Y1 Brain Booster Cards

Year 1 Challenge Task Cards (Brain Boosters!)

Keep your Y1 children engaged with these quick, purposeful challenge cards. These are designed for children who have finished their work and need 5 minutes to complete an on-task, independent activity. These could also be used as whole-class morning starters or as an intervention.

This pack includes 32 challenge cards:

8 maths challenges covering many curriculum objectives
8 English challenges covering many curriculum objectives
8 science challenges covering many curriculum objectives
8 creative challenges including drawing, word challenges, designing and more

Children will need a whiteboard, notebook or piece of paper to jot down workings out and explain/prove their thinking.

These activities have been designed to:

Promote independent learning and problem-solving
Encourage reasoning
Develop creativity and critical thinking
Reinforce Y1 National Curriculum objectives
Provide an appropriate level of challenge for confident learners and fast finishers

These cards need minimal teacher preparation and can be used over and over again. Simply print, cut and laminate and allow children to challenge themselves all year round.

An editable PowerPoint is included upon download, allowing you to adapt the cards to suit your class.