Someone recently asked me on my blog how my classroom looked at the beginning of the year. I was asked if I put up displays or left them blank.
Here are some photos of my classroom when I arrived!
BEFORE:
Well here is my answer!
AFTER:
I back all of my display boards and designate them to particular subjects. I fill the display boards with a variety of things - key information, key vocabulary and expectations of the children's work. I also have a couple of display boards filled with the children's work that they completed with me on 'going up day.' This is nice for the children to see their work on the wall in their new year group in September. Some display boards are deliberately left blank for working walls and usually Art displays which will be filled with the children's work early on in the term.
I think it is really important for the learning environment to be stimulating and inviting at the beginning of term to welcome the children back to school. It also needs to be organised! Here is a photo of how I organise the children's resources on their tables. I show them this picture at the beginning of the term to show them my expectations of keeping their table pots tidy and organised!
I think having their work from going up day on the walls already is lovely :-) I always remember classrooms being so uninviting during the first few weeks of term. Your classroom looked fab :-)
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