My Ideal Classroom.

It’s difficult to design a classroom on a small single A4 piece of paper. I have always had this picture in my head of my perfect classroom since I was a little girl and slowly I am getting closer to that dream. I have designed my ideal classroom to suit 22 Boys and 6 Girls.

My ideal classroom would be in a modern new school with lots of space. I am super OCD so organisation is my thing. Colour co-ordinated, labels, desk tidies, you name it. My classroom will be so organised every child will know where everything is. For me it is important that my classroom is neat, tidy and organised so that every child will find it easy and accessible to find things.

I plan to have a large amount of resources all over the classroom. I am really keen to have a large class library full of books (which I have already started to collect) where the children can sit on some bean bags, or on the floor and chill out, while enjoying reading and learning.

I plan on having resource trays at the back off the classroom where the children can help themselves to things like, number lines, word banks, rulers etc. This way it keeps their tables free off clutter and mess when they are not using things.

Displaying their work on the walls is really important and I plan on changing these displays termly to freshen up the classroom but also so they can show off all their work and be proud of it. I also plan to have things hanging across the room, for example, the alphabet and numbers. Just to constantly familiarise the children with what they should be learning.

It is important that the children are aware of our classroom rules, so I am planning to have them up on the wall in large print to remind them of how we behave in our classroom environment. It might be an idea at the beginning of the year to write out our rules and put them up on the wall so we have decided them as a whole class.

It would be ideal to have a few computers in the classroom in case the laptops/netbooks are not working properly and we still have access to the internet.

At the front of my classroom will be where the SMART board and white board are. Leaving enough room for all the children to be able to sit on the carpet as well. This makes it easier for the children to engage and for myself to grasp all of their attention.

The teacher’s desk is also at the front of the classroom. I feel this is a good place as I can see all the children from this angle and it is close enough to the main recourses in the classroom.

The children’s trays are over near the door. I feel this is a good place as they can get to their tray easily when coming into the classroom after break, lunch, etc.

I feel the layout of my ideal classroom is quite similar to the classroom I will be going into for my first placement with a few changes. I hope to have my own classroom a little more organised and colourful with more recourses and displays around the classroom to improve the children’s learning.  I am excited to begin my placement and eventually have my own ideal classroom.