The Perfect Classroom Community Building Activity for KS1!

Are you on the hunt for a new activity to help bring your pupils together into a stronger classroom community? Maybe it’s the beginning of a new year, or you might be halfway through, and your pupils need a refresher to help them power through the rest of the year. Regardless of the reason, we’ve got the perfect little activity to help them see each other as a family and strive to uplift each other every day.

Make an ‘Our Class is a Family Flipbook’

This printable template is a fun way to help your pupils show what it means to be a classroom family and how it can change the classroom environment. It is perfect for pairing with a read-aloud, such as Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. To create this fun school-shaped flipbook, pupils will cut apart and complete a series of draw and write prompts to show what they can do to make their classroom more like home and their classmates more like their family members. Some of the thought-provoking prompts that are included in this flipbook are:

• My class is a family because,,,
• I am unique because…
• The best thing about my class is…
• I can make my classroom more like home by…

Once complete, pupils can colour and cut apart the flipbook pieces, then layer and staple them to form a fun house-shaped booklet to read and share with their classmates.

Download and Print Your Classroom Family Flipbook

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.