New Learning Environment

This year I get to teach and learn alongside my students in a new, modern and I hope innovative learning environment.  Many thanks to Sepora, the Management Team and the Board of Trustees for providing the new furniture and repaint of the classroom walls.  The classroom feels fresh and spacious.

This leads me to write about how I am beginning to understand and incorporate Universal Design for Learning into my classroom practice.  Changes to timetabling and the inclusion of play-based learning every Monday morning gives me the opportunity to listen to my students' interests and weave them into the lesson planning for the rest of the week.  I also take note of student feedback to make improvements that remove barriers from the students ability to work on their learning.

Having the ability to re-configure the layout of the classroom to quickly meet the needs of large group work and then again to create quiet spaces for small groups and pairs of children working together is really great.