Guinness World Records knows that all teachers are AMAZING and today we want to

remind your students and school.

To celebrate World Teachers Day, we’re shining the spotlight on some record-breaking teachers

and sharing these fun classroom activities.

World Teachers Day GWR Fun Fact: Father Geoffrey Schneider (Australia), born on 23 December 1912, retired from full-time teaching on 11 April 2014, aged 101 years 109 days – making him the-then oldest active teacher. He concluded his 74-year career at St Aloysius’ College in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia.

Word SearchSee if you can solve our Guinness World Records word search using the key!

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World Teachers Day GWR Fun Fact: The longest career as a language teacher is 58 years and was achieved by Ren Zuyong (China), who began his career in 1959, and continued to work as a Chinese teacher in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China, until 30 Aug 2017.

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Classroom BingoIt’s time to see if you can spot some fun records* in your classroom and school! Using the bingo card, see if you can fill in the names of people who match the descriptions of the superlatives. Who can complete their bingo card first?*Note these are not real records, just fun ways of using superlatives (tallest, fastest etc.)

World Teachers Day GWR Fun Fact: The longest chain of pipe cleaners is 18,099.92 m (59,382 ft 10 in),

achieved by Brookman Elementary School and teachers Alana London and Adam London (all USA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 9 March 2018.

21. Person who can draw the most perfect circle.

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1. Person with the most letters in their full name.

2. Person with the least letters in their full name.

3. Oldest person in the class.

4. Youngest person in the class.

5. Tallest person in the class.

6. Shortest person in the class.

7. Teacher who has taught the longest at your school.

8. Person with the most pets.

9. Person who can tie their shoes the fastest.

10. Person who can touch their tongue to their nose.

11. Person with the most pens and pencils.

12. Person with the smallest handwriting.

13. Person with the biggest handwriting.

14. Person who can snap their fingers the most times in 30 seconds.

15. Student with the longest hair.

16. Student with the shortest hair.

17. Most buttons on a backpack

18. Most doodles on a notebook or binder.

19. Person who has read the most books.

20. Person who can fold a fortune teller fastest.

22. Person who can spin a coin for the longest length of time.

23. Fastest time to write out the alphabet.

24. Person with the most crayons and markers.

Trivia - Can you guess the record?

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World Teachers Day GWR Fun Fact: The Largest vocabulary lesson consisted of 1,589

participants, and was achieved

by Rajesh Thakar and Cambridge International School (both India) in Gurgaon, India, on 21 May 2018.

Test your Guinness World Records knowledge and see if you can get 100% on our quiz!

Which planet in our Solar System was the first to be discovered?

Uranus

Venus

Saturn

Mars

Which continent has the most countries?

Europe

Australia

South America

Africa

The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest buidling (2,716 feet) is the same height as...

9 x Statue of Liberty

5 x Empire State Building

15 x Great Pyramid

2 x Eiffel Tower

What is the longest career as a teacher?

63 years

87 years

106 years

55 years

What is the largest animal in the world?

Giraffe

Giant Squid

Blue Whale

Elephant

QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3

QUESTION 5QUESTION 4

A A A

AA

B B B

C C C

D D D

BB

C C

D D

Answers: 1. A, 2. D, 3. C, 4. A, 5. B