This Word of the Year classroom resource helps students reflect on how they learn and how they show up at school by choosing a learning word and a personal word for the year ahead.
Designed to be used alongside the matching Word of the Year teaching slides, these templates help students turn reflection into language they can understand, explain, and revisit throughout the year.
Instead of setting big or unrealistic goals, students focus on intention, effort, and behaviour. Their chosen words become a gentle guide they can return to during learning challenges, tricky moments or reflection time.
This resource is designed to be flexible, age-appropriate, and easy to implement in the first days of the school year.
What’s included:
Detailed teaching notes and lesson plan
Word banks for personal words and learning words (student version)
Word banks for personal words and professional words (teacher version)
Variety of student templates (colour or black and white)
Teacher templates
Why this works
Encourages self-awareness without pressure
Supports positive learning habits and behaviour
Builds shared language students and teachers can use all year
Flexible, age-appropriate and easy to implement