First Day of School 2025 Activities Teaching Resources
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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.
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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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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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Back to School Icebreaker – Put a Finger Down Classroom Activity
Kick off a new school year with a 'Put a Finger Down' Getting to Know You classroom icebreaker.
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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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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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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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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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Team Building Games – Key Stage 2
Encourage communication and cooperation with a set of 10 team building 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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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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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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Interview a Classmate – First Day of School Activity
Help your pupils learn more about their new classmates with this fun speaking and listening activity!
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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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First Week of School Activities Resource Pack
A resource pack of engaging activities to use in the first weeks of the new school year.