Year 6 First Week Back Activities Bundle | Transition & Back to School

wo meaningful Year 6 activities designed to help you start the new school year with purpose, creativity and plenty of opportunities to get to know your new class.

This bundle brings together Initial Island and Letter to My Future Self, two activities designed for the first days back in Year 6.

Initial Island gives pupils a creative way to introduce themselves by designing an island based around their initial and filling it with the people, places, interests and things that matter to them.

Letter to My Future Self takes pupils further, encouraging them to reflect on who they are now, think about their hopes and goals, make predictions and write a letter to themselves to open at the end of Year 6.

Together, the activities provide a meaningful way to begin building relationships while giving pupils opportunities for creativity, reflection and purposeful writing.

The bundle includes:
• Initial Island A to Z activity
• Planning and reflection activities
• A to Z initial templates
• Letter to My Future Self activity pack
• Before I Write reflection activity
• Two letter writing pages
• Snapshot of Me Right Now activity
• Goal setting and aspirations activity
• Predictions activity
• Memories and reflection activity
• Printable Future Me envelope
• Teacher guidance

Perfect for:
• First week back
• Year 6 transition
• Getting to know your class
• PSHE and wellbeing
• Goal setting and reflection
• Classroom displays
• Meaningful independent work

Both resources are designed to be simple to prepare and easy to use in the classroom.

Two activities. One meaningful start to Year 6