Help your new class to learn about each other by using this free transition activities KS2 pack.

Transition activities KS2

Getting to know you grid

This is great if you have a class who don’t know each other very well. Students need to move around asking others if they fulfil one of these things.

Getting to know you game

Students can play this in pairs or threes. Roll a dice, move that number of spaces then give the information that the game asks you for.

We are all a piece of this class

This can be an individual activity where the student writes and draws about themselves. They need to think about presentation so that you can then display it in the classroom.

What would your shield say about you?

This can be an individual activity where the student writes and draws about themselves. They need to think about presentation so that this too can then be displayed in the classroom.

Little Sherbet Lemon has been a KS2 teacher for 18 years and enjoys making teaching resources which get children thinking and loving learning. Find more of her resources on her TES page Little Sherbet Lemon. Follow her on Twitter at @litsherbetlemon. Browse more of our back-to-school activities and transition day activities.

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