Starters and plenaries
With this extensive collection of starters and plenaries, from games and challenges to exit tickets and question generators, you can reinvigorate your lesson planning and ensure that you have checked your students' progress and consolidated their learning.
Starters
Get lessons off to a flying start and engage students with this exciting collection of starter ideas including register re-caps, starter generators and fun activities and games.

LESSON STARTERS TICKETS!!!
During my PGCE it was drilled into us- the importance of a strong start to a lesson. I found the majority of the starters I used had been student lead and in turn made for extremely high levels of engagement, as the children often had more subject knowledge than I would have known had I opened with ...
100 punctuation and grammar starters
PPt containing 100 grammar and punctuation activities with accompanying answers. Useful for starters at KS3 or for KS2 SATs SPAG practice.
Super Starters
A highly presented and detailed Powerpoint presentation containing 8 different grab and go starter activities. This resource is created so you can copy and paste the Powerpoint slide with the starter activity of your choosing and edit it to suit your topic/ the needs of your students. Included in ...
Over 100 KS2 New Curriculum Morning Starters
A PowerPoint with starters suitable for KS2. Starters based on riddles, maths and English questions. Number, logic, problem solving, grammar questions. Based on the New Curriculum. These can be used daily during registration or as starters before lessons. These can be worked out ...

Thunk Starters
Great discussion starters to get students thinking about societal issues and morals. Aids Speaking and Listening Endorsement and transactional writing (AQA Language Paper 2 Question 5)
Pick a Card Powerpoint Quiz/Starter/Plenary Editable PowerPoint Template
A PowerPoint pick a card template. Students pick an available card which takes them to a question. Keep going until all cards have been used. Cards disappear when they have been chosen so no needing to remember who has chosen what. Home button on each question slide to navigate back to the card choo...
Stop the Express Starter Activity
Stop the Express Starter Activity This starter (or possible plenary) activity will help children consolidate learning and provides an engaging start to, or end of, a lesson. Stop the Express is ideal for upper KS2 and KS3 pupils but it can be enjoyed by all ages and abilities - including KS1....
Boggle puzzle
This resource includes 20 different 3x3 Boggle puzzles, one per Powerpoint slide with instructions for students on how to play and how to earn points as well as some suggested solutions for teachers underneath each slide (viewable when not in present mode). This activity is perfect to use as either...
'Super Starters' Set of 30 Ideas for Starters
A set of 30 multicoloured cards which can be used as a reference tool when planning for AfL and starter activities to include a mixture of fun/creative and more focussed tasks. Can be adapted for use in KS3, GCSE and A-Level classes, as well as in primary and across subject areas if necessary.
Plenaries
Consolidate learning and finish lessons in style using this fun and engaging selection of plenary ideas including plenary dice, cards, exit tickets and much more.

Plenary cards
These plenary cards have been made to help with formative assessment at the end of a lesson, task or day to consolidate and build upon what your learners have learned. These can be chosen at random, or you can allow a learner to choose what type of formative assessment the class will have for that day!

Retrieval Activities, Starters, Plenaries, Revision
This presentation offers customizable templates for teachers to engage students and reinforce learning. It is a collection of starter activities, retrieval exercises and revision activities which you can use to activate prior knowledge, foster engagement, and enhance memory retention. Other Free ...

Exit Pass Plenary Card - Traffic Lights
An easy to use exit pass that gets the children to self-evaluate their understanding and frame things in a way of how to improve for next time. Clear instructions present on card. These look best when printed on coloured paper. Different plenary card designs and ideas available on my store as well.

Plenary Dice
I have made them both pastel themed so it s easy on the eye and I ve also designed one for EYFS/KS1 and KS2. As you can see, both templates have prompting questions to see what the children have learnt, see what they enjoyed but also see what they found tricky!
'Pocket Plenaries' Set of 30 Ideas for Plenaries
A set of 30 multicoloured cards which can be used as a reference tool when planning for AfL and plenary activities to include a mixture of fun/creative and more focussed activities. Can be adapted for use in KS3, GCSE and A-Level classes, as well as in primary and across subject areas if necessary.

EXIT TICKET
A great way to check student's understanding of the lesson. Simple to use, just give each student one as a plenary/consolidation activity and ask them to post them in a box for you to check later. I create a bit for fun by challenging my students to see who can complete the quickest - they love...

Which Door Will We Exit Through? Editable PowerPoint
Which Door Will We Exit Through? Make the end of every lesson exciting with this interactive and fully editable PowerPoint featuring mystery doors! Simply click on a door to reveal a fun and engaging exit ticket activity designed to get students reflecting, reviewing and responding before they leav...















