Start the school year with confidence and connection using this pack of icebreakers, designed to spark conversation, creativity and community in your classroom. It’s bursting with engaging activities to help build lasting bonds with your students.
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- One Alphabet Autobiography Activity – For each letter of the alphabet, think of one word or phrase that’s connected to you – your experiences, likes, memories, or personality.
- Two ‘Find a Friend’ Tasks – Get to know others in the class by finding friends who meet the criteria provided.
- One ‘Have You Ever?’ Sheet – A super prompt for starting discussions with your children. Have they ever done any of these activities?
- One ‘Most Likely’ Template – Choose children in the class or group who are most likely to achieve these goals.
- One ‘Would You Rather?’ Page – A fantastic discussion starter that asks children to choose what they would rather do from each pair of ideas.
- One ‘Personal Puzzles’ Template – Decorate each hexagonal puzzle piece with pictures, words and phrases about yourself, and then combine them to make a super display board!
- Six ‘Selfie Snapshots’ Pages – Draw a self-portrait on this phone template and use it on a display. Children could also draw (or write) about their favourite things, their achievements or their hopes for the future.
- Four ‘About Me Bunting’ Sheets – A set of bunting templates on which children can record information about themselves. Hang them in your room and see how the students have changed over time.
- Two ‘Dream Cloud’ Templates – Can you draw (or write about) your hopes, dreams and goals?
- One Page of Conversation Question Prompts – A large collection of questions that can be used when you are learning about your class for the first time.
- One Page of Icebreaker Activities – A set of games and activity ideas that can help your students get to know each other at the start of a new school year.
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The Icebreakers Pack
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Heather
Jan 10, 2026
Perfect for the new school year
It's always a challenge to think of new, motivational activities to start off the school year. This pack is great for providing lots of new ideas and activities. I am particularly looking forward to using the Alphabet Autobiography.
