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🌟 Interactive lessons for a bright and festive season 🌟
Christmas Around the World
Welcome to this lesson on Christmas traditions around the world! Together with your students you'll look beyond film scenes, and explore the many meaningful ways people celebrate this season. A short timed activity adds a little excitement and encourages students to discover and share traditions from different cultures, or from their own families.
These slides hold more than it first seems, and we hope they help your learners connect with the warmth and variety of festive moments across the world.
Interactive Christmas Lesson
Bring festive fun into your classroom with our drag and drop!
Students can match, sort, and label Christmas-themed items, reinforcing knowledge while actively engaging with the content.
Teachers can set up the lesson in no time and get instant feedback on students’ answers.
Eco-Friendly Winter Holidays
Together with your students, you explore simple, sustainable alternatives for Christmas decorations, gifts, lights, and meals.
It’s a chance to activate their curiosity, encourage meaningful discussions, and show how small choices can support a greener festive season. This lesson helps guide your class towards thoughtful, environmentally friendly habits.
Christmas Literature Quiz
This short literary quiz features ten accessible questions suitable for a wide range of English learners. You can use it as a warm-up, a quick knowledge check, or as one round within a larger class quiz. It also works well as a template if you want to add your own questions or adapt the format for other subjects.
And a small warning: the 'A Christmas Carol' question catches students out every time!
LessonUp Christmas Tree Jukebox
Bring fun and music into your classroom with this festive activity!
- Students log in to LessonUp.
- Spin the spinner to select a student.
- The chosen student presses a musical bauble to play a tune.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 for a lively, interactive experience.
Cheesy? Yes. Over the top? Absolutely. Fun? Guaranteed!
Christmas Music Quiz
Step into a world of twinkling lights and festive cheer with our Christmas Music Quiz!
From timeless carols to modern hits, and from classic holiday films to fun musical trivia, this quiz will test how well you really know your Christmas tunes.
Gather your bells and jingles: it’s time for some merry competition. How well do you know your Christmas music?
Christmas Quiz 2025
Get ready to take your class on a cheerful winter journey. This Christmas quiz features five fun rounds filled with surprises, cool challenges, and plenty of festive spirit. Songs, films, facts: there is something for everyone. So pull on your cosiest Christmas jumpers, and enjoy a moment of joy and friendly competition together before the break.
Have fun, and let the Christmas spirit shine!
End-of-year treat: Wicked Quiz
As a little seasonal bonus, we’ve added our 'Wicked' musical quiz: ideal for a fun final lesson before the holidays!
This 'Wicked' quiz offers a lively way to bring a touch of theatre and magic into your end-of-term lessons. With questions that mix well-known moments and clever twists, it engages students who enjoy musicals, film, and storytelling.
Ideal for classes ready to unwind, have fun, and end the session by proudly defying gravity.
The Ultimate Classroom Challenge!
This interactive lesson invites pupils to dive into 17 fast-paced, fun mini games designed for laughter, and friendly competition.
Each activity lasts just one minute, keeping the pace lively while boosting coordination, focus, and teamwork. Using simple materials like toilet rolls, cups, and ping pong balls, learners move from solo tasks to partner and trio challenges, making it perfect for celebration days, sports days, or a feel-good end-of-week session.
New Year's Resolutions
This interactive lesson encourages students to reflect on their achievements and experiences so far this school year, revisiting the goals and targets they set earlier. It introduces the concept of a growth mindset and guides students in setting or refining SMART goals for the remainder of the year.
Designed as a flexible template, the lesson includes editable slides so teachers can adapt it to suit their students’ needs, making it both engaging and personalised.
🍎 Lessons to start the new year in a healthy way 🍎
Financial Literacy - New Year, New Budget
Help your students start the year with confidence by exploring the essentials of money management. This interactive LessonUp session guides learners to reflect on their spending habits and introduces simple, practical budgeting strategies.
With engaging slides including quizzes and discussion prompts, the lesson makes financial concepts accessible and relevant. Everything is fully adaptable, allowing you to tailor examples and activities to suit your class. Encourage students to sketch out a quick budget as they go, using either their own income or a realistic hypothetical amount.
Making Healthy Food Choices
This ready-made lesson encourages students to think about how the food they choose each day affects their overall health. Through clear explanations and interactive moments, learners explore the benefits of nutritious choices and the impact that frequent junk food consumption can have on the body.
With slides featuring quizzes and short prompts, the session keeps students engaged while building practical understanding. The content can be easily adapted to suit your group, making it a simple way to kick-start healthy habits for the year ahead.
Time Management - Overcoming Procrastination
This lesson helps students understand why procrastination happens and introduces a simple technique to manage tasks more effectively. Learners explore how prioritising their workload can reduce stress and make daily responsibilities feel more manageable.
With 11 slides featuring quizzes and concise prompts, the session keeps students engaged while offering practical strategies they can put into practice straight away.
🌎 Essential learning for today's world 🌍
Current events quiz
How do you bring the news into your classroom in a way that’s interactive and educational? Every week, we publish a free quiz with questions about current events. Teachers and students join in, often using it as a lively way to wrap up the week.
💡 Ideas for using the quiz
- Wrap up the week with a playful competition in class.
- Encourage conversations about current events.
- Use it as a fun homework activity.
- Turn it into a pub-style quiz for your students.
Be smart with smartphones
How many hours do young people spend on their phones each day? And are we always aware of what they’re doing, seeing, and sharing online?
This ready-to-teach lesson helps students reflect on the benefits and risks of smartphone use. While you can hardly avoid living in a world where most people spend several hours a day on their smartphones, you can help them explore both the positives and the dangers. Use this lesson to start meaningful conversations on one of today’s most important topics.
How to spot fake news
Welcome to this lesson on Media Literacy. Inside, you’ll find a range of interactive slides designed to engage students with this important topic. The lesson is fully editable, so you can adapt the content to suit your class. A copy of the fake news article about Bonfire Night is included, which you can also use as a printed handout for group work.
The lesson offers a variety of tasks and, while the subject matter is serious, a touch of satire is used to highlight important messages.
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