Pursueyour classroom page

Your classroom page must…

• be completed in Publisher only• fill a portrait 297x210mm page (A4)• include photos of class members and teacher• include correctly spelt names of class members and

teacher• Include photos of achievements• clearly show room number• Use only standard fonts• be handed in before the end of term 3• reflect your classroom’s spirit

A great page should be…

- - - e y e c a t c h in g in t e r e s t in ge x c it in g

This means choosing a theme & making it work

Decide your theme as a classDecide what students will need to include e.g.

individual photos, group photos, 20 wd comments, stage names, ‘best known for’, ‘Also

Known As’…

Room 12 ‘08

Room 15 ‘08

Room 24 ‘08

Room 17 ‘08

Exactly what do you like?

How to settle on a design

• Look at other attractive layouts• check out other attractive magazines• look at last year’s school magazine• Ask yourself: what exactly do I like about it?

Choice of colours? Quirky photos? Font size/style? Theme? Image edits?

• Which parts could you do?• Roughly sketch layout ideas (what must be

included?)

How to use Publisher

• Start an 4A page in Publisher

• Explore the ‘Objects’ toolbar

• Create basic layouts with coloured Autoshapes

How to edit images

Arcsoft Photostudio is your friend.

Explore this program and this toolbar

SelectFreehand select

Zoom

Bucket fill

ScaleCrop

Colour palette

Move

SprayClone