Classroom Makeover- Completed stage one

As the title says, stage one of my classroom makeover has been completed! I've been in there for days preparing for the 29th of January when we go back to school after summer break.

I call this 'stage one' because I haven't done labels and stuff yet due to the printer being offline. Oh well, it gives me a chance to create them so I can print them all of in one go.

Anyway, here are some pictures!

 

Going clockwise around the room. The 'on the mat' area. I would love to get a big mat but haven't gotten around to it yet. See the trolley with the document camera? It was old, brown, laminated wood grain and in pretty bad condition. Nothing that a couple of cans of gloss enamel can't fix! I also painted my desk which was also wood grain. See the clipboards near the desk? They are for student drawings. I have a 3/4 so I won't get as many as in a very young class and I can rotate them as they arrive.

 

 

There's the desk to the left. I made some checklists for beginning and end of the day, they are in frames on the wall beside the desk. Also, my No Name clips (for un-named work) and fabric shoe storage for individual pigeon holes for each student. I can set these up with individual's work before the day starts or return graded pieces here. See the little bath mat by my desk? That's a classroom management tool for anyone who is not doing the right thing when on the mat.

 

No chairs yet, I still have to get those and please excuse the junk on the table. I was testing a new way to make chair bags. In this pic you can see my couch and class library in the corner. My favourite spot.

 

 

 Moving around. Entry door (with parent news cork board/student reminder board) and computers. Beside the computers is an access door to a withdrawal room/storage area.

 

Another display wall with storage and learning objectives.

 

 

A close-up of my guided learning area. We will sit on the floor. Also, you can see my metal tray groups display for reading and spelling. They will have the names on magnets so they can easily be moved around. They also have magnetic clips on them so I can clip spelling lists etc to them. They are painted in chalkboard paint.

 

My desk. Fruit bowl (no breakfast club at our school and kids sometimes arrive hungry). The file folders have days of the week labels on them. They hold the copied work for the day. Rotating spice rack has little supplies like pins in it. Oh, and one more picture frame with 'Eldest in the family' list for handing out notes.

 

I don't usually have a teacher desk in the room but this year I'm trying something a bit different.

 

Picture Book section of the class library. We don't have shelves in the rooms so I went with foam boxes.

 

Novels/fiction. With a basket full of 'reading buddies' (soft toys).

 

External entry door with news/reminders board. Excuse the shortish curtain. The room didn't have curtains so I used flannel backed tablecloths and shower rings with a ribbon tieback (cheap alternative) and they were a fraction short.

 

Well, that's about it in a nutshell for now. I want to dangle more paper lanterns in the space behind the couch and have to put my displays, labels and chairs with pink and blue chair bags in. I may post some updates another day.

 

Thanks for looking! I'd love to know what you think, please leave a comment.