Welcome to the Photo page  ........ Come check out the schoolrooms and ideas  or email yours in.

If you read down through my pictures I give hand hints and tips the entire way down.

2010 My latest schoolroom in a PDF with many explanations and ideas.

2008 : Not so big classroom with 2 in and a little one in and out.

This student loves to be close to the door.  Easy access to beat his brother home to tell tales.

Student has his own little alcove.

I use to sit in the centre of the boys.  My Home tutor books and pens were kept on the boxes.

The walls around the boys were alway filled with schoolwork aids.  NOT their own schoolwork and awards, which was display in a separate area. 

Once again same two desks shifted slightly.  When first set the desks up like this the twin boys argued bit but after a few punishments they soon learnt to get on with their work and not cause trouble.  Also I sat for 50 % of the day between them when I was not helping other students in the classroom.

The boys were responsible for cleaning there desk with a spray on cleaning product and the sweeping the floor under he desks.  On a Friday I would go over there cleaning attempts.

Students which liked looking out the window were placed in positions where it is a difficult to look outside.  This means when they do look out you will notice and can make the decision on if to bomb them or not.

2 ROOM SCHOOLROOM

In this 2 room schoolroom I had 3 children in a big room and a room which I called the office which had computer phone, home tutor aids in a filling cabinet, etc. 

Children's work areas can be set up in many different ways. 

These 2 pictures are of different setups over 6 months.  The top picture was when he needed more help and I could wheel my chair over and sit in front of his desk.  The 2nd picture was when he became more confident and independent, and I decided it was time for him to have some space and figure it out for himself. 

CHILDREN NEED TO BE DOING THEIR OWN SCHOOLWORK.  NOT WRITING YOUR IDEAS DOWN.

My Desk  in the centre of the room.  This room was set up so no child could look at each others as they were working.

YEAR 6 student area.  The posters on the green chipboard are nouns, verbs, etc. charts and are all available in the school house.  Check out Subjects then English.

Same classroom but an earlier in the year set up. 

A preschool student who had 3 lessons per week.  She would sit at her big brothers desk while he completed his work out on the verandah table.  The phone was on a long cord and moved off my desk to where ever needed.

Year 8 student

I sat at the computer desk and was able to easily lean over when he needed help.  The back of the computer desk was a good place to put up schoolroom charts.  The shelves beside mean he is responsible for keeping his belongings together.

Even my earlier classrooms provided the kids with their own personal areas. 

Strings tied across a wall area a great way to display library books so they get noticed.  Not hidden in a book shelf.

An old piano provide a perfect area to store all the musical items and song books.

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