I'm just about to start a new year (downunder) in a stupidly small room. Year 1/2/3. 29 kids. Biggest class In the schoolL - another story. The classroom is also effectively a building site as its being extended and the work is unfinished despite all promises from the principal and the contractors. Come March the work should be done (let's say April) and everyone will be moving around. So in terms of setting up my room for the start of the year I am reluctant to spend money or lots of time because it's so temporary. The class is tricky behaviour wise. I am torn between very minimalist. Basically an open space, small number of books regularly changed, small number of resources regularly refreshed. There are not enough desks for everyone so I'll have to think about that. Or else something more dramatic with a theme. Or even splitting ourselves between the room and a gazebo on the field. All ideas welcome. I just want to make a definitive decision rather than muddle along. As an aside, I am a very experienced teacher with my own family and a single parent, so time is something I don't have. And I have a suspicion that I have been set up to fail as the principal doesn't much like me.
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