Flexible Seating Proposal

We are trialling a new idea for learning in our classroom which we are calling flexible seating.  Instead of having assigned seating arrangements, we now have the freedom and responsibility to select places and with classmates who will best have us to learn.  

Studies repeatedly show that children should not be spending long periods of time seated at tables, so we have created standing tables for times during the day we want to stand and do a learning activity.  

To help us with this proposal, we used the following visible thinking routine to discuss how we can make this successful:

How our flexible seating classroom looked today for our writing activity: