First Day of School – Complete Classroom Welcome & Activities

Make your first day of school organised, engaging and purposeful with this ready-to-use First Day of School PowerPoint and resources, packed with everything you need to help settle your class, build relationships and establish positive classroom expectations.

The PPT takes you through the day with a mixture of whole-class discussion, partner activities, independent tasks and group challenges, meaning children are kept engaged while naturally getting to know their new teacher, classmates and classroom.

Included:

Welcome & introduction to start the day - you choose the morning activity and add to your slides

-Get to Know You Bingo – a fun way for children to interact with their peers
-Classroom Scavenger Hunt – helping children learn where key resources and equipment are kept
-Art activity ideas to encourage creativity and provide a calm, purposeful task or display
-Class discussion about what makes a great classroom
-Classroom rules and expectations naturally woven throughout the day
-3 group challenge activities to encourage teamwork, communication and problem-solving
-All supporting resources needed to complete the activities are provided and editable

The classroom expectations are designed to be introduced naturally rather than as a long list of rules, helping children understand what your expectations look, sound and feel like in practice.

The PowerPoint is fully editable, allowing you to change the wording, rules, fonts, images and activities to suit your own classroom, school and age group.

A great ready-to-go first day resource for teachers who want to spend less time planning and more time getting to know their new class!