Teaching Character Education? Showing gratitude has been proven to increase long-term well-being, improve health, relationships, emotions and help us bounce back from stressful experiences. With the significant increase in stress and anxiety among our young people, it is more important than ever that as teachers, we are catering to our students’ emotional needs in the classroom. This Gratitude Journal is the ideal way to help our students focus on the good aspects of their life and to appreciate their blessings – every one of us has something to be thankful for and this journal will be sure to highlight it! The journal contains 52 prompts, one for each week of the year. Each prompt is unique and encourages reflection on a wide range of life experiences, allowing for much more creativity and diversity in thinking and responses. It is not labelled by month or date so can be started at any time in the year – new starts don’t have to only begin on January 1st, and gratitude isn't just for Thanksgiving! You can let students take them home to complete as a private activity, or it can be done in school maybe at the start of the week as a Monday Morning Meeting. You will receive both a PRINTABLE and DIGITAL version to suit your needs! The digital one is ideal for opening up on Google Slides as it can be completed and looked at on any device, whenever and wherever! P.S. It’s also great for teachers too: we can all take time to have an attitude of gratitude!

Get access to 3 vibrant and unique editable Google Forms ready for back to school! Get to know your students on a deeper level, have fun with "this or that" quick fire questions and ask your students' parents some insightful questions too! You will also be able to see student responses live on screen and use this information to really get to know your students. Also very handy if you really don't want to be dealing with extra piles of paper this year! New to Google forms? Don't worry, I have also included an exclusive video to guide you through how to use these forms in your own classroom :) *** Here’s a little background story as to why I created these Get to Know You Google forms: I recently took over a new class and I had a “hand over” meeting with their former teacher to tell me more about them. She knew most of them well academically and behaviourally, however she floundered when asked about their personal interests and admitted she couldn’t tell me anything about some of them…!? I wanted to make sure I knew something about every one of my kids, hence these Google forms were born! You’re bound to learn something about each student if you actually make an effort to ask them (and the quiet ones might prefer to type it up rather than talk about it) and you can then use that information to help build relationships over time. This set contains 3 different forms for you. There are 2 forms for students: • one goes deep on on their interests, fears and hobbies • the other is a more laid back and fun school related “this or that” game • the third form is for the parents / guardians so you can start to build a relationship with them too by getting their perspective on their child, learn what they want from you and how they would like to be contacted etc. The Google Forms are attractive and vibrant and can be done in class or completed as homework on any device that is connected to the internet. I wish you a long and happy relationship with your new class this year!

This values unit on Tolerance is a crucial element for strengthening the core curriculum and ensuring our students are taught how to be tolerant towards others so that they can not only learn to live harmoniously with others but so that our differences can be celebrated! Product includes: • 16 slides of Tolerance PowerPoint - fully structured so no prior experience is required to deliver it. The text is also editable for you to modify as needed! • 9 pages of Tolerance Printables - graphic organizers go perfectly with the PowerPoint if you want your students to record their thoughts as you discuss. There is also a fun bonus homework included! They are in a PowerPoint format so they can easily be converted to Google Slides for paperless activities if preferred. • 24 unique discussion cards to develop speaking and listening skills. Your students will learn: • how to define tolerance • how to analyse their own and others' tolerance • where they might need to demonstrate tolerance • signs of tolerance • signs of intolerance • what can affect tolerance • self-awareness of their own tolerance • actionable steps to develop tolerance In order to ensure these important skills can be integrated into our busy timetables, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! It includes a structured PowerPoint that guides the class through discussions about tolerance and effective skills on how to be tolerant towards others. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required! On top of this, the PowerPoint text is editable so you can modify the content to suit your students’ needs, should you wish. Also included are bonus graphic organizers which are supplementary to the PowerPoint: they’re not a requirement, but they work as a helpful tool for students to record their thoughts in an aesthetically pleasing way that can then be used for bulletin board displays etc. You will also find a set of discussion task cards to spark conversation and thoughts on tolerance: these can be printed off for each group of students, or they can be used in whole class discussion – it is up to you! So help build your students' tolerance and encourage them to be all that you know they can be! Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Tutor Time Activities, Life skills and PSHE (Physical, Social, Health, Education) lessons.

Character Education Tutor Time / Morning Meeting Paperless Digital Whiteboard PowerPoint on SELF-RESPECT, ideal for social and emotional learning. This is 1 of a 10 part series that includes: resilience, courage, self-confidence, self-respect, tolerance, leadership, respect, empathy, honesty and compassion. I’m so glad you are looking to teach Character Education! Character development and socio-emotional skills are the critical foundation needed for our students to succeed in school and in life. This morning meeting digital whiteboard pack is a powerful and easy way to help strengthen your core curriculum for a responsive classroom. It ensures your students get the opportunity to learn how to develop self respect by repetition and deep discussion. They are ideal to use for home room, advisory periods or as bell ringers for the start of your lesson! In order to ensure Character Education can be integrated into your busy timetable, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! This resource is a structured PowerPoint suitable for any whiteboard, with 20 powerful quotes and 60 thought provoking discussion prompts. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required to teach it. If you choose, you can also download the Self-Respect Printable Journal to go with it if you also want your students to practice their writing and keep a record of their reflections. Product includes: • 20 slides of Self-Respect Morning Meeting PowerPoint • 60 thought provoking discussion prompts that go far beyond “what do you think this quote means” and instead encourage deep personal reflection on their own lives and the world. • 20 powerfully themed quotes based solely on Self-Respect. That’s enough for every working day of the month, allowing you to do different Character themed months all year long if you get the whole set of 10 (coming soon). So help build your students’ self-respect in 5 minutes every day, and encourage them to be all that you know they can be! Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.

Character Education Tutor Time / Morning Meeting Paperless Digital Whiteboard PowerPoint on COMPASSION. This is 1 of a 10 part series that includes: resilience, courage, self-confidence, self-respect, tolerance, leadership, respect, empathy, honesty and compassion. I’m so glad you are looking to teach Character Education! Character development and socio-emotional skills are the critical foundation needed for our students to succeed in school and in life. This morning meeting digital whiteboard pack is a powerful and easy way to help strengthen your core curriculum for a responsive classroom. It ensures your students get the opportunity to learn how to develop compassion for others by repetition and deep discussion. In order to ensure Character Education can be integrated into your busy timetable, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! This resource is a structured PowerPoint suitable for any whiteboard, with 20 powerful quotes and 60 thought provoking discussion prompts. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required to teach it. If you choose, you can also download the Compassion Printable Journal to go with it if you also want your students to practice their writing and keep a record of their reflections. Product includes: • 20 slides of Compassion Morning Meeting PowerPoint • 60 thought provoking discussion prompts that go far beyond “what do you think this quote means” and instead encourage deep personal reflection on their own lives and the world. • 20 powerfully themed quotes based solely on Compassion. That’s enough for every working day of the month, allowing you to do different Character themed months all year long if you get the whole set of 10 (coming soon). So help build your students’ compassion in 5 minutes every day, and encourage them to be all that you know they can be! Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.

Character Education Tutor Time / Morning Meeting Paperless Digital Whiteboard PowerPoint on SELF-CONFIDENCE / SELF-ESTEEM. This is 1 of a 10 part series that includes: resilience, courage, self-confidence, self-respect, tolerance, leadership, respect, empathy, honesty and compassion. I’m so glad you are looking to teach Character Education! Character development and socio-emotional skills are the critical foundation needed for our students to succeed in school and in life. This morning meeting digital whiteboard pack is a powerful and easy way to help strengthen your core curriculum for a responsive classroom. It ensures your students get the opportunity to learn how to build their self-esteem and confidence by repetition and deep discussion. In order to ensure Character Education can be integrated into your busy timetable, this resource has been designed to make it as easy to deliver as possible! This resource is a structured PowerPoint suitable for any whiteboard, with 20 powerful quotes and 60 thought provoking discussion prompts. No prior knowledge or experience from you is required to teach it. If you choose, you can also download the Self-Esteem Printable Journal to go with it if you also want your students to practice their writing and keep a record of their reflections. Product includes: • 20 slides of Self-Confidence Morning Meeting PowerPoint • 60 thought provoking discussion prompts that go far beyond “what do you think this quote means” and instead encourage deep personal reflection on their own lives and the world. • 20 powerfully themed quotes based solely on Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem. That’s enough for every working day of the month, allowing you to do different Character themed months all year long if you get the whole set of 10 (coming soon). So help build your students’ self-confidence in 5 minutes every day, and encourage them to be all that you know they can be! Great for Character Education, Social Skills, Life skills and PSHCE (Physical, Social, Health, Citizenship Education) lessons.

End your school day in a consistently positive and engaging way with these daily themed afternoon meeting white board 5 minute prompts, perfect for afternoon tutor / form time! There is a theme for each day of the week: • “Motivational Mondays” to start the week with a positive quote / thought / discussion. This quote is the same as the ones in the Morning Meeting set for continuity and deeper impact, but the prompts are different to allow for reflection on their day. • “True or False Tuesdays” to end the day with a bit of fun and engaging trivia! You can have students put their hands up for true or false and then have a short discussion (or giggle) about some of the random facts they’ll learn throughout the year. Explanations are included! These facts are different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Wellness Wednesdays” to focus on wellbeing, both mental and physical, that will help both themselves and demonstrate acts of kindness to others. These are either different or similar to the Morning Meeting set, but the prompts are different in order to encourage reflection on their day. • “Thoughtful Thursdays” to develop their thinking skills with some deep, philosophical thoughts and discussions. This can be done as a whole class or discussed in pairs or groups if preferred. These are completely different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Funny Fridays” to end the day and week on a high with a funny joke! Answers are included! These jokes are different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. Product includes: • 200 slides in total • Animations to delay text where appropriate (e.g. with joke punchlines!) • Enough daily prompts for an entire year So end your school day on a positive note in just 5 minutes, and develop that consistency, excitement and routine that your students crave so much!

End your school day in a consistently positive and engaging way with these daily themed afternoon meeting digital journal 5 minute prompts, perfect for afternoon tutor / form time! There is a theme for each day of the week: • “Motivational Mondays” to start the week with a positive quote / thought / discussion. This quote is the same as the ones in the Morning Meeting set for continuity and deeper impact, but the prompts are different to allow for reflection on their day. • “True or False Tuesdays” to end the day with a bit of fun and engaging trivia! You can have students put their hands up for true or false and then have a short discussion (or giggle) about some of the random facts they’ll learn throughout the year. Explanations are included! These facts are different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Wellness Wednesdays” to focus on wellbeing, both mental and physical, that will help both themselves and demonstrate acts of kindness to others. These are either different or similar to the Morning Meeting set, but the prompts are different in order to encourage reflection on their day. • “Thoughtful Thursdays” to develop their thinking skills with some deep, philosophical thoughts and discussions. This can be done as a whole class or discussed in pairs or groups if preferred. These are completely different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Funny Fridays” to end the day and week on a high with a funny joke! Answers are included! These jokes are different from the Morning Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. Product includes: • 200 slides in total • In PowerPoint form ready to use as is, or convert into Google Slides if preferred • Enough daily prompts for an entire year So end your school day on a positive note in just 5 minutes, and develop that consistency, excitement and routine that your students crave so much!

20 colorful Smart Response Posters to empower your students to have smart responses when dealing with rude comments, disputes and setting boundaries. It’s frustrating and heartbreaking to watch your students get into arguments and relationship challenges due to the words they use. Words can hurt but it’s tough to always know the best thing to say. You want to empower your students to be able to respond to awkward, rude, uncomfortable situations with calmness, clarity and class, and now you can easily help them do this! This set of classroom school posters contains 20 quotes that help students deal with rude comments, uncomfortable conversations or disputes and for setting healthy boundaries. These promote better classroom community and social, emotional learning. They would also work perfectly in a school counsellor’s office! You can display them in your classroom/school corridors as well as use them to prompt class discussions about why these make powerful responses and how it might affect the outcome. The posters have a bright watercolor theme and are suitable for all age groups and environments. I hope you enjoy using these in your classroom and around your school building to encourage your students to use the right words to empower them in challenging situations.

Start your day in a consistently positive and engaging way with these daily themed morning meeting digital journal 5 minute prompts, perfect for tutor / form time! There is a theme for each day of the week: • “Motivational Mondays” to start the week with a positive quote / thought / discussion. This quote is the same as the ones in the Afternoon Meeting set for continuity and deeper impact, but the prompts are different to allow for reflection on their day. • “True or False Tuesdays” to start the day with a bit of fun and engaging trivia! You can have students put their hands up for true or false and then have a short discussion (or giggle) about some of the random facts they’ll learn throughout the year. Explanations are included! These facts are different from the Afternoon Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Wellness Wednesdays” to focus on wellbeing, both mental and physical, that will help both themselves and demonstrate acts of kindness to others. These are either different or similar to the Afternoon Meeting set, but the prompts are different in order to encourage reflection on their day. • “Thoughtful Thursdays” to develop their thinking skills with some deep, philosophical thoughts and discussions. This can be done as a whole class or discussed in pairs or groups if preferred. These are completely different from the Afternoon Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. • “Funny Fridays” to end the week on a high with a funny joke! Answers are included! These jokes are different from the Afternoon Meeting set, but run along the same theme for continuity. Product includes: • 200 slides in total • In PowerPoint form ready to use as is, or convert into Google Slides if preferred • Enough daily prompts for an entire year So start your school day on a positive note in just 5 minutes, and develop that consistency, excitement and routine that your students crave so much!

How to turn someone into a zombie in Photoshop: easy to follow PowerPoint tutorial! This tutorial is a fun and simple introduction into how to use Photoshop where students can turn themselves or a celebrity of their choice into a zombie - perfect for Halloween themed activities, posters, cards and party decorations! You can even learn how to turn yourself into a zombie too, great for personalising teaching resources and wall displays - your students will love it!

Design your own visually appealing seating plan! Frustrated by the dull look of seating plans and uninspired shapes we have to work with, I decided to make my own “build your own interactive seating plan” that is realistic, very cute and can be customised to ANY classroom! I have created a range of unique clip art of different classroom furniture as seen from a bird’s eye view so that you can move and resize any image to suit your classroom layout! If there are any furniture pieces you would like me to include in this set, email me at teachersresourceforce@yahoo.com and I may just toss them in the set for free! :D Check out the preview to see more detail of what is included! You will really enjoy making your own very cute seating plan for your classroom, and as it is on a PowerPoint you can move the furniture and students’ names around effortlessly, perfect for a quick change! You could even have it displayed on the whiteboard to show your class so they know where to sit when you introduce a new seating chart or to give to a supply teacher so your students can’t get one up on them (you know they’re gonna try…!) Images include: • High school single desk • Chair • Stool • Swivel chair • Double desk • Semi circle desk • Round desk • Square desk • Rug / carpet • Teacher’s desk • Computer • Girl • Boy All images come in color and black line, 300dpi png with transparent backgrounds and closely cropped: great for layering and enlarging whilst still remaining crisp! Seating plans are crucial for behaviour management and are excellent to show during lesson observations as they are fantastic for targeting special needs and target grades as well, which have all been considered in this interactive seating plan! So have fun making your own cute seating plans for your classroom!

Back to school time is a great opportunity to encourage students to begin the new school year on the right foot. If you want some fun and quality back to school activities to use with your tutor groups or new classes, that they will enjoy and relate to on the first days of school, then this is the resource for you! It comes with attractive, enjoyable and creative activities that will last for weeks at the beginning of the year at school! This resource will encourage students to reflect over their summer in a fun and engaging way and get them look ahead to the beginning of the year and set goals and plan their time effectively. These can be used for a variety of age groups and abilities and require no preparation from you at all! Instructions are on each worksheet and students can be as thorough as they like depending on their ability. Simply pick and choose some or all of the activities for your classes, or even set some for homework if you like!

Check your students’ understanding with social media exit tickets and engage your students with media they are already so familiar with! These have a realistic mobile phone style and come with 8 different social media platforms! Product Includes: Each exit ticket is half a page and comes with 2 on a page to save on printing costs for your class. (Also, both UK and US versions are included). These exit tickets are great for the following: • Summarizing their learning whilst adding the hashtag of key words #HowCool! • Encouraging students to summarize the lesson whilst identifying areas they specifically ‘liked’ using the thumbs up! • Visualizing their understanding by drawing an image to summarize their learning. • Texting on their smartphone about anything they learned this lesson! • Telling a “story” of their learning in the lesson. They get to use both visual and written feedback. • Allowing creativity in feedback as students can write quotes, draw images and use text to summarize their learning. • Offering peer feedback. Students can write their partner a question to test learning and their peer can respond. • Creating freeze frames of something which reflects their learning! These are simple and easy to use in your lessons allowing you to quickly see what students have learned in a fun and convenient way - plus, these work with ANY subject! Your students will definitely think you are the most awesome teacher ever when you pull these out in your lesson, believe me! Give them a shot now and let me know the response you get!

These days, students seem to be under so much pressure from exams and modern life, that it is crucial to teach them management techniques to give them the skills they require in order to handle stress. This resource which will encourage your students to explore all about modern stressors and how to handle stress in a healthy way. Your students will learn all about what stress is: why we need it, how we respond to it in the modern world, causes and effects, what we can control and what we can’t, and actions to help relieve stress. Students will get to role play and analyse different teen appropriate stressful scenarios. Your students will also be taught 3 different breathing exercises to control the physical signs of stress that are very powerful in stressful situations. Product includes a 23 slide PowerPoint with inbuilt activities and feedback opportunities to encourage discussion and 6 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint to demonstrate students’ understanding.

Classrooom Decor Pennants: Growth Mindset, Motivating and Inspiring Colouring Pages about education and learning. I’m a big advocate for colouring therapy for students and adults, and I already have quite an extensive collection of different quote colouring pages available in my store! They are wonderfully relaxing and especially effective for growth mindset as all quotes are inspirational and positive! In this unique set, you will get a selection of doodle colouring pennants to help decorate your classroom with some positive quotes about education to keep your students inspired all year long! There are 10 different colouring pennants to choose from. Students can just shade in using whatever colours make them happy, but there is also some white space available for students to add their own doodles too! So take a few minutes at the start of the year to get students in the right frame of mind by colouring in positive quotes about education, then tie string through the pennants and decorate your classroom!

Need some fresh, new end of year awards certificates to celebrate the individuality and success of your young and teenage students? Get hold of these End Of Year Certificate Awards for Teens: Emoji Style! These certificates are funky and edgy with some cool teen clip art images with a fun emoji theme that your students will really relate to and think you're the coolest ever! (Even though we know you already are!) These come in both colour and black line with 30 different certificates to choose from! They can be used over again for almost any year group and any subject, and have a wide range of awards so every student can be celebrated for their uniqueness! I hope your students enjoy these fun and edgy certificates to wrap up the end of the year using the oh-so-popular EMOJI theme! Be sure to check out the End Of Year Activities For Teens too, to give your students something fun to do in the final few weeks of school.

Explore more of growth mindset mentality with these motivational, inspirational and relaxing zen doodle colouring pages with quotes by Martin Luther King Jr - great for MLK / Black History Month. There are 5 different colouring pages to choose from in this set, and all these inspiring quotes are by Martin Luther King Jr himself: great for teaching Growth Mindset on MLK day or during Black History Month! Most teachers have used these to create a calming and inspirational atmosphere in their rooms by displaying the finished sheets on the wall during the tests, which students love. So take some time out of a hectic day to give your students the opportunity to just focus, motivate and enjoy themselves today – they deserve it (and so do you!)

Encourage your students to reflect peacefully on Remembrance Day with these quote colouring pages for big kids. There are 5 different quotes to choose from. Students can just colour in using whatever shades make them happy, but there is also some white space available for them to add their own doodles too! So teach your students about the significance of Remembrance Day (see teaching resource) and also give them the opportunity to sit in silence and reflect on those who lost their lives so that we could live.

Explore more of growth mindset mentality with these motivational, inspirational and relaxing zen doodle colouring pages with quotes by Shakespeare! There are 6 (1 free bonus page included!) different colouring pages to choose from in this set, and all these inspiring quotes are by Shakespeare himself: great for teaching Shakespeare units or for celebrating his birthday on April 23rd! Most teachers have used these to create a calming and inspirational atmosphere in their rooms by displaying the finished sheets on the wall during the tests, which students love. So take some time out of a hectic day to give your students the opportunity to just focus, motivate and enjoy themselves today – they deserve it (and so do you!)