We are fortunate at Mararoa to be able to offer small class sizes, which means that I can work with individual children and address their particular needs within the classroom (especially important at this early stage in their learning). Having a supportive school community, the children also benefit from regular contact with numerous volunteer reading assistants. This means that all of the children in Room 3 have the opportunity to read to an adult and be read to several times each week.

The focus in our classroom is definitely on developing good early literacy and numeracy skills and the bulk of our time is spent on these curriculum areas. We want learning to be fun and so we often find ways to develop our knowledge and skills through practical hands-on activities eg. cooking, physical activities, music and art.