Celebrate 100 Days of School with a heartfelt and collaborative 100 Days of School: Reasons We Love Our School Mural! This joyful activity invites students to reflect on the people, places, and experiences that make their school special. It’s the perfect way to foster community spirit, gratitude, and pride while marking this exciting classroom milestone.

Each student contributes a personal heart to the mural by writing or drawing a reason they love their school. The final display becomes a colourful and meaningful centrepiece that brightens your classroom and celebrates the unique community you’ve built over the first 100 days of learning together.

100 Days of School: Reasons We Love Our School Mural is perfect for whole-class participation and makes a wonderful addition to your 100th day celebrations. It encourages reflection, creativity, and a sense of belonging - and the finished mural is sure to bring smiles to students, teachers, and visitors alike.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Foster reflection, gratitude, and positive classroom culture
• ✅ Encourage self-expression through writing and art
• ✅ Promote a sense of community and belonging
• ✅ Celebrate student voice and individuality
• ✅ Create a collaborative visual display for the 100th day of school

What’s Included:

• High colour and low colour display poster (A4 or A3)
• Heart templates: - Blank hearts - Lined hearts in various line widths to suit different writing abilities

Materials Needed:

• Printed display poster and heart templates
• White or coloured cardstock
• Markers, crayons, coloured pencils for writing and decorating
• Optional: stickers, borders, craft supplies for extra decoration
• Blue tack or pins for display assembly

How to Use:

1. Print the display poster on A4 or A3 cardstock for durability.
2. Print enough heart templates for your class, selecting blank or lined versions based on student needs.
3. Give each student a heart to complete:
   • Students write or draw a reason they love their school (e.g. "my teacher," "learning new things," "playing with friends").
   • If using white cardstock, students can paint or colour their hearts for added creativity.
4. Create the display:
   • Arrange the hearts around or below the display poster.
   • For extra fun, shape the hearts into the number “100” on a classroom wall or bulletin board.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Share your own reason for loving your school to inspire thoughtful student responses.
• 💡 Use lined heart templates to support handwriting and sentence structure practise.
• 💡 Encourage students to decorate their hearts with stickers, borders, or drawings after writing.
• 💡 Invite other classes to view your mural and celebrate the spirit of your school community.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Conduct a brainstorming session before writing to help spark ideas for students.
• 💛 Turn the hearts into a class book titled “Why We Love Our School” to share with families.
• 💛 Create a digital version of the mural by photographing each heart and compiling a slideshow.
• 💛 Display the mural in a prominent area to showcase your classroom’s gratitude and pride in your school.

100 Days of School: Reasons We Love Our School Mural is a wonderful way to celebrate 100 days of learning while encouraging reflection, gratitude, and pride in your classroom and school community.

Be sure to check out our other 100 Days of School resources.