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A CBC resource room is a cupboard you can open on Monday — we do not have a named school

First published 20 February 2024 note · Published February 20, 2024

A resource centre can begin with a room or cupboard containing schemes, charts, apparatus and a shared device. Keep a sign-out record and organise materials around the activities teachers plan to teach.

Practical teaching guide, updated September 2026. Use the examples to discuss lesson preparation, classroom observations and follow-up with your teaching team.

Practice note: organising shared curriculum documents, teaching aids and devices for use during the school week.

A handmade term planner and printed schemes on a staffroom cabinet.

What the room actually needs

Materials teachers will use this week, not a museum. A simple inventory. Training that is the scheme and the device, not a launch. Parents can visit if the school wants a workshop — that is optional. Digital resources belong on the tool the staff already open, not a second portal nobody bookmarks.

What we refused

Choose resources around the lessons teachers are preparing. Keep a simple borrowing record, check the condition of materials and review which activities need additional support.

Beside the product

Workspace is a page, not a building. ICT skills is the device in the lesson. Shared JSS labs are the science version of the same scarcity. Academy can rehearse the week the cupboard is meant to serve.