--- title: "Happy Birthday Teacher – Class Video | birthday.video" description: "Happy birthday teacher wishes from a class, then a video with the children’s drawings, short clips and a Happy Birthday tune. Free, private and parent-friendly." url: https://birthday.video/happy-birthday-teacher --- Free · made on your device # Happy birthday, teacher: wishes and a video from the class Lines children can say or write, and a class video put together by one parent or classroom assistant, with care for whose faces and names appear. Free · no sign-up · no watermark Happy birthday Mrs Patel ★ You’re the best teacher ever Love from Class 3 A class birthday video for a teacher is usually organised by one parent, a class rep or a teaching assistant: each child sends a drawing, a photo of a card or a short clip, and you put them together with the teacher’s name and a Happy Birthday tune. Borrow a line below, gather what the families send, and export an **Video (MP4)** to play in class or send to the teacher. This page opens the editor on the group templates in Landscape 16:9, which suits a classroom screen. If the staff want to make one for a colleague instead, see the [coworker page](https://birthday.video/happy-birthday-coworker). Because the editor runs in your browser, children’s pictures and clips are never uploaded to us; they stay on the organiser’s device. Start from one of these ## Happy birthday wishes for a teacher Short enough for a child to say on camera or write on a drawing. Put the class’s favourite in **Message**. * Happy birthday to the best teacher in the whole school. * Thank you for helping us learn something new every day. * Happy birthday, Mrs Patel. We promise to tidy up today. * You make maths fun, which is a kind of magic. * Happy birthday from your favourite class. (We know we are.) * Thank you for being patient, kind and very good at reading voices. * Wishing you a day with no marking at all. * Happy birthday to the teacher who believes in all of us. * You’re a star, Mr Hughes. Happy birthday from Class 4. * Thank you for every story, every sticker and every second chance. * Have a brilliant birthday. We’ll be extra quiet. Probably. * Happy birthday to our teacher, our coach and our biggest cheerleader. * From all of us: thank you, and happy birthday. ## How to make a class birthday video for a teacher 1. ### Ask parents first Message the class parents with what you are making, who will see it and a deadline. Only include children whose parents say yes. 2. ### Collect drawings and clips Ask for a photo of a drawing or card, or a five-second clip of the child saying happy birthday. First names only. 3. ### Build the video Press **Make a class birthday video**, type the teacher’s name in **Name** and the class’s wish in **Message**, then **Add photos and clips** and **Add music**. 4. ### Export and give it Press **Export video**, then send it to the teacher or ask the school to play it in class. ## Children’s photos and names: do it carefully A class video is full of other people’s children, so it deserves a little care. Schools have their own rules about photos; follow them, and when in doubt ask the class teacher or the office first. * **Get each parent’s OK** before a child’s face or voice goes in. A drawing is a good alternative for families who prefer not to. * **First names only.** Keep surnames, school uniforms with badges and anything that identifies where children live out of shot. * **Send it privately.** Give the video to the teacher and the class parents, not to public social media. * **Delete what you don’t use.** Once the video is done, clear the clips you were sent from your phone. birthday.video helps here by design: nothing is uploaded, so the children’s clips never leave the organiser’s device. ## Ideas that teachers love ### Drawings Photograph each child’s drawing flat, in good light. A run of portraits of the teacher in crayon is one of the most-treasured things a teacher can be given. ### One word each Ask every child to describe the teacher in one word. Strung together, “kind, funny, smiley, clever, tall” makes a lovely sequence. ### From the whole year group For a teacher who is leaving or retiring, the same approach works across several classes; keep each clip short so the video stays watchable. The [group birthday video page](https://birthday.video/birthday-montage) explains how to collect lots of clips. ## Teacher birthday videos: questions ### What can a class write to a teacher on their birthday? Short, heartfelt lines a child can say: “Thank you for helping us learn”, “You’re the best teacher in the school”. There are more in the list above. ### Do I need permission to include children? Yes. Ask each child’s parent or carer before including their face or voice, use first names only and follow the school’s rules on photos. ### Can parents upload clips directly? No. There are no shared upload links: parents send clips to the organiser, who adds them on their own device. That also keeps the children’s clips off any server. ### How long should a class birthday video be? Around two minutes. With thirty children, a few seconds each or a mix of clips and drawings keeps it lively. ### Is it free? 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