Figure 1.--Some teachers like to get close to the children for a greater sence of immediacy. This is a room used for music lessons. There are chairs rather than desks.

The classroom layout or arrangement reflects the teaching style of the school. Here there are differences from teacher to teacher at a school, but often there is a general approach adopted by a school, often reflecting the head master's outlook. Many classrooms have very traditional arragements with the desks in straight rows facing the master's desk with a blackboard behind it. Almost all prep schools were like this through the 1950s. When we visited in the 1980s, this was still the most common arrangement. Other classrooms had more informal arrangements. Some teachers wanted more immediacy in their contact with the children. Another factor of course is the type of class room. The form rooms for the younger children and some of the specialty classes could be quite different from the standard classrooms.

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