With the aid of these fast, engaging and – above all – fun form time ideas, you can subtly boost some important cross-curricular skills. These ideas are suitable whether you have ten minutes available or a whole hour.
These activities will support students in developing their literacy and numeracy skills – particularly when it comes to helping younger students acclimatise to the new and unfamiliar demands of secondary school.
Find instructions for the following form time ideas in this free download:
Literacy form time ideas
- Assembling a book box
- Reading engaging short stories (try Roald Dahl’s The Landlady or Lamb to the Slaughter)
- Reading out interesting passages
- Listening to audiobooks
- Hosting a ‘newspaper morning’
- Creating a calendar of key topics
- Searching for additional background information via articles, blog posts, leaflets and online media
- Undertaking half-termly research projects (eg climate change)
- Playing competitive Boggle
- Sharing and reading poems (try Poetry Foundation or Poetry By Heart)
Maths ideas
- Playing Countdown
- Solving mathematical problems
- Going imaginary shopping
- Focusing on a formula of the week
- Teaching a concept to peers
- Answering ‘five a day’ questions
Meera Chudasama is an English, media and film studies teacher with a passion for design and research. She has developed course content for the Chartered College of Teaching.
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Form time ideas – Literacy and numeracy activities for KS3 & KS4
