Page 67: My EYFS Classroom Checklist.
Over the holidays, I have popped in and out of schools to set up my new classroom. Today I have created a checklist of what I have included to support and inspire a EYFS (particularly Nursery) teachers. It is key to note that your classroom is not just set up over night for the whole year. As your children progress and grow throughout the year, so does your classroom space and provision.
My desk:
I keep this pretty simple: laptop, diary, pen, water bottle and clip board with essentials inc fire list). I also like to have a stationary pot which includes cellotape and bluetac (every day must haves!) and a sharpie to write in names of endless piles of cardigans and jumpers that always seem to accumulate!
Learning group time boxes:
I will do a post as the year progress focussing in depth of what all boxes contain. For myself and two TA's, we have identical boxes with our session input resources in. We have a daily phonics, mathematics and communication and language session. All of these are around 25 minutes. The boxes include all planning, phonics cards, counters, number cards, and relevant communication resources etc. These change and I update these on a weekly basis to ensure all staff members have the correct resources for the weeks learning.
Displays:
- Writing display (I love sharing the children's early mark making/writing). String with pegs is a simple and effective way of showing this.
- Behaviour reward display. We use 10 stamps on a 10s frame for a prize from my box. This is great as the children are able to both visually see and draw on their early maths teaching.
- A learning journey. Refer to page 60 to explore this in more detail but this is my proudest and most effective area of the classroom. It is a display along my back wall which builds up cumulatively sharing the learning as we progress throughout the year. The children particularly love that it is full of pictures of them!
- I will finally add on the display note, all provision areas (mentioned below) come with their own display, these are just my additional 3!
When delving into provision, these are the tables/learning areas set up in my classroom. The themes and resources will change and develop throughout the year incorporating the children's stage of development and needs of learning. An example is changing the role play area theme etc. When setting up our provision initially our aim is to settle the children in and for them to complete activities they feel comfortable and confident to do.
Indoor provision:
- Role play area (we are staring as a traditional home corner - a great addition here is family photos taken on the home visit).
- Construction/small world areas (trains, cars, dolls etc. The catalyst of children's imaginative play).
- Creative table (we like to teach out children to use this as a creative workshop).
- Writing table (a roll of paper on the floor too is always an essential).
- Reading area (remember most children can not read at this age. Fill this areas with simple interactive board books).
- Maths area (in September children love completing inset puzzles as this is a great start here).
- Music area (this is a new addition for September, we will add a variety of homemade instruments too made with the children when they begin).
-Water/Sand/Messy play trays (pretty self explanatory!).
- Play dough/fine motor table (pretty self explanatory!).
Outdoor provision: This is just as important as inside, here are some of my must have's!
- Construction area.
- Mud kitchen.
- Crates, planks and tyres.
- Gutters and stands.
- Sand/water (weather appropriate)
- Bikes/trikes/gross motor climbing equipment.
- Range of early mark making materials, chalks, powder paints etc.
- Music wall.
To finally note, to check out my new classroom, feel free to explore my teachergram page (teacher instagram) @_missyeoman.
As always, to finish with a quote, continuing to summerise beautifully what it is like to be an EYFS teacher:
"The wider range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and richer their experiences." - Lois Malaguzzi.
- Miss Yeoman.
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