Posters for Teachers March 13, 2007
Posted by Linda in : displays advice , 1 comment so farThis is the first in a series of displays aimed at staff rather than pupils. Let’s not forget that the school is a workplace for adults and, hopefully, a learning organisation for all. Displays that use humour can be a useful reminder and motivator for staff. Just change them often before the joke palls.
Adrian Bruce is an Australian teacher who is a great source of posters and classroom ideas. He also has a super blog (A Teacher’s Toolbox) full of good ideas. This one should be printed up A3, I think 
* In years to come will you be stopped in the street by an ex-student and they will bow down before you and thank you for all the exciting worksheets they gave? I don’t think so!
* Please challenge your students and teach them to think.
* Please give your students a 21st Century Literacy skillset.
* Please hang this poster next to your school’s photocopier.
A Poet’s Paintbox - what do displays mean to children? January 14, 2007
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That was a year 5 (age 10) class being interviewed about a display that had built up in the classroom over the course of half a term. I think it’s interesting that they took pride in their work and continued to look at the display even after it had been up for a while. Perhaps the people who voted for
in the recent poll on this post were onto something.
A river system May 5, 2006
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This is the current year 5 version of a display I first did 2 years ago. We printed out a copy of mine and the TA in year 5 re-interpreted it. This is part of the power of keeping records of this stuff on-line, sharing our ideas yet still keeping stuff fresh. How many teachers drag out the same displays year after year? Sure they might put a few bits of the current class’s work on them but the main part of the display can be 4 or even 5 years old. Why does that matter? It matters because for some children the physical act of making the display whilst actually talking through the concepts helps to fix them in their mind. Here’s a link to a movie of some children talking about how they made the one below.
This is the original:
Hansel and Gretel January 12, 2006
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Hansel and Gretal, originally uploaded by LMH_.
This is a hall display rather than a classroom one and was done by yr5 last year as part of their work for the Telling into Writing project. I think it’s real strength is that it is so clearly the children’s own work.Telling into Writing project. Click the link for details and resources
sound-display January 4, 2006
Posted by lmhartley in : Science , comments closed
Andy wrote:
A year 5 interactive display for science topic “sound” including instruments. I tuned the guitar and discovered it’s perfectly playable, and the accoustics in the empty classroom were great.
Seeing this image on Flickr last year inspired my then year 5 teacher to get me to make a version of our own which I then posted to the group.
It included milk bottles with actual water - we were feeling brave. This interactive classroom display stayed up for weeks and no spills!
