First Day of School 2023 Activities Teaching Resources for Key Stage 2 - Upper
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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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Classroom Behaviour Discussion Cards
Encourage pupils to think about what a positive learning environment looks like, sounds like and feels like with this set of 10 discussion cards.
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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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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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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your pupils a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class games.
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Never Have I Ever... Getting-to-know-you Game
Get to know your new students with this child-friendly version of the popular game, 'Never Have I Ever.'
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Fishing To Know You
Get to know your new class at the beginning of the year with this Fishing to Know You activity.
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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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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
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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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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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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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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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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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Beginning of Year Time Capsule Template
Use this teaching resource at the beginning of the school year to create a time capsule for each pupil.