Add festive fun to your maths lessons with this Christmas Code-Breaking Activity, perfect for KS2 and ideal for end-of-term lessons, morning work, early finishers, or homework. These engaging sheets combine addition and subtraction practice with a Christmas-themed puzzle, keeping pupils focused while building fluency.
Learners solve each calculation and use the code at the top of the sheet to match digits to letters. Once the full set of 10 questions is completed, pupils uncover a hidden Christmas message. The pack includes two full code-breaking worksheets, each with mixed addition and subtraction tasks of increasing challenge.
This is a low-prep, high-engagement activity that reinforces core arithmetic while adding a seasonal twist.
What’s Included
✦ Two Christmas code-breaking worksheets
✦ Mixed addition and subtraction questions
✦ Digit-to-letter code for cracking the hidden message
✦ Ideal for independent work or whole-class challenges
✦ Print-ready, no-prep resource
Why Teachers Love It
• ✔ Fun and festive while still practising essential maths skills
• ✔ Suitable for a wide range of abilities
• ✔ Great for warm-ups, early finishers and end-of-term tasks
• ✔ Easy to differentiate and simple to deliver
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