Key Stage 2 Morning Challenges - October

Start your day with a calm but purposeful routine that gets children’s brains buzzing as soon as they walk through the door. These Morning Challenge Activities are designed to be completed independently on whiteboards, scrap paper, or in a dedicated morning challenge book.

This resource provides a ready-to-use set of challenges for every day of October. Each activity slide is fully editable on PowerPoint, making it easy to adapt to your class needs, themes, or current topics.

Every set offers a variety of quick, engaging tasks across subjects — from number puzzles, word scrambles, and brain teasers to creative drawing prompts and general knowledge questions. The format stays consistent so children know what to expect, but the content changes daily to keep it fresh and exciting.

The challenges are inclusive and varied, meaning there’s something for everyone: logical thinkers, writers, readers, problem-solvers, and artists. They’re simple to set up, require no extra resources, and are perfect for a hassle-free soft start to the school day while you take the register or settle the class.

Teachers can use them to:

Wake up children’s brains with short, snappy tasks

Encourage independence and responsibility

Provide a calm, focused start to the morning

Build in daily opportunities for retrieval, practice, and creativity

With Morning Challenge Activities – october Edition, you’ll establish a smooth start-of-day routine that children enjoy and teachers find stress-free.