50 Fun Starter Activities

Bring your lessons to life with 50 ready-to-use starter activities that work in any subject!

This expanded, colour-coded handbook is packed with tried-and-tested quick-fire warm-ups (2–5 minutes) and engaging medium-length hooks (7–10 minutes) to energise your students, spark curiosity, and maximise learning time. Each activity comes with step-by-step instructions, an example prompt, and subject-specific tweak ideas for English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, and the Arts. Perfect for KS2–KS5, these activities need zero prep and can be pulled out mid-lesson for instant impact. Ideal for teachers, cover supervisors, and PGCE trainees who want their lessons to start with a bang, not a whimper.