Learning Environment - Staff Responsibility

Individual teachers are responsible for the learning environment within their own workshops and designated areas.

The learning environment, whether indoor or outdoor, should be calm, welcoming, organised and stimulating places where high value is placed on learning.

The environment needs to be considered in terms of:-

• How it looks eg organised
• How it sounds eg calm
• How it smells eg clean
• How it feels eg comfortable

The environment at Carreg Hirfaen reflects its curriculum and must promote interest and discussion. A calm environment is not necessarily a quiet one. By calm we mean children:

• Are on task
• Are aware of acceptable noise levels for classwork and teachers help to maintain this by example
• Are taught to tidy up after themselves
• Know the rules and boundaries
• Can access resources they require
• Have appropriate amount of room for the activity.

The learning environment is well organised when:

• Walls, zones and resource areas are labelled so that pupils can be independent and know where to find what they need
• Children’s resources are accessible
• There is a clear furniture layout
• Areas are kept tidy