Tried and tested in the Primary classroom, this resource will motivate your pupils to organise themselves quickly, enabling wasted time to be a thing of the past!

Each table or group of pupils is assigned a coloured car (included) to 'race' towards the finish line throughout the week, in response to the teacher's instructions.

At the end of the week the winning group/table then receives a reward (to be decided by the teacher) and the cars are reset to 'start' for the next week's race.

You will receive:

• a Table Race track (on 3 seperate A4 sheets to be fixed together)
• a heading
• a chequered flag to display at the finish line
• a selection of coloured cars.

This resource can be used in a number of ways. For example:

• Award 2 'table race points' to the table/group which tidies up the quickest and 1 point for the next quickest table/group, etc. - you will find that classroom equipment miraculously disappears, leaving tidy tables in a fraction of the usual time taken!
• Award points for the tidiest pencil pots, etc.
• Award points for reading silently during reading sessions
• Award points for putting chairs up quietly at the end of the day

etc., etc.

Rewards given to the winning table/group each Friday could include a small inexpensive prize, team points, a privilege, etc.

The Table Race can be incorporated into your existing reward system easily.

You will be astonished at how well the Table Race can help to motivate the children, as well as bringing a fun element to mundane tasks such as tidying up!

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