The Decluttered School: How To Create A Cleaner, Calmer And Greener Learning Environment,Used

Review'Schools and classrooms can be like many people's minds, cluttered and disorganised. When we focus on what we want, we can throw things away that we don't need any more this is where a more streamlined approach can help in school. Editing the classroom environment, and refining what is left to what is supportive and reassuring rather than distracting, undoubtedly ensures a better quality teaching and learning experience all round.'Helen Walker, School Improvement Adviser, Newcastle City Council Children's Services (Helen Walker)'It is important for the sake of the whole school community that school leadership place emphasis upon a healthy and inspiring environment. Once this is valued as part of the school's ethos, such awareness will become an integral part of the school's systems, and its effectiveness will be seen at an emotional and academic level. Where this is not happening it may be necessary to break with the traditional approaches and reconsider the learning environment in a new light, if provision and standards are to be improved.'Tim Nelson Gateshead Council Raising Achievement Service School Inspector (Tim Nelson)'Distraction, distraction, distraction! How can we focus on educating children when surrounded by so much irrelevant stuff? Jane Anderson's brilliant book isn't just about creating a calmer, tidier, more exciting and inviting schools... it's about helping teachers and children think more clearly in a world where it's never been easier to lose the plot.'Sue Palmer (author of Toxic Childhood)'This book reminds us that we do not need to move to new premises to find an excuse for a clearout. ... It blends case studies, stepbystep guidance and key principles effectively to make a quick and easy read. ... It makes practical sense, and may be a book worth passing around the staffroom.'Learning and Teaching Update'Schools and classrooms can be like many people's minds, cluttered and disorganised. When we focus on what we want, we can throw things away that we don't need any more this is where a more streamlined approach can help in school. Editing the classroom environment, and refining what is left to what is supportive and reassuring rather than distracting, undoubtedly ensures a better quality teaching and learning experience all round.'Helen Walker, School Improvement Adviser, Newcastle City Council Childrens Services (Sanford Lakoff)'It is important for the sake of the whole school community that school leadership place emphasis upon a healthy and inspiring environment. Once this is valued as part of the school's ethos, such awareness will become an integral part of the school's systems, and its effectiveness will be seen at an emotional and academic level. Where this is not happening it may be necessary to break with the traditional approaches and reconsider the learning environment in a new light, if provision and standards are to be improved.'Tim Nelson Gateshead Council Raising Achievement Service School Inspector (Sanford Lakoff)'Distraction, distraction, distraction! How can we focus on educating children when surrounded by so much irrelevant stuff? Jane Anderson's brilliant book isn't just about creating a calmer, tidier, more exciting and inviting schools... it's about helping teachers and children think more clearly in a world where it's never been easier to lose the plot.Sue Palmer (author of Toxic Childhood)'This book reminds us that we do not need to move to new premises to find an excuse for a clearout. ... It blends case studies, stepbystep guidance and key principles effectively to make a quick and easy read. ... It makes practical sense, and may be a book worth passing around the staffroom.'Learning and Teaching UpdateProduct DescriptionAbout the AuthorJane C Anderson has thirty years experience working in education, training and environmental alignment. She writes and practices in personalprofessional development and has recently developed