In my 8th year of Primary teaching. Phase Leader of years 4,5 & 6. Much of my shop is display materials, closely linked to aspirations and supporting learning within the classroom.
In my 8th year of Primary teaching. Phase Leader of years 4,5 & 6. Much of my shop is display materials, closely linked to aspirations and supporting learning within the classroom.
My currant class love their peg labels and I will be using them again next year. I like to have a few different characters as I think it’s a fun way to start the first day of the new term!
Characters include:
Harry Potter, Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, How to Train your dragon, Greg (Diary of a wimpy kid), Alice in Wonderland, Cat in the Hat, Paddington Bear, 1 of the 101 dalmations and fantastic Mr Fox.
Display lettering and book corner labels all in the style of Netflix. We use this as an interactive display where the children choose which books are the top 5 or the most popular and we change them depending on the cohort’s preferences. The book corner labels are a really easy way to keep the books organised, and the book monitor display we change regularly too so the children all take ownership of their learning.
I have used this with my class for a few years. The labels all have a picture to show what lesson it is and I usually write the times next to each card on the whiteboard.
These emotion check-in slips are a great resource to use in conjunction with a worry box. We keep these next to the worry box and children tick the emotion that they are feeling and then write a short sentence about why they feel this way. It’s easy for you as a teacher to quickly see how they are feeling and it’s great for the children to know that someone will speak to them about their feelings.
Halloween poster with french vocabulary. Great for displays around the room to be on theme, also links nicely with any work you are doing around Halloween.
I use this alphabet British Sign Language display to support children’s letter formation as it is written in cursive, as well as helping to support an inclusive classroom.
These minimalist posters of inspirational people include a quote from each of the famous people. We have them as a class display and talk about them a lot in our lessons.
We have them as a class display and talk about them a lot in our lessons. We direct children to them when needed, or bring them into discussions when talking about topics such as LGBTQ+ (Alan Turing) The Civil Rights Movement (Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks), Feminism and equality (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Taylor Swift, Frida Kahlo) and perseverance and supporting people when they need it.
I have used this for a few years now and I find it really helpful to organise my workload and keep my PPA time focused so I know what I need to do each week.
I use this card as a reminder card. I cut the main card out and all the other squares and then laminate them. You can get the children to choose their own targets and then throughout the day you put the emojis below to show how they are doing. I will also just use ticks to show where a child has met their targets for the lesson.
Great for behaviour management as it is a visual reminder for children that shows what we are working on. I often include a note home to parents and a small reward time at the end of the day if there are lots of ‘smiley’ face present.
2 downloads in 1. I use these letter and number formations in my class everyday as they can serve as a great reminder for children to support with their writing. We also laminate them and place them on the desk for specific children so they can practice going over the numbers and letters with a white board pen and then clean and use again another day or session.
Downloadable as a PDF and I used the standard cursive font. This supports children who write their numbers or letters backwards as well as those who need support with fine-motor skills.
This class reward system is placed somewhere the children can easily see and the teacher can access. Each time a petal is earned, the children are one step closer to their reward. They need to earn 10 petals in total and the rewards are chosen by the teacher and the children together.
The editable middle section of the flower can be chosen by together and then placed in the middle of the flower. Each time the children work as a whole class (e.g listening well, working as a team, being ready, respectful and safe etc) the teacher adds a petal.
The visual is a fantastic aid for all children to work as a team and encourages everyone in the class to work together. I have used this for a few years in an inner-city school and it has fantastic results and makes for a purposeful and productive classroom environment.
Halloween bunting perfect to decorate any classroom or to hang during a Halloween party. With 4 black and white copies too so children can colour their own bunting sheets in as a filler activity in the run up to half-term.
I have used these for a few years now and it’s a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit.
This Marvel Avengers classroom management table points display is the perfect way to combine children’s interests with working together as a team. Simply put the children’s names into the editable display, print and laminate. It’s a great way to visually show positive praise and encourage classroom routines such as transitions and listening respectfully while in the classroom.
Each table is named after an Avengers character, and then the teams ‘compete’ all week to get points and see which table wins at the end of the week. I do an individual winner and a table winner at the end of each week. The table names are made to fit into an Ikea Tolsby frame, and I often stick them onto the table tidies too so that any adult that enters your room can easily use the table point system to engage the class.
Perfect full lesson game for end of unit or end of term fun. This game tests the column addition skills of the children by getting them to roll a dice and multiply either the attacking number, or the defense number, depending on whose turn it is. Multiplication crosses the tens, and can be up-leveled by adding 2 dice so that the children are multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers.
The aim of the game is for the children to see who can cross the pitch board game first. Each player has 15 Match Attax cards and different coloured football pieces. The children will take it in turns to be the ‘attacking’ player. They will roll the dice and multiply the number on the dice by the number for ‘attack’ on their player’s card. The opposite player will then roll their dice and multiply that number by the number for the ‘defense’ on their player’s card. The child with the highest score wins and gets to place their football onto the pitch. The children put their cards to the bottom of the pile and it’s now the other child’s turn to be the ‘attacker’. This is continued until one player has reached the opposition’s side of the pitch.
Included in the download are - Powerpoint explaining the rules visually to children, instruction sheet for the children, 30 different Match Attax card images on PDF, the football counters pdf and the board game on an A3 word document.
Download, print and laminate for a great lesson. I use this at the end of every half-term and the children love it while still keeping a purposeful working environment.
This bookmark I use with my students so they can track which books they have read throughout the year. Since I have started using the bookmarks in the classroom, there’s been a noticeable improvement in the children wanting to read more so they can write the names of the books and colour the shelves of the bookmark on.
The back has an editable name slot so they are easy to identify. I print them onto card, and they are used throughout the year.
This wavy checkerboard design is a great edition to any working wall. We use it specifically from year 4 - year 6 to consolidate children’s knowledge of times tables and multiplcation.
It is good to use when skip counting, or going through times tables with children. Visuals are a brilliant way to get children to know more and remember more. Seeing the patterns of the numbers will help children to remember and understand how times tables work.
I made this smart board and corresponding booklet unit of work for my year 4 class last year. I used it again this year and made some adjustments to it as needed. Electricity is such a fun topic for children and this booklet and smart allows them to combine their knowledge of electrical circuits with design elements.
There are work sheets included for a whole term as well as a brief smart too. We used it to build their knowledge gradually of circuits, and then how to properly draw a circuit and add buzzers, motors and lights. It all culminated in a final design project where they needed to follow a specification of a house that needed a doorbell, light bulb and a switch! They absolutely loved this and it is also a National Curriculum requirement for this year group.
This lesson gets the children to use their historian skills to firstly determine what the different types of crime and punishment were, by discussing sources. It then get them to evaluate which methods of punishment were the most useful to the anglo-saxons by using a diamond nine. The smart board acts as a lesson plan, using partner talk for discussions, explaining what the different photos were and then it explains what a diamond 9 is and how they can use it.
3 different activities to help children to consolidate number bonds to 5. Great for children in KS1, or for using with children working at the pre-key stage standards. ____________________________________________________________________
I planned these activities to be used with children working at Standard 4, as a way of consolidating number bonds to 5 and supporting them with their subitising skills.
____________________________________________________________________ There are 2 work sheets and 1 card game which can be laminated and reused throughout the year for consolidaiton.