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Everyone welcome door poster
A small group designs a poster for the classroom door that shows everybody is welcome, whoever they are.
- 45 minutes
- Small group
- Ages 9–12, Ages 12+
- Classroom
- Printable: poster template
What to do
- Read the meaning: everybody is welcome, whatever their circumstances. Ask what circumstances might mean here: whether they have a lot or a little, new to the school, shy, different, having a bad day.
- In groups of three or four, talk about what a person sees and hears when they come through your classroom door. What makes it feel welcoming?
- Plan the picture space on the poster together before anyone starts. Decide who does which part.
- Fill the space with drawings or cut-out pictures that show many different people being welcomed.
- Show your poster to the class and explain one choice you made.
- Choose one poster for the door, or take turns putting them up across the term.
Questions to talk about
- Is there a difference between letting someone in and making them welcome?
- What is one thing our class could do to make a new person feel welcome?
You will need
- The printed poster template, one per group
- Coloured pencils and felt-tip pens
- Old magazines and catalogues
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
Make it fit
Simpler: Draw just one welcoming doorway with a few faces in it.
More of a stretch: Add three small rules for the class under the picture that would make the saying true in your room.
Printables
The instructions card is for the adult running the activity; the worksheet is for the children. Prints on A4 or US Letter at 100% / actual size; colour is optional.
The poster template
Name
Everybody is welcome, whatever their circumstances.
Show in pictures that everyone is welcome here.
The instructions card
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Everyone welcome door poster
A small group designs a poster for the classroom door that shows everybody is welcome, whoever they are.
45 minutesSmall groupAges 9–12, Ages 12+
What to do
- Read the meaning: everybody is welcome, whatever their circumstances. Ask what circumstances might mean here: whether they have a lot or a little, new to the school, shy, different, having a bad day.
- In groups of three or four, talk about what a person sees and hears when they come through your classroom door. What makes it feel welcoming?
- Plan the picture space on the poster together before anyone starts. Decide who does which part.
- Fill the space with drawings or cut-out pictures that show many different people being welcomed.
- Show your poster to the class and explain one choice you made.
- Choose one poster for the door, or take turns putting them up across the term.
You will need
- The printed poster template, one per group
- Coloured pencils and felt-tip pens
- Old magazines and catalogues
- Scissors
- Glue sticks
Talk about
- Is there a difference between letting someone in and making them welcome?
- What is one thing our class could do to make a new person feel welcome?
Make it fit
Simpler: Draw just one welcoming doorway with a few faces in it.
Stretch: Add three small rules for the class under the picture that would make the saying true in your room.
Goes with the printable poster template.