A class promise your students write, sign and live by.
On day one, ask your class what kind of class they want to be, then turn their ideas into five or six promises that start with "We". Use the ready-made promise cards or type your own, and every child signs a star to display around the promise. Perfect for the first week back, and for revisiting after every holiday.
Part of the Back to School Bundle.
This pack is one of 12 in the bundle, alongside a Start Here plan for your first fortnight back: see the full Back to School Bundle.
What's included:
- How to Use page
- Our Class Promise header
- Eight ready-made promise cards with emoji faces, like "We are kind." and "We include everyone."
- Blank emoji promise cards to write your own
- "I promise!" signing stars in colour and black and white
- "This year I promise to..." page
- Looks like, sounds like, feels like chart
- EDITABLE PDF and our Canva template, to type your own promises
- Australian and US versions
- Terms of Use
How it works:
- Ask: "What kind of class do we want to be?" Collect ideas on the board.
- Group them into five or six promises, each starting with "We".
- Print our cards or type your own, and put up the display.
- Every child signs a star. Your promise is official!
Why teachers love it:
- The class writes the promise, so they own it
- Point to the wall, not the child: "Which promise helps here?"
- Makes a soft, welcoming first display
- Unpack one promise a week with the looks, sounds, feels chart
Curriculum: Suits Foundation to Year 3. Linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 9), Health and Physical Education, Personal, social and community health: interacting with others and building a respectful, inclusive class.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: The pack is a flattened PDF. The promise cards and the looks, sounds, feels chart also come as an EDITABLE PDF, and there's a link to our Canva template inside.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
OUR HAPPINESS GUARANTEE
We want you to love every Mrs Edgar resource. If something isn't right, contact us within 30 days and we'll make it right. Because this is a digital file we can't refund a download that has already been opened, but we will always help you get it working. See our Returns Policy.
FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
