First Day of School 2026 Activities Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Can You Save Fred? STEM Icebreaker Activity
Encourage teamwork and resilience with an exciting Save Fred STEM Challenge activity.
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Back to School Activity Mats - All Year Levels
Use these back-to-school activity mats as your first day of school warm-up activity during morning arrival.
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New Year Goal Setting Selfie Template
Inspire your students to reflect and set goals for the new year with a New Year Goal Setting Selfie Template.
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Learning Modality Quiz (Upper Primary)
Use a Learning Modality Quiz to help you discover the types of learners in your upper year classroom.
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Letter to the Teacher Template
Get to know your students with an all about me writing template.
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What are Desk Pets? Introduction Slide Deck
Introduce your students to your Desk Pet Classroom Reward System with an engaging slide deck.
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Find Someone Who Icebreaker
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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Funky School Bus Craft Activity
Go for a ride on the Funky School Bus with a fun school bus craft for kids!
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Interview a Classmate - First Day of School Activity
Help your students learn more about their new classmates with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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Headbands Game - Team Building Activity
Play a game of school related celebrity heads to develop teamwork and collaboration skills.
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Fishing To Know You
A getting-to-know-you activity for the beginning of the year.
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Back to School Colouring-In Pages
Use these back-to-school colouring pages as a first day of school activity with your students.
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Project Based Back-to-School Activity - Plan an Excursion
Integrate Project-based activities into your beginning-of-year maths and lessons by inviting your students to plan an excursion, calculate costs and follow a budget.
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Great Goals Gondola Template
A fun paper craft template for students to set personal and learning goals.
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Back to School Today — Short Poem for Kids
Use this short poem for kids when students return to school. This child-friendly poem discusses feelings that they may experience when heading back to school after an extended break.
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M and M Icebreaker Game
Get to know each other with a printable M and M Icebreaker game board activity.
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2026 Goal Setting Worksheet
Inspire your students to reflect and set goals for the new year with a 2026 Goal Setting worksheet.
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Would You Rather Slides - Back to School Edition
Engage your new students in lively discussions with this set of 16 back-to-school “Would You Rather” Slides.
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Charades-Inspired Good Behaviour Game
Explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviours at the beginning of a new school year with a Good Behaviour Game.
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Back to School Bookmarks - Colour In
Hand out Back to School Bookmarks Colour In templates as a first day warm up activity.
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Back to School - Get to Know You Dice Game
Play a Back to School - Get to Know You Dice Game for students to get to know their classmates.
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Funky Apple - Printable Apple Craft Activity
Make a fun (and Funky) Apple with our Printable Apple Craft Activity template.
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New Year Goal Setting Flipbook Booklet
Inspire your students to reflect and set goals for the new school year with a Goal Setting flipbook booklet.
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A Puzzle About Myself Template
Create an It’s Me! puzzle piece with our printable puzzle about myself templates.
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- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Foundation Year
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 1
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 2
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 3
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 4
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 5
- First Day of School 2026 Activities for Year 6