Winter activity ideas for primary

Explore this hand-picked collection of winter-themed lessons, activities and presentations for your EYFS and primary classes

Tes Resources Team

Primary children wearing winter clothes taking part in winter activity ideas for primary

Glistening winter-themed resources to explore the season with EYFS and primary pupils

Winter may be associated with shorter days and colder weather, however that doesn’t mean we should only consider the doom and gloom of the season. From magical snowflakes - even if they are only paper ones! - to winter wreaths, there is plenty for young learners to get excited about! So, wrap up warm and treat your class with these imaginative winter activities ...

For more seasonal creative writing resources, explore these hand-picked activities on Seasonal poetry for primary. Looking for festive activities and worksheets? Take a look at our Christmas resources collection for 2025.

Winter activities EYFS

Winter themed Early Years pack
bookinspiredplay

Winter themed Early Years pack

£3.50
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This winter themed pack contains both decorative items for class display as well as activities linked to both literacy, numeracy and other skill areas. Activities are fairly self explanatory, but a short description is given where needed. You will find included: Literacy based: All phase...
Winter Mitten CVC
tecimener

Winter Mitten CVC

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Contains x 3 different mitten b/w writing or building templates (8, 6, 4) x12 CVC mitten templates
Simple addition Winter Pack
Littlelearnersonline

Simple addition Winter Pack

£2.50
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This pack of simple addition activities is perfect for the winter with it's cute robins and snow covered holly branches. It consists of simple addition questions with pictures to support the calculation and a number line to help with number recognition and the writing of numerals. The questions get ...
Let's Write Winter Words EYFS
lbrowne

Let's Write Winter Words EYFS

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5 different worksheets where children name the pictures related to Winter and then trace over the words. Links to Seasons, Winter, Christmas, Weather, handwriting and fine motor control. Please see also Let's Write Autumn, Spring and Summer Words on this shop too.
Winter Number Games
jof78

Winter Number Games

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Here is a set of 6 Maths games with a Winter theme. They are easy to play and easy to set up. In your pack you will receive: \* 3 x Roll and Cover Games in both colour and B&W (number recognition to 6, to 12 and addition of 2 numbers to 12) \* Snowball Race Board Game (number recognition ...

Winter activities KS1

Winter
Krazikas

Winter

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This resource contains a short presentation on Winter Days. You may also be interested in: **[Winter Days Presentation](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/winter-days-assembly-lesson-powerpoint-47-slides-11430903)** This is a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint presentation on the th...
Play - Ideas for Winter
naturedetectives

Play - Ideas for Winter

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Winter play booklet - inspire children with outdoor play ideas for winter. Be adventurous this half-term with tons of cool ideas. Get kids outdoors exploring with this fresh activity from the Woodland Trust's nature detectives website.
Winter topic word and writing resource
MsWhitesWordWorld

Winter topic word and writing resource

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This versatile winter vocabulary resource is perfect to teach the vocabulary related to seasonal changes as well as inspiring young writers' imaginations and produce some wintery writing. The pack includes: -**Large display topic vocabulary** with picture clues in 3 versions- black and white backgr...
Winter year 1
hollyjack1

Winter year 1

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All about Winter 20 page PPT plus 30 pages of print and go activities. Winter activities, worksheets, comprehensions. Suitable for year 1. PPT covers what and when is winter, winter solstice, why it is cold and dark in winter, what happens to animals, plants and trees in winter, signs of winter. *...
Winter Writing and Poetry Pack for Upper KS1 and KS2
Claire McNeill

Winter Writing and Poetry Pack for Upper KS1 and KS2

£4.00
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Students will love these fabulous Winter Writing Printables. Included in this 20 page NO PREP needed download- Writing Templates with Winter/Seasonal related pictures Cinquain and Quatrain Poetry Templates Sensory Poem Templates Writing Tasks Compare and Contrast (seasonal task) Bra...

Winter activities KS2

Winter Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6
Online_Teaching_Resources

Winter Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6

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Winter Haiku Poetry - Year 5 and 6 This 3-lesson mini-unit is designed to cover creative writing and poetry. It includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities. The PowerPoint uses bright colour, large and attractive fonts, vibrant imagery and easy to follow, child-friendly language. ...
Winter Wreath
naturedetectives

Winter Wreath

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Make fantastic winter wreaths out of twigs, holly and pines cones! Please only collect items that have fallen to the woodland floor - trees and plants hold onto what they need! Get kids outdoors exploring and bring the outdoors into your classroom with this fresh activity from the Woodland T...
Winter Story Prompts Creative Writing
FullShelf

Winter Story Prompts Creative Writing

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20 winter themed Key Stage 2 (KS2) or early KS3 imaginative / creative writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks with descriptive words, prompt questions and more. Ideal for the winter months, with ideas for cold and snowy day stories, winter holidays and w...
Creative Writing: Describing a Winter Setting
Mrs McL Teaches

Creative Writing: Describing a Winter Setting

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This resource focuses on describing setting during creative writing. It begins with a starter which focused on personification and teaches learners how to use personification and create it. The resource then shows a number of winter settings and encourages learners to describe the setting using t...
Design a jumper template Winter Art Activity
ummishaq

Design a jumper template Winter Art Activity

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This is a fun art activity that is perfect for cover lessons, wet play, early finishers and free time. Children need to design a Winter jumper by adding patterns and then colouring it in. The resource includes three different jumper designs and pattern ideas around the edge of the pages. minimal s...