Icebreakers and getting to know you activities

Whether you teach in an EYFS setting, a primary school, a secondary school or an FE college, the first days, or even the first weeks, of the new school year are all about getting to know your learners.

Our collection of back-to-school activities and editable teaching resources includes icebreakers, printable templates, worksheets, PowerPoints and top tips for the new academic year.

Try our brand new Icebreaker templates pack and icebreaker resources for getting-to-know-you games, discussion questions and activities to foster an environment of trust and mutual respect in your classroom. 

Teachers’ toolkit is perfect for new teachers as well as seasoned pros, and contains tips and templates for icebreakers as well as classroom management, time management and emotional wellbeing support for both you and your students. Download our Teacher planner 2023-4 for range of organisational templates to support you throughout the school year. 

You might also like our CPD articles on 20 ideas for icebreakers, ITT trainer Aly Spencer's Strategies for remembering students' names for new teachers, or Andy Sammon's advice on Lesson openings: how to start a lesson well.

You'll find a general introduction to the importance of icebreakers in our CPD article Fostering engagement and mutual respect through icebreakers

We've also got subject-specific transition and first lesson resources for secondary English, Languages, Maths, Science, History and Geography, as well as a dedicated Back to school collection of resources for Primary teachers. 

 

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