaps of people want to look at it there is not enough room)

Jacob Y

In room 1 the browsing boxes look very good and they easy to get to.  The library corner needs to get moved (when you try to get a book the curtains pull up and down)

Toby

White shelf is in right place but the maths shelf isn’t (when we want to get a game we might hit our heads.

Madison

In room 1 the white shelf is in the right place the whiteboard could be around the other side of the TV and the couch could be where the maths is.

Kaiden

My idea is a treasure map so we can go hunting.

Lucas

In room 1 the books are in the right place the whiteboard needs moving (so I can get the whiteboards and not need to ask a child0

Haylin

I think the library shelf shouldn’t be moved because its got a wee bit of space but I think the literacy should be moved because it doesn’t have a wee bit of space.

Harrison

The maths trolley is in the right and it should not be moved. (The table by library because people get squished through that little space.)

Coben

I would the big table needs some more room otherwise you go to side it and get squished.