Here is a list of planning ideas for the first week back at school organised into the different curricular areas! Perfect for new teachers (NQTs) or anyone else looking for some simple and fun ideas to get to know your new class and help them settle in!

A great fun art activity that is perfect for the first few weeks back at school and to help you get to know your new class!

I created this document to support play in primary 1 and the children’s development of their fine motor skills. Can be used as a checklist to support you throughout the year.

General class resource labels that can be easily edited to suit you and your class!

These traffic light marking tray labels simply stick to your marking trays and are a great way for the children to self assess at the end of a lesson. Change out the bitmoji to your own and use in any way that suits you!

A fun guessing game that can be used and edited to suit any age!

Use this simple daily emotion check in to allow children to independently tell you how they are feeling each day.

A fun noise meter resource that can be used with any stage! Just edit the bitmoji to your own and display in a way that suits you!

I used this resource in primary 6 as a way for the children to request a private meeting with me to discuss anything they wanted. We sat at playtime or lunch time and had a biscuit and a blether about how they were feeling. Just add in your name and edit the bitmoji and use in a way that suits you best!

This emoji emotion check in can be used daily to allow children to independently tell you how they are feeling. Simply stick the emojis to paper/plastic plates and have a peg for each child with their name on it. However, this can be used in any way that suits you best!

Laminate and attach these to a lanyard. Children collect a lanyard when completed a piece of work/a task and they support other children who require it.

Task board headings for your numeracy and literacy groups/taskboards.

A fun activity/game to allow children to consolidate their times tables knowledge. Have wooden pegs with the written answers on them and the children clip the answer to the correct multiplication sentence.

Attach a battery operated round light to the middle of this sign and you have an easy way to organise toilet trips!

A fun getting to know you activity to find out about your new class!

A brightly coloured bitmoji visual timetable with a range of cards to suit lots of school activities. Simply edit to your own bitmoji and add any others cards you require.

A great resource to put on your classroom door to allow others to follow your learning journey. Just use a simple website to create your own qr code and add it in!

A very simple document that can be edited and used to suit your planning of play in your classroom.

A fun and engaging multiplication code breaker. Can edit instructions on first slide to suit your class.