Your own words
AI does not write, complete or rewrite a colleague’s message.
Recognition days · Past date
World Teachers’ Day.
From the whole staff.
World Teachers’ Day is 5 October. Collect a card from colleagues for a teacher, mentor or staff team, including the people who work different days.
AI checks. Human review. Your own words. ↓World Teachers’ Day
5 October, every year
Place
Official dates and details ↗Worldwide
World Teachers’ Day
Thanks across the timetable.
Choose whether this is a card from staff, families or an adult learning group. Different groups need different invitations and different care with personal details.
- 01
A colleague who mentored you
Invite the staff they helped. Ask contributors to use their own experience without sharing a pupil’s name, circumstances or learning records.
- 02
The staff behind a department
Teaching assistants, cover staff and support colleagues may share the work. Include them when the card is for the people who made the term possible.
- 03
A teacher moving schools
Use the day to organise a card before they leave, or use a leaving card for their actual last day. Keep the two dates clear to contributors.
- 04
A team on different contracts
Part-time and supply colleagues may miss a staff meeting. A browser writing link lets them contribute without being in the room at the same time.
- 05
A professional learning group
An adult training cohort can thank a tutor together. Let each participant choose what to share rather than collecting a standard message from everyone.
The organiser’s list
Before 5 October.
A card is separate from a school’s safeguarding and communication rules. Use the routes your organisation has agreed for inviting contributors.
- Choose the adult recipient and the writing group.
- Keep pupils’ personal information out of notes.
- Give part-time staff time to contribute.
- Pick an opening date and delivery route.
- Review flagged notes before the card closes.
AI safety checks
People write.
AI checks.
The check looks for threats, abuse, sexual content, spam and exposed private details. Flagged notes are kept off the card for a person to review.
How the checks work ↗A person can correct it
Company cards have a spam folder for managers and admins. On a card bought without an account, the creator reviews set aside notes through their manage link.
The limits are clear
AI can miss a note or flag one wrongly. If the check is unavailable, writing still works.
Check the data policy
Notes are sent to TypeSafe for the check. Names and card access codes are left out of that request.
Read the privacy notice ↗From an occasion to a card
Give them
everyone’s words.
- 01
Create the card
Pick a cover, name the recipient and choose when it opens. You can buy one card without a company account.
- 02
Share the writing link
Colleagues contribute in a browser. Each person writes and signs their own message.
- 03
They open it on the day
The messages arrive together in one card. The recipient reads it on their phone.
For repeated birthdays, work anniversaries, welcomes and leaving days, use a company account with Slack and BambooHR.
See the plans ↗Questions
When is World Teachers’ Day?
5 October every year. UNESCO confirms the date; national Teacher Appreciation Weeks can use other dates.
Can colleagues on different timetables sign?
Yes. They can use the writing link in a browser when they are available.
Will AI write the messages?
No. Contributors write their own words. The AI check can flag notes for a person to review.
Let every colleague sign.
Checked 30 September 2026.