ABSTRACT
It may well be part of your role to renew or create displays for the teacher. You need to know what the intention of the display is, but you also need to learn some skills to help you. For instance, choice of backing paper and ways of framing pupils’ two-dimensional work can make a difference to whether the display is eye-catching or not. The kind of lettering and its size matters as well as what is written about the work. Three-dimensional displays can be interactive – allowing pupils to touch and examine objects or just for visual effect. Care with paper trimmers, scissors and glue shows care of pupils’ work. Teachers should give you plenty of advice on what they are hoping to achieve; most of them have become very skilled at it. Where possible involve the pupils in ideas of what or how to display their work.
