The Perfect Way to Say Goodbye

I recently finished my first ever teaching placement for my 1st year university studies. It was truly wonderful! I learnt so so much about the children that I was working with, teaching styles, the inner-workings of schools and my own teaching personality.

After browsing through the sweet isle in Sainsburys for about 10 minutes, I couldn't help but think that my year 5 class deserved more than a late-night, completely stressed out, mid lesson plan purchase of a multi-pack or Haribo.

I had a scroll on pinterest ( my holy grail ), and saw something similar to what I'm about to show you that a teacher had made to welcome her new year 4 class. After a fair bit of tweaking, some eBay searching, a quick clipart edit, some heavy printing and WHOLLA my leaving gift was born.

HOW TO MAKE IT:

1. Find a border that you like - I went for crayons because I thought that they looked cute and very primary school-esque, however you can choose any border style that you like!​

1. Write the same as pictured above, obviously making personal edits where you see fit! The north star is something specific to my class; personal touches like this are lovely!​

1. Locate each item on the list - it's easier than it looks! I found that eBay had rubbers and stickers in huge quantities for a couple of pounds, if that. TIP - check which country you're buying from if you have a deadline for this! I specifically set my buying preferences to the UK only. The ones from China were cheaper but the delivery date was past my leaving date! I then bought the mini smarties multi-pack from Sainsburys and printed out the bookmarks from twinkl (not pictured). I got the crayon rubbers and jigsaw pieces (which are also rubbers) from an online party bag website and they were ridiculously cheap!! ​

1. Compile all of your pieces into a party bag or plastic wallet, print out the list of things and put it in there too.​

1. Give to each child and try not to cry.

The children in my class seriously loved this and I hope that it's something that they'll remember me by.

BEE XO