Keeping Your Class Motivated In The Run Up To Christmas
As your pupils get closer to Christmas, their excitement levels rise and concentration levels drop. After a long term it becomes more challenging to keep them engaged on curriculum-based exercises and they are easily distracted.
So SuperStickers have some top tips to make the most of the looming holidays.
Combine Christmas and the Curriculum
The 3D element of the new model kits is ideal for supporting the construction element of the visual arts curriculum and pupils using the puppet kits will be using fabric in accordance with the curriculum too. Both kits develop fine motor skills and provide lots of opportunity for creative expression, but for your pupils it will all just be fun!
Christmas-theme Your Rewards
Shake things up for Christmas with some reward stickers or badges with Christmas images on – whether it’s a Santa-hat-wearing mouse sparkling sticker or a smiling snowman badge, a ‘Well done’ featuring one of these happy Christmas characters will keep behaviour on track.
Restock Your Prize Drawer
With pupil prizes from just 9c each, now’s a great time to have something fresh for your pupils to work towards. Just some of the new gifts and prizes include Christmas keyrings, 3D animal erasers, superheroes that can be flung across the room or bugs that crawl down windows. (Our recommendation is to give the superheroes and bugs just before home time!)
Get Parents Involved
A certificate offers a double whammy of praise: the recipient is filled with pride and receives another shower of praise from home when they see the reward! As new personalised certificates are printed with your name they will also reinforce just who the praise is coming from, which won’t do any harm to parent teacher relations either!
Of course it’s not just the kids who get distracted from school work, as Teachers put on their parent hat, there are stockings to plan and presents to wrap: For a quick-fix for addressing presents, try personalised stickers. Stickers can be rectangular or round with a space to add the recipient’s name.
SuperStickers offers free delivery throughout Ireland no matter how small your order – making it easy to grab last minute extras. Plus you’ll earn SuperStickers Bonus Points on every online order, which you can use for money-off next time – perfect for post-Christmas back to school preparations!