First Day of School 2025 Activities Teaching Resources for Key Stage 2 - Upper
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Printable SMART Goals Template for KS2
Start the school year by having your KS2 pupils use a printable template to set their own S.M.A.R.T. goals.
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Back to School Word Search Worksheets
Warm up your pupils’ vocabulary skills with this set of Back to School word searches.
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Icebreaker Bingo – First Day of School Game
Kick off a new school year with a Getting to Know You Icebreaker Bingo!
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Behaviour Charades for Key Stage 2
Explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviours at the beginning of a new school year with a fun charade activity.
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Four Squares of Learning - A Getting to Know You Worksheet
Learn your students' expectations for the new school year with this first week of school activity.
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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
Use our fun, quick icebreakers to help your students ‘Find Four’ new classmates to make friends with on the first day of school.
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Best Friend Wanted Poster Template
Use our Best Friend Wanted Poster Template to spark new friendships at the beginning of the year.
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Who’s in Your Circle? Icebreaker Activity for KS2
Help your pupils find like-minded friends on the first day of school with a ‘Who’s in Your Circle?’ icebreaker activity.
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All About Me Concertina - Back to School Craft
Craft a fun All About Me Pencil Craft with a printable concertina book template.
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Soup, Salad, or Sandwich Game - Interactive Icebreaker
Play the Soup, Salad, or Sandwich? Game for an exciting icebreaker or brain-break activity!
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One Has to Go! Game of Elimination Icebreaker for KS2
Play ‘One Has to Go!” and engage your pupils in a friendly classroom debate with this interactive icebreaker game.
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Collaborative Icebreaker - Back to School Scatter Game
Start the school year with a collaborative game to initiate pupil introductions.
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Interview Shuffle – Icebreaker Activity
Help your pupils get to know each other with a Back to School icebreaker activity.
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Back to School Colouring Pages
Use these back-to-school colouring pages as a first day of school activity with your pupils.
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Back to School Activity Mats - All Year Groups
Use these back-to-school activity mats as your first day of school warm-up activity during morning arrival.
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Back to School - Getting to Know You Dice Roll
Get your pupils up, moving, and making new friends with a quick round of Getting to Know You Dice Roll
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Back to School Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Build a classroom community and help your students get to know each other with a fun getting to know you activity.
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Add It In – Active Listening Activity
Practise following directions to colour and draw pictures with a printable listening activity worksheet pack.
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Summer Snapshots
Celebrate the end of summer with this fun back-to-school activity.
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Reaction Charades
A fun game for students to explore positive and negative ways of reacting to situations.
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First Day of School Photo Props and Display
Celebrate going back to school with a printable photo props pack to be used in the classroom on the first day of the school year.
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'Sit Down If...' Getting-to-know-you Elimination Game
Play this interactive game with your new class to break the ice in the first week of a new school year.
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Team Building Games – Key Stage 2
Encourage communication and cooperation with a set of 10 team building games.
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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your pupils a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class games.