The holiday season is around the corner, bringing excitement and a unique energy to classrooms everywhere. It’s the perfect time to add some festive sparkle to learning with activities that are both educational and fun. Pango has you covered with resources created specifically for primary school teachers. You'll find engaging, curriculum-aligned festive activities that not only tap into the excitement of the season but also reinforce important skills in reading, maths and more!
Table of Contents:
- Festive Classroom Learning Ideas
- How Can AI and PangoGPT Support Lesson Planning this Christmas?
Festive Classroom Learning Ideas
Story time
The holiday season brings tales of winter wonderlands, mythical characters and special celebrations around the world. Use our collection of holiday-themed stories, poems and creative writing prompts to encourage storytelling and reading fluency. A few other ideas to get started:
- Read-aloud sessions: Explore classic festive stories with guided questions to deepen comprehension and create interactive discussion.
- Creative writing prompts: Encourage pupils to write letters to holiday characters or create their own Christmas story. It’s a great way to strengthen literacy skills and celebrate their creativity.
This selection of Christmas Poetry lessons for Key Stage 2 is ideal to use in the countdown to the end of term.
Maths Magic
Maths doesn’t need to take a backseat during the festive season! Our resources offer fun and festive ways to incorporate numbers and problem-solving, just like this selection of Christmas-themed counting ready-to-use resources.
Some additional ideas you could try include:
- Pattern making with ornaments: Perfect for younger pupils, who can use shapes and colours to design decorations for the class tree while learning sequencing and patterns.
- Maths challenges with festive themes: Multiplication and division problems become a lot more fun when pupils are calculating gifts, reindeer legs or snowman buttons.
Other Festive Resources
We have these and so much more available...
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And don't miss out on this firm classroom favourite in December - writing a persuasive letter to Santa!
How Can AI and PangoGPT Support Lesson Planning this Christmas?
Christmas Quizzes
Create your own Christmas or end of term quiz with PangoGPT. You decide how many questions, style of answers and the topic/theme, and PangoGPT does the rest - including providing the answers!
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Christmas Lessons
Tell PangoGPT what you would like the lesson focus to be and the age of the pupils, and our AI tool will do the rest for you, including searching for relevant accompanying resources.
Other AI tools
Make presentations, assessments, align lessons to curriculum standards or just ask a question - PangoGPT is here to save you valuable time so you can have more precious time back to enjoy the festive build up!
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How Does Pango Support Primary Teachers?
Save valuable time on lesson planning with Pango. Our extensive library of educational resources sourced from leading publishers, coupled with our powerful AI tools, transforms what used to take hours into mere minutes. Whether you need a themed Christmas-themedlesson, or a scheme of work for a particular subject area, Pango is here to help! Start today with a 7-day free trial to explore all our premium resources, and let us support your through your teaching career.
