Classroom aids: where to buy them?

Dionysus

Just a small question. Instead of disturbing the flow of a class by writing a journal note, is there any place I could buy a stamp of some sort that says, for example, 'disrupting class'? That way I can stamp the journal quickly and move on with the lesson. That would be most helpful now.

I saw a teacher with a 'No homework' stamp a while back but never got around to asking her where she got it so I'm wondering generally are there any other things like this that could be worth buying?

Thanks.

byhookorbycrook

your local office supplies can make one up for you.

Toto Wolfcastle

They can be expensive so shop around. Worth it though if you get a lot of use out of them. They do last.

byhookorbycrook

might be good for balance to have soem kind of positive one as well. Are you secondary?

Dionysus

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

your local office supplies can make one up for you.

Excellent (and simple!). Will head into Reids amárach. Thanks!

Any other suggestions from anybody for handy classroom aids will be appreciated.

spurious

You can make your own on vistaprint.ie

Toto Wolfcastle

For the positive ones I'd go with stickers rather than stamps.

spurious

If you teach JCSP classes, the stickers for that programme are very good and surprisingly popular with even the most challenging student. Sometimes I'm amazed at big lumps of lads lining up looking for their stickers.

Dionysus

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

For the positive ones I'd go with stickers rather than stamps.

Where can I get the stickers? Do you mean the JCSP stickers that Spurious mentioned or can I get other stickers made up somewhere?

Dionysus

spurious wrote: »

You can make your own on vistaprint.ie

Great link. What other time-saving stamp ink pads could I make up besides 'Disrupting class' and 'No homework'?

Dionysus

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

might be good for balance to have soem kind of positive one as well. Are you secondary?

Yes, secondary. What positive stamps would you suggest?

Toto Wolfcastle

Dionysus wrote: »

Where can I get the stickers? Do you mean the JCSP stickers that Spurious mentioned or can I get other stickers made up somewhere?

Have a look here. Some of them are quite silly and childish but you'd be surprised at how many secondary school students like the childish ones. Google school stickers and you might come up with more.

slickmcvic

Aldi and lydl sell the stamps u can make up yourself,they're €5 and were in recently so still
might pick em up

byhookorbycrook

superstickers.com are the cheapest I can find. (for primary)
justrewards.ie don't have the same range, but worth a look.
Oh, almost forgot, the praise postcards are the Holy Grail for students. Bill Rogers (he of "cracking the hard class" fame)swears by them. Have a look at the pre-printed ones. I get the children to write their address -saves me time
http://www.superstickers.com/products.aspx?tier1=Postcards&tier2=Praise
Only to be given out really rarely but worth anything.

Dionysus

slickmcvic wrote: »

Aldi and lydl sell the stamps u can make up yourself,they're €5 and were in recently so still
might pick em up

Just back from Lidl where I got a red and two blue coloured ones. I came home and put the letters into one of them and it gave me out black ink! They are nevertheless great value for €5 each but I'll bring the other two back and look elsewhere for ones with bigger letters and a more vivid colour.