A reflection corner!

I've been helping my sister deck out her new classroom for a brand new class this September! I know some schools have alrady gone back, but schools here don't go back until September so we still have some time to finish things off and neaten things up.

I've dedicated a whole blog post especially to this great idea, even if you don't care about classroom decor, hopefully you'll think this is a great idea too!

It's a 'Time for reflection' table, a place where you can go especially to reflect!

The table has been covered in silver paper, then plastic backing to protect the paper from tears
Then stuck on the table are all the great things to be thankful for like your home, friends, flowers, family and  just life in general!

I love the calm and relaxing colour scheme, the little pictures and the cute flowers in the corner of the table. Through maybe the best part is the mirror so that you can literally reflect on your day and life and how you can make tomorrow better!

I think it's really great to see this being encouraged in schools so that maybe it becomes habit every day to feel thankful.
Maybe the truest part is the quote

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our thanks"

 



Classroom bird deco!

We went on down to my sisters classroom as the school summer holiday is drawing to a close to sort things out and make it look a little bit cuter! You don’t realise how much effort goes into ‘jazzing’ up a classroom, or at least I didn’t! I don’t remember my teachers making the classrooms I was in so pretty and fun and inviting.

So the theme for this year was birds, last year it was sports (for the Olympics) so we had to bird up a classroom which is easier said than done.
Here you can see me trying to sort out the reading area in the classroom, and make it look kind of like a tropical jungle with birdies sat on top. There’s green netting over the top of the plastic to make it look a little more ‘leafy’

I added painted bird eggs, birds with feathers (that probably look like the kids in the class made them…) and tissue paper tassles, as well as a green plastic sheet along the back to make it feel more secluded.

On another wall was the really fun ‘fancy word’ wall bordered in get this… feather boas! I thought that was just the funnest idea and would encourage me to use the more fancy words...

Nothing is finished yet but I sure hope they like it!