Posters for Classrooms

eager tortoise

Hi all

Just looking for some tips on decorating a classroom (in this case, an English room). Have just been allocated a room that is basically a blank canvas and need to get some stuff up on the walls asap. I've been having a look at websites etc that sell educational posters and can see there is no shortage - just wondering can anyone recommend anywhere in
particular (either online or in the Dublin area) for getting posters or prints, either related to the study of English or just related to learning/motivation in general.

Also I do intend to get students to make things for the walls but that will have to happen further down the line.

Any other tips/ideas on setting up a classroom would be much appreciated

implausible

Lucky you, getting a blank canvas to work on!

I've often bought stuff off www.allposters.co.uk, they do motivation posters and some with quotes from films and famous people. I recently got a big Truman Show one and a brilliant Casablanca one with 'of all the gin joints....'. Any book shop like Easons should have the more basic spelling/grammar ones (probably more suitable for primary tbh). Another useful source I found was my local theatre. They had lots of flyers and posters for me.

eager tortoise

Thanks for that Dee, have checked out allposters and picked out a few bits and pieces which should be en route soon . Would love to get some lovely big film posters too, they just don't have the ones I need. Will have to get the kids on the job asap It's funny; think its as much for me as for them, just can't bear looking at those cold bare walls!

sare

www.sparklebox2.co.uk is great for motivational posters. They are free to download and look lovely laminated. If you ask any cinema/xtra vision they often donate posters to schools after film has stopped showing. Hope that helps..