First Day of School 2026 Activities Teaching Resources for Key Stage 2 - Lower
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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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Rock the School Year - Goal Setting Craftivity
Set goals to have a rockin’ school year with a back to school goal setting craftivity.
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Back to School Emoji Code Breaker Worksheets
Use this emoji code breaker worksheet as a back to school activity with your pupils.
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Getting to Know You Fortune Teller
Use this getting to know you fortune teller template and summary sheet as a first day of school activity.
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Mindfulness Activities - Backpack Craft and Book
Promote mindfulness and social and emotional learning with this Mindfulness Backpack activity.
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Let's Be Sharp! Goal Setting Craft
Set a positive tone and start the school year with a 'Let’s Be Sharp!' Goal Setting craft.
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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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Classroom Scavenger Hunt – PowerPoint Presentation
Take your primary pupils on a scavenger hunt to get to know their new classroom environment.
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Who Am I? Icebreaker Game
Make day 1 a success with this fun icebreaker game.
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Back to School STEM Challenge Cards for Years 1-3
Integrate STEM activities into your back-to-school plans by guiding pupils to create a picture frame, name tag and pencil cup.
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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.
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Back to School Chatterbox
Help make heading back to school a blast with this paper chatterbox template.
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Never Have I Ever... Getting-to-know-you Game – Key Stage 2
Have some back to school fun with a child-friendly version of the popular getting-to-know-you game, ‘Never Have I Ever’.
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Let's Cooperate Code Cracker - Upper KS2
A whole class game including a collection of 6 activities which students need to solve to reveal numbers to combine for a lock combination.
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Let's Cooperate Code Cracker - Lower KS2
A whole class game including a collection of 6 activities which students need to solve to reveal numbers to combine for a lock combination.
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards
Use these Would You Rather...? question cards to get to know your pupils in a fun way.
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Interactive Icebreaker Game Display
Looking for a fun interactive way for your pupils to get to know each other at the beginning of the school year? This is it!
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Icebreaker Games – Get to Know You Game Cards
Help your pupils get to know each other with this set of 20 icebreaker games.
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All About My Culture – Chatterbox Template
A chatterbox template for students to use when learning about the different cultures of their classmates.
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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.