How We Work

We are finding out where and how we like to work.

For different activities or learning we may want to work by ourselves, in a pair or a group.  This means that sometimes we will work at a desk, table, chair, on the floor or any other place that suits our purpose. Sometimes working outside helps us do our best job.

We are reminded to make wise choices about where we work and who we work with.

Colour in our class.

Today we got some colour up in our classroom.

Lots of students have now finished their Personal Profile pages, which are pegged up in the room. They have our photo and a splash of colour.

We also have some fabric on the walls.

Purple was the colour for our reading area.  This colour helps our imagination, so that when we read exciting stories our imagination is switched on and we can picture what is happening in the book.

Light green helps us when we are learning, so we have that in an area where we will present our written work, and another area where we will show our learning in Maths.

Our class is slowly taking shape...

Welcome to the Room 8 blog for 2013.

Today, our first day of school, we discussed our classroom  furniture and 'built' our learning environment together.

We talked about having spaces in our class for working by ourselves, in pairs and in small or larger groups.  The students decided where to put the furniture and how it should all go together.

We have a selection of thin tall tables, larger low tables, chairs, stools, cushions and a bean bag.

By the afternoon, the students had placed our furniture in the class where we think it might work.  We know that we may have to move things around as we go -  to suit our learning.

We decided on a comfy reading corner with a bean bag and cushions, some tall tables around a maths area, some tall tables together for a small group and some tall tables by the window for individuals or pairs.