Hand these Testing Encouragement Certificates to students on days when they are expected to take place in an important test or assessment task.

Provide students with encouragement by handing them a certificate prior to, during or at the end of the test.

Print, cut then laminate each certificate before handing them to your students.

Suggestions for using these certificates include:

• Hand a certificate to each student as they walk into the classroom on test day.
• Leave a certificate on each students’ desk for when they arrive.
• Hand a certificate to each student when handing out the test paper.
• Hand a certificate to each student after they have completed the test.
• Accompanying the certificates with a small encouragement gift, such as a pencil or sweet treat.

Choose from the following encouragement messages:

• Take your time and do your best!
• You’re a persistence champion.
• You’re almost there… Don’t give up!
• You stuck with it and got there!

A black and white version of this resource is available.