Looking for an activity for the first week of school? This is a lesson PPT, Lesson plan and resources I used for a PSHE lesson I did for an interview (I got the job!) The lesson was on the book The Bad Seed and focuses on reputation. I use this for transition day for any children who may have been label as ‘the bad kid’ in their current year group to let them know that their year with me is an opportunity for a fresh start. In this download, you will find the lesson PowerPoint I used as well as the resources I created to accompany it. As the children worked on a resource I amended from a product purchased from Teachers Pay Teachers, that resources has been linked on the first page of the RESOURCES file as well as links to the book or an read aloud on Youtube. This resources was used with a Year 3 class but it easily adaptable for any year group.

I wanted to some certificates that did more than reward children for good work or good behaviour and the “of the week” certificates were born! These certificates rewards values such as teamwork and friendliness as well as other learning qualities such as creativity, mathematical thinking and exploration. Each certificate have a quote relating to the award at the bottom of the page Certificates included in this resource: Mathematician Friend Team Player Explorer Musician Inventor Artist Inventor Scientist Author Reader Star I am using these in my classroom alongside Wholehearted School Counselling’s “I am an … when” resource to let children know what it means to have these qualities and will be giving them out during our weekly Friday afternoons to take home. To use this resource, simply print either full size or 2 to a page (depending on your preference), add the child’s name and comment, sign underneath the ‘Keep up the good work’ caption and hand out! The fonts SHOULD be embedded but if they aren’t the headings are KG Blank Space and the main text is KG First Time in Forever both found on dafont!

Love Powerpoint? Same! In my class, I use a weekly PowerPoint to keep my day in order from Monday’s morning work to Friday’s Goodbye message! This helps me to structure my day and have an idea of the week ahead as well as allowing me to easily swap around lessons when inevitable interruptions occur! This resource includes … slides for use in your weekly presentation including: Morning Work Slide Lesson Slide Transition Slides Misc. Use Slides I’ve also included tutorial slides on my commonly used ‘techniques’ for creating and editting my powerpoints such as converting videos from Youtube and changing images. Please note: this resources include the EDITABLE TEMPLATE used to created my weekly powerpoints and so DOESN’T include any icons or fonts used. These can be found at Flaticon and 1001 fonts Happy PowerPointing!!

Hand Signals > Hands up! In my class, I taught the children to use hand signals to communicate various needs including needing the toilet to needing help. This has cut down on shouting out, interruptions and has even supported the children’s communication and independence! If you want to know more about how (and why) I use hand signals, feel free to read my blog post! Note: These hand signals were made using a paid resource from Lidia Barbossa’s clip art so I haven’t included all the available hand signals!