Back to School Gifts

As I begin to prepare for that mammoth week known as 'first week back' I got to thinking about my own first days in a new class with a new teacher… I remember feeling overwhelmed and a little daunted by the prospect of a new year. Some kids come bouncing in on the first day ready and rearing whilst others take their time to warm up and participate. And that's okay! 
One of the ways that I want to help my new Kindergarten students settle into my classroom is to finish their first day with a little gift to let them know how excited we are to have them in our class and to let them know that we're going to have a whole lot of fun along the way!

Pinterest is full of great ideas for some such gifts. I love these lollipop tags by Miss Vericker (although I'm not quite brave enough to hand out lollies on the first day). She has a range of different themed start and end of year gift tags. Click here to have a look. 

I also loved her 'bubbling with excitement' gift tag.

So I think this is the direction that I'll be heading in! I've spotted bubble bottle in cheap bulk buy packs at Kmart (aka the motherland for teachers), so this is a nice affordable little way to say 'welcome to our class'.

Oh, and my lovely Year Ones will get one each too!

I'm off to print, cut and ribbon some goodies!

Beck xx