This term I’ve been given the privilege of having a class all for myself. We usually have two teachers to a class but one is on maternity leave and my teaching partner has taken her place.  I’m enjoying my new class, bonding with my students and their parents. The only catch is that time is really flying and it will be the end of the school term!

I’ve never seen a school term fly by so quickly, it’s almost gone. We have only two more weeks of teaching time, then we’ll have a  revision week, followed by what we call the ‘Christmas End of Term Test’.  I realize that every teacher really needs an assistant because even though I’m getting things done, there’s always more to do. I’m correcting papers, books, and homework in the morning, during break time, lunch time and especially after school. So, I want all of the teacher aids and assistant teachers out there to know that you are so very much needed and appreciated!

Anyway, I have these End of Year Certificates and Awards for kids: kindergarten and primary grades. This one is an editable certificate of achievement that can be used for any class, or any other type of accomplishment. The others are not editable but they are specific to class level. Just click on any of the pictures below to see them at TpT. They all come on color and black and white, and they also include matching graduation invitations.

End of Year Certificates and Awards

Kindergarten graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for kindergarten students who are being promoted to first grade. These certificates state ‘Certificate of Promotion’ to 1st grade and ‘Certificate of Achievement’ for successfully completing Kindergarten.

First Grade graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for 1st grade students who are being promoted to 2nd grade. The certificates state ‘Certificate of Promotion to 2nd grade’ and ‘Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing 1st Grade’.

Second Grade graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for 2nd grade students who are being promoted to 3rd grade. They state ‘Certificate of Promotion to Third Grade’ and ‘Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing Second Grade’.

Third Grade graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for 3rd grade students who are being promoted to 4th grade. These certificates state ‘Certificate of Promotion to Fourth Grade’ and ‘Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing Third Grade’.

Fourth Grade graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for 4th grade students who are being promoted to 5th grade. These types of certificates state ‘Certificate of Promotion to Fifth Grade’ and ‘Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing Fourth Grade’.

Fifth Grade graduation certificates

These are graduation certificates for 5th grade students who are being promoted to 6th grade. They state ‘Certificate of Promotion to Sixth Grade’ and ‘Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing Fifth Grade’.

Classroom Awards

If you could chose only one type of certificate, chose an editable one like the first one above because you can change up the words as you like to suit your class.

Since we ae talking about the end of the school year, you can share some humor with your class with this joke book with very relatable jokes about end of year experiences like testing and graduation. This is my own creation so I may be a bit biased to say that it has the best bunch of end of year jokes you’ll find!

Testing, Graduation and End of Year jokes for kids