WANTED: Free Posters for my 1st Year 5 Class

tonyg_2 · 26 July 2007 at 6:34PM

I am about to start in the world of teaching. I'm looking to see if anyone knows of any sources of good free posters to start the school year and to decorate my rather dull classroom! It's for a year 5 class, children age 9 !

Thanks, Tx

louise24769 · 26 July 2007 at 11:20PM

Hi,
Try going into bookshops/cinemas, explain you are a teacher and see if you can get some promotional posters. Also, you could get in touch with you local health authority and see if you can get some promotional stuff.
Good luck with teaching and have fun!
Louise

Zebra · 26 July 2007 at 11:26PM

May be a bit advanced but nice posters anyway.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=5319557&postcount=1

londondulwich · 26 July 2007 at 11:27PM

One way to personalise the classroom would involve displaying the work - illustrated poems/stories/ history projects and their own artwork http://www.accessart.org.uk/index.php.
The Guardian was giving posters away with their paper, they might still have a few copies.

Outnumberedbysmallpeople · 27 July 2007 at 9:29AM

Does your county have a bookstart program? They usually have things - also not sure if you're aware but there is a program for free books for schools - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=494407&highlight=free+books+for+boys

My sister teaches year 4 and she uses alot of their own work with bits from hobbycraft stapled everywhere.

halojones · 27 July 2007 at 9:42AM

I used to work in a Game shop and we always used to throw away the posters after a campaign. Some can be suitable for kids.Good luck, with the new career

nataliejane1981 · 27 July 2007 at 9:55AM

someone posted this recently - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=486959&highlight=coast+poster i received mine last week. It's a big blue & green poster of the UK showing features of the coastline HTH

crutches · 27 July 2007 at 10:09AM

the countryside commission ,the eec,national trust,english heritage etc
may be good starting points......depends how big your classroom is??!!;)

GOOD LUCK

Sadie204 · 27 July 2007 at 10:13AM

Been working as a teaching assistant and picked up a few tips on the way. I have been working with reception children but you may find some useful things on these

http://abcteach.com/
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/

and our entire room was covered in bits from this site last year!

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/

Hope it helps!

jenza8 · 27 July 2007 at 10:14AM

londondulwich wrote: »

One way to personalise the classroom would involve displaying the work - illustrated poems/stories/ history projects and their own artwork http://www.accessart.org.uk/index.php.
The Guardian was giving posters away with their paper, they might still have a few copies.

Well yes, but I think what Tony meant was that as it is the start of a new year and also the start of their teaching career, they do not have any work from the children to put up yet, the things you mention are produced over the first term and will be put up in the classroom as time progresses. Occassionally you may be lucky and have some pieces of work passed up from the previous teacher, in which case you can display them, but if not you have little to go with in the first few weeks - hence the need for posters etc. (I like the art site by the way though).

The following link gives access to posters about the topic of electricity (but this is a Y4 and Y6 topic usually so may not be suitable).
http://www.theiet.org/education/teacherresources/index.cfm

The reading connects website has some resources and I have ordered free posters from there before.
http://www.nationalliteracytrust.org.uk/readingconnects/resourcesindex.html

jenza8 · 27 July 2007 at 10:19AM

Sadie204 wrote: »

and our entire room was covered in bits from this site last year!

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk

Wow, have just had a look at this site, I love it, thank you!

WANTED: Free Posters for my 1st Year 5 Class

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