My School Pledge Worksheet – Back to School

Thirteen "I will" commitments about effort, kindness and honesty fill a one-page class pledge, closing with a spot for students to sign and add a thumbprint.
Year levels
Years 1–5
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Aug 02, 2025

Subject
Months, Back To School, Resources for Teachers, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Holidays, Special Resources, Holiday & Seasonal
Topic
Pledge, School Pledge
Resource types
Bulletin Boards, Templates, Lesson Plans, Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready

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About this resource

My School Pledge provides 13 prewritten statements about classroom effort, kindness, honesty and belonging. Students read the pledge, sign their name and add a thumbprint; they do not compose a new pledge on this page.

Use it during a first-week classroom discussion or revisit it when reviewing expectations. Prepare an ink pad for the thumbprint box. The PDF contains one pledge worksheet and one license page.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recite and commit to a set of classroom behaviour expectations covering effort, kindness, honesty and perseverance.

  • Personalise the pledge by signing it and adding a thumbprint.

Teaching tips

  • Read the pledge aloud together as a class before students sign, since the language is written in first person ("I will...").

  • Have an ink pad ready for the thumbprint line so students can complete the personalisation step.

  • Consider displaying signed pledges together on a classroom board as a shared back-to-school commitment.

Skills covered

  • Community/character commitment — students read and personally commit to 13 classroom behaviour expectations covering readiness, effort, kindness, honesty, inclusion and perseverance.

  • Personalising a class agreement — students sign their name and add a thumbprint to make the pledge a personal keepsake.

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