Tuesday, 2 September 2014

What's needed in a Primary School classroom

This is also a page that I created for quick reference but I wanted to put out a new blog today.I spoke my new colleagues, who is an NQT and the only other male member of the teaching staff at school. We spoke about which after school clubs we will be interested in taking or assisting with. Both of us like to keep fit either at the gym or out running; hopefully with the large numbers of students, there should be a good selection for football, cricket, hockey etc.

Why did I do this page?
I asked my fiancee based on her own experience, what is needed in a classroom? Her reply was to look online. This I have done so but for future reference decided to create a list of my own.
This isn't a page with lists of books and what colour pens to have but it does just state the obvious. Remember some of this is provided by the school, however a lot of it is via your own back pocket, and please if there is anything missing and should be included- please comment or let me know.

To write with
Pencils - HB
Pens - Berol Handwriting (only to students with a pen licence). Name these because they will go AWOL.
          Bic/Staedtler and other brands do Black/Blue/Red and Green-  depending on what your school prefer
Felt tips
Crayons
Coloured Pencils
Whiteboard markers plus spray and cloths to wipe it clean
Craft Pens
Whiteboard pens for individual use - Staedtler are the ones I have used and are pretty good

For general use
Handheld whiteboard
Rulers - plastic
1m measuring sticks
Scissors - orange ones for adults and the red or yellow/green ones for students
Blu-Tac (plenty of it will get used and possibly taken by other classes so be careful)
Folders
Plastic Wallets
Card for backing work
Display borders
Labels for folders
Files for each student
Paper Stapler and plenty of staples
Wall stapler for displays and plenty of staples
Cellotape
Drawing pins
Butterfly clips
Pencil sharpeners (metal not plastic are better)
A4 paper
Scrap paper

English Kit
Dictionaries - varied for age and level
Thesaurus
English terms and skills (spelling rhymes, what a simile,metaphor or personification is)
Laminated help cards for Punctuation and Grammar
Laminated list of prefixes and suffixes
Suitable reading books for the year group both fiction and non-fiction

Maths Equipment
Essential
Protractors
Tracing paper
Mirrors
Compasses
Number lines
Number grids
Dice
Coins
Place value cards
Graph Paper
Calculators

Desirable for classroom but should be in school
2D and 3D shapes
Graph Paper
Calculators
Trundle Wheel
Tape measures
Playing cards
Fraction cards
Dominoes
Clocks





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