Keep your students engaged right up until Christmas with this Year Two Curriculum aligned bundle, packed with activities that feel fun, all while continuing to revise curriculum outcomes.
 
Not just another pack of 'busy work', this resource includes high-quality activities across Maths, English, Science, and HASS. Feel confident knowing your students will stay motivated, all while mastering key skills; even during the busy end-of-year season.
What’s Included:
Maths:
Sequencing Numbers: Arrange 3-digit reindeer numbers from smallest to largest, practising number order and comparisons.
Place Value: Solve each cracker using place value, applying an understanding of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
Expanded Form: Help Santa by writing the number of toys in expanded form, practising place value skills.
Addition with Money: Choose gifts for Mrs.Claus to buy, calculate the total cost, and practise adding with money.
Subtraction: Solve subtraction equations to add decorations to a gingerbread house.
Sorting 2D Shapes: Help the elves sort boxes by categorising 2D shapes based on their features.
Directional Language: Guide the elf to recover Santa and his belongings by drawing arrows to follow directions.
Reading Clocks: Convert analog clock times to digital times, ensuring Santa stays on schedule for Christmas Eve.
Fractions: Spin a spinner to determine decorations for each cookie and represent fractions visually.
Graphing with Data: Collect and represent data using tally marks from 12 friends’ orders at the North Pole Cafe.
 
English:
Procedural Writing: Write step-by-step instructions to explain how to decorate a Christmas tree.
Narrative Text: Spin to create a Christmas story! Students practise narrative writing by choosing a setting, character and problem for their own unique story.
Letter Writing: Pretend to be a forgotten ornament and write a letter to your owner explaining why you should be hung on the tree, focusing on personification and persuasive language.
Persuasive Text: Apply for a job as one of Santa’s reindeers. Use persuasive writing to explain why you'd be great for the chosen reindeer role.
Character Development: Create a profile for a unique Christmas character, describing the role, personality, appearance and special talents through writing and drawing.
Information Reports: Research and write facts about a polar animal’s habitat, features and diet, before creating a diorama to visually represent the animal.
Perspective Writing: Students take on the role of a Christmas-inspired character and write a creative booklet about their day, focusing on descriptive and imaginative writing.
Sorting Digraphs: Sort pictures into sacks based on digraph sounds.
Compound Words: Students combine two words to form compound words, write the new word, drawing a picture of the magical present created by the elves.
Sorting Plurals: Students sort words by plural endings (-s, -es, -ies) and write sentences for each type, helping Mrs. Claus decorate her cookies.
 
Science and HASS:
Exploring Sound Energy: Students design a new musical instrument for Santa’s band, explaining how it works (e.g., by striking, plucking, or shaking) and its special features.
Patterns in the Sky: Trace constellations using a pin, creating a Christmas-themed star pattern to observe how celestial objects form shapes.
Mapping Skills: Follow Santa’s vacation stops, cutting and pasting flags in order and identifying the countries and continents he visited.
Weather Observation: Use a Christmas week weather forecast to complete globes and think about how different weather conditions might affect holiday plans.
Planning and Proposals: Students plan a new Christmas event for their community, explaining its importance and designing a booklet to share their festive idea.
Family Connections: Create a festive phone template, writing about how students stay connected with family and friends during the holidays under lift-the-flap “contacts.”
 
Breeze through the silly season with this bundle:
Aligned to the Year 2 Australian Curriculum: Each activity is created with specific learning objectives in mind, ensuring students gain valuable skills in line with curriculum standards.
Holiday-Themed Learning: Perfect for the lead-up to Christmas, these worksheets add holiday excitement to core educational concepts.
Print-and-Go Convenience: Created to make end-of-year planning easier, this bundle is designed for busy teachers. Simply print and go! It’s the ideal solution for handling the December chaos without compromising on quality learning.
 
Make this Christmas memorable in the classroom while keeping learning at the heart of every lesson! This Year 2 Christmas bundle is ideal for teachers looking to add a festive touch to their curriculum-based learning without the hassle.