Battleships
Pupils have to answer a question correctly to choose a square to hit. If they hit a ship they can have another go. How many ships can they hit with 10 shots? Battleships
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Yes/No game
Pupils select a card with 10 quick fire questions on it. They read the quick fire questions to their opponent. If they answer Yes or No they press a buzzer and keep the card. If they get to the end of the questions without saying Yes or No they keep the card. The player with …
Linkee
Pupils have to define the keywords from the question on the card and use the clue and answers to work out how they are connected! First to guess wins!
Heads up app
Keyword cards appear as the pupil holds their ipad against their foreheads. 1 minute timer to ask each of the players a question (Yes/No) to decipher the key term. You can make you own deck of key terms within this app. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/heads-up/id623592465?mt=8
What would happen if…
Pupils are faced with scenarios, photos, images which can be placed onto the PowerPoint to which they have to consider the likely reaction or likely next steps or the impact that would happen after a particular event.
Two truths and a lie
To review prior learning pupils have to identify from three statements which is the lie, easy to get quick feedback by indicating A, B, or C which is the lie and why.
True or false
A set of statement or facts is listed, either on the board or using cards. Pupils indicate if they are correct or incorrect (using red/green cards) and should be expected to say why.
Taboo
Pupils choose a card from a bag that contains a term they have learnt in the lesson (it might also have other associated words that they cannot use). They must describe this term to the class or their partner, without using the word itself. The class/partner must write down what they think it is on …
Scrabble tile
Pupils have to make as many words they can related to a topic using scrabble tiles. Then calculate how many points each word is worth! They can’t repeat letters- they can only use what is shown!
Press conference/Hot seat
Hold a ‘press conference’ where pupils interview either the teacher or another child about their knowledge on the new topic for 1 minute.