End of year reflection activities for KS2

Engage your KS2 children with these creative, thoughtful reflection activities that celebrate their achievements and memories while keeping them focused during those challenging final weeks of the summer term.

What's included

• A ready-to-print worksheet featuring 9 diverse reflection activities where children choose their favourites and colour each box upon completion
• A set of individual activity cards that can be cut out and distributed, perfect for group work or rotation activities
• An interactive PowerPoint with a main menu linking to instruction slides for each activity - ideal for whole-class teaching without printing

The worksheet and activity cards are available as free PDF downloads, while the editable versions and PowerPoint are exclusively available to subscribers.

How to use this resource

This versatile end-of-year resource provides multiple ways to encourage meaningful reflection as the school year draws to a close. Use the worksheet for independent work during transition periods, or distribute the activity cards to different groups to create a reflection carousel. The PowerPoint is perfect for teacher-led sessions on your interactive whiteboard, allowing you to introduce each activity and discuss examples before children begin working.

The activities are designed to help children recognise their progress, celebrate achievements, and process their memories of the year, all while maintaining engagement during that tricky final stretch of term when routines begin to shift. The activities require minimal preparation and can be completed in a single session or spread across several days.

Reflection activities for the end of the school year

These thoughtful activities offer your children an engaging way to reflect on their year whilst maintaining focus during the final weeks of term:

• Draw and guess - Children illustrate their favourite memory from the school year for classmates to identify
• Maths memories - Children create maths problems they wouldn't have been able to solve at the start of the year
• Plan a party - Children design an end-of-year celebration featuring their favourite elements from the school year
• Make a survey - Children collect data about classmates' favourite memories and create a tally chart
• Student choice - Children write a paragraph about their favourite topic learned during the year
• Truth or lie? - Children write statements about the school year for classmates to identify the false one
• Acrostic poem - Children create an "End of the Year" acrostic featuring memories from the year
• Write a letter - Pupils compose a letter to a classmate expressing appreciation and shared memories
• Achievements - Children list five accomplishments from the school year that make them proud

Looking for more like this?

Explore these 25 end of year activities for primary classrooms for more engaging reflection activities and summer term fun, or browse our full collection of end of term resources.

If you're looking for end of year reflection activities for younger children, check out our KS1 resource.