66/365 - 9/26/2008, originally uploaded by snelly23.

I couldn’t resist this great quick display for Autumn! The maker says:

I was looking for real fall leaves to photograph on Monday, the first day of fall, and I failed. Our class used “glue paint” over and under tissue squares on construction paper to make these shiny fall leaves.

I love the tree with its ‘glue paint’ leaves and it’s wonderful affirmative messages. I’d love to add some photos of class members caught doing and being all of these great things, and to add some affirmations of their own, perhaps on more leaves building up at the base of the display, over this term.
People are always looking for 3d tree displays and I think this is a simple but excellent example.

rainforest 1, originally uploaded by LindaH.

Every spring Year 4 at my old school would make a 3d rain forest classroom display. The classroom was transformed into a jungle of trees, creepers and interesting animals. This always involved lots of painting, cutting and sticking, and general messiness. Not to mention lots of opportunities for talking and listening, learning through conversation, and a chance for those whose skills might not be text based to really shine.

This slightly chaotic display would always be balanced with something rather more informative:

Beneath the display are a large collection of relevant library books which the class could access when they’d finished their work.