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Word of the Day: Engaging Classroom Routine
A Prime Time Routine My Students Actually Love Let me tell you about one of my favourite classroom routines.It is simple. It is creative. It is calm.And best of all, my students genuinely love it. This year, I introduced Word of the Day as a Prime Time activity with my Year 4 students. What started as a small daily routine quickly became one of the most powerful literacy practices in our classroom. So powerful, in fact, that I will be continuing it next year as I move into Year 5, with one exciting new layer added. Because when something works this well, you build on it. 🌟 Year 5 Prime…
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📔 The Secret Weapon in My Teaching: Why I Can’t Live Without My Teacher’s Diary
When I first started teaching, I was completely overwhelmed. After my first term, I realised I wasn’t organised at all, my head was overflowing with everything I had to do, and I needed a way to put it all down in one place. That’s when I discovered teacher diaries. And once I found Mrs Edgar’s planners, I never looked back. Getting Started Mrs Edgar’s planners have everything a teacher could possibly need: professional learning sections, term breakdowns, weekly and daily pages, stickers, classroom mapping, data pages, a calendar, and “what’s happening” pages. The moment the new designs are released each year, I pre-order to ensure I get the one I…
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🌱 Why Weekly Reflections Make You a Better Teacher
Teaching is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world, but it’s also one of the most challenging. No two days in the classroom are ever the same, and it can feel like you’re constantly riding a wave of highs and lows. That’s exactly why weekly reflections matter. The Ups and Downs I want to be able to reflect honestly, not just on the good days, but also on the days that test me. Being a teacher means embracing the reality that some weeks flow easily while others feel like a climb uphill. By sharing reflections, I hope to show that teaching isn’t about perfection; it’s about growth, resilience,…
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🎉 6 Creative Icebreakers to Kickstart Your Classroom.
The start of a new term or a fresh school year is the perfect time to build strong connections in the classroom. Icebreakers are a simple but powerful way to help students feel comfortable, laugh together, and start forming those important friendships. Here are six fun, engaging, and slightly different icebreakers you can try straight away in your classroom. 1. 🎲 Story Cubes Give each student a cube or dice with pictures/words on the sides. Students roll the cube and create a short, funny story about themselves using the picture they land on. 🙌 What Students Love: It sparks their imagination and gives shy students a playful way to share…
Where creativity meets classroom reality.
