Back to School Activities Pack - Year 5 and 6 - NO PREP
Back to School Activities Pack - Year 5 and 6 - NO PREP
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Set yourself up for a smooth start to the school year with this no-prep Back to School resource designed especially for Grade 5 and Grade 6 students. With 20+ purposeful and engaging activities, available in both printable and digital formats, you’ll be ready to build classroom routines, assess your students, and make meaningful connections from Day 1.
Find this resource inside our money-saving BACK TO SCHOOL BUNDLE.
This resource takes the stress out of planning your first week back, giving you the tools to establish expectations, get to know your students, and keep them engaged while you assess their learning needs. Perfect for upper elementary classrooms!
All tasks are available in British and American spelling. Plus have PRINTABLE and DIGITAL options
What is included:
- Icebreaker Games: Find someone who… & Classroom Detectives
- Holiday/Vacation Bingo
- My Learning Goals
- SMART Goals Templates
- ‘How I Like to Learn’ Student Survey
- Back to School Survival Kit
- Classroom Job Application
- Holiday/Vacation Headlines Recount
- A Good Friend Y Chart
- New Friend Interview
- Respect at School
- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle at School
- Persuasive Letter Writing Task (Recycling Theme)
- Back to School Selfie
- Back to School Survival Pack
- My Numbers Task
- Number Crunching Comparison Task
- Back to School Survey (Data Collection Task)
- Data Graphing BLM + Pie Chart
- Back to School Maths Code Breaker
- Word Search (with answers)
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BONUS: Sample Exit Ticket + B2S Themed Student Tags
How to use it in your classroom:
- Structure your first week with easy-to-implement, meaningful activities
- Assess students’ abilities while building classroom community
- Mix and match digital and printable options to suit your teaching setup
- Integrate literacy, numeracy, and goal setting into your back to school routine
- Establish expectations and classroom culture from day one
Benefits for students:
- Encourages reflection, collaboration and self-awareness
- Offers varied and engaging entry points into learning
- Supports transition back to school with fun, purposeful tasks
- Builds confidence through structured goal setting
- Promotes creativity and student voice in the classroom
❤️ What other teacher's are saying about this resource: ❤️
“Awesome activities to start off the school year!” Joan
“This resource was useful in my first week with my first ever class and it helped me create connections with them.” Jessica
"Great back to school activities! Fun, engaging and a great variety!!" Jaclyn
“So easy to plan, meant that I could spend my time getting to know my students.” Haley
“Some great, light activities to start the year and take pressure off teachers at the beginning of the school year!” Penny
We are passionate about helping teachers here at Rainbow Sky Creations. We hope you and your students enjoy this resource.
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super helpful resource for the first week back to school!
This resource is a great way to help students get back to school. Thank you!
This resource was useful in my first week with my first ever class and it helped me create connections with them.
This was a great resource to use at the beginning of the school year.
Great back to school activities! Fun, engaging and a great variety!
We think so too!! Glad you loved them Jaclyn, thank you for your feedback :)
Engaging back to school activities Students enjoyed these.
Fantastic set of activities for that first week of school
We have thoroughly enjoyed this resource! It covered many of topics we have explored.
Loved it! Thanks!
Fantastic resource to use at the start of the year - getting to know the students.
Good resource. The students liked it!
This was really useful for my students. Thank you!
Love it!
So glad!
Great resource for forst week of school!
great ideas
A great resource. Thank you :)
Thankyou- great for setting up at the start of the year
Thank you for your feedback, Justine!
Love this! Was great to use in my first week in the classroom! Easy to use, print and go. Accessible to all students at a variety of levels.
Great activities for the first week back to school! Thank you x
Thank you for the feedback, Shawnee.
Resources were easy to use and enjoyed by my students
Thanks for your feedback!
Perfect back to school resource!
Thanks for your feedback, Jane!
Another high quality resource from RSC. Thanks, this is going to be super helpful!
Thanks for your feedback!
great quality and well made resource!
Thanks for your feedback, Bianca!
Good job
Thanks for your feedback, Adell. We always welcome suggestions on how we can make our resources better. ????
Loved how comprehensive this resource was and how diverse the activities were. Thanks again for making teachers' lives easier...
Another great resource that can be used in the classroom
Covers a lot, great starters here. Love the exit tickets included. Thank you
amazing resource! thank you! :)
Some awesome resources for back to school! Looking forward to putting it to use this week!
Excellent and engaging resources for the first week back at school
good
Contains an extensive array of back to school get-to-know-you worksheets. Fantastic resource. Thank you!
Brilliant!
Fantastic!