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A challenge may be timing

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Run a Kahoot in the middle of a double period

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Guess the number game

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Re-focus after brain break

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Dice games that we played during the Term 2 PL day have been very popular amongst students

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Having a range of different brain breaks so they don't get too repetitive

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Get students to focus on the task after the brain break

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Instead of demonstrating the entire practical at the beginning, allow students to reach a stage and then use students to demo the next stage (peer teaching) no need for students to stop and come to the front but a change of pace

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Sounds great

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Visual brain teasers

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Getting all students engaged in the brain break

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Challenge: Getting Students to sit next to someone they don't talk to and actually complete a pair-related task!

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10 Quick Questions (for Maths)

Can be topic specific or not!

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10 question quizzes, great for starting a maths lesson.

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Instead of students sitting down taking notes, they have a scaffold and move around the room to find answers (which are print outs of a powerpoint)

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The expectations from students that they are entitled to a brain break, without actually earning/working for it.

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Bring the focus back after a brain break

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Art setting- brain break that is doing an observational (still-life) drawing on an object within the classroom

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Hangman is a classic!

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Not wanting to interrupt the flow of the class...I find we need a brain break about 3/4 of the way through a double so a brain break becomes more of a finisher.

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Stretching!

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Silent Written Reflection

Ask your students to write a short paragraph about something (a topic, definition, process, etc.) that they learnt about either earlier that lesson or the previous lesson!

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Mindful colouring :)

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team quizlet is great for revising vocab, and puts students in mixed groups.

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Just dance-lower yr levels moreso

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TimeGuessr, GeoGuessr & other games

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Refocus by setting a timer... stagger the warnings and countdown last 10 seconds

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Can undermine the lesson if you can't get them back on board.

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Simple games such as fizz buzz/ 21/ binary standers etc.

Globle, wordle, numbers game etc projected on screen with students taking turns around the class

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Refocus students after a brain break

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Going for a walk around the school.

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Interrupting the flow of the lesson, certain students not taking it seriously and using their time inappropriately

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Students practice a move for 30 secs and then repeat later in the lesson or next lesson, with the aim to progress to the next move after mastering the previous one.

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Students might regularly expect these when things get a 'bit' challenging. Can undermine working through challenge.

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Mini Trivia - guess the song

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Simon says, or movement challenges like touching your nose while patting your head and then switching to something different on a keyword

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With Year 12 classes, there is lots of content and skills to be taught. Sometimes a supposed '5min' brain break ends up taking a lot more time, and you end up just losing time in class.

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Challenge

quick questions that relate to topic concepts taught in the week.

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Puzzles like wordle, connections, etc. as a class

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Giving students Quizizz as a tool for brain break for junior students.

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Idea

Play who wants to be a millionaire using maths questions

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Ask students to draw a picture [5min task] that reflects what they have just learned.

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Counting game - the teacher starts by saying "one." After that, any student could say "two", and then another after that would say "three." The challenge of the game is that students cannot say the next number simultaneously. They cannot talk about who will go next. The aim is to see how high they can count without having two people saying the next number at the same time

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Take kids out for a walk or just go outside to the courtyard for some fresh air and a stretch

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Making and then playing a kahoot / blooket

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Doing a wordle of the day as an entire class

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Invisible pictures. Students are in pairs. One draws a picture in the air with their finger, their partner guesses what it is. Can be made easier by giving a theme/topic or left open.

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Wim hof breathing

Colouring

5 sense scavenger hunt

Smiling minds

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Show and Tell

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I use lesson starters as a brain awakening tool. Easy for Mathematics focus as I have many ideas, but they can be adapted to science.

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Running a beat the teacher 'lame jokes session' as part of the class. Plenty of students are not afraid to get up and have a go. Often they come to subsequent classes wanting to go first if a session is run.

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play silent ball, and allow students to make rules and add obstacles as they are eliminated

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5 mins zone-out using a timer on the projector

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5 mins zone-out using a timer on the projector

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Ensuring you are able to get through the content in a year 11 or 12 class while also giving brain breaks

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Getting students to reengage in their tasks when the brain break is meant to end

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Review progress and skills develpment

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Technical demon

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De brief work in progress

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Laptops. Temptation to open them, leads to a number of interruptions that are unnecessary.

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help students to self regulate and start the day

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Rebus puzzles

Riddle

Spot the difference

Kahoot

Quiz

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Could create a game focused on the content which acts also as a brain break/break from the task. For example a race around the room matching concepts together

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Assign a card suit to each corner (hearts, diamonds etc). I put them on the board so they can see which suit is where. Students go to their chosen corner. Shuffle a deck of cards, giving a countdown from 5 seconds for them to get into a corner. Then I turn over a card and say, "goodbye to (eg) the hearts corner!" Anyone in that corner has to sit down, then everyone else has 5 seconds to choose a new corner. They HAVE to move. Keep going until you get one winner. Cards are great to organise groups, too.

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Listen to one song as a break, and sing along (karaoke) as a class

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Bamboozle

Kahoot

Heads down thumbs up

Silent ball

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Some students may become distracted or off task (sometimes even dangerous) on a brain break

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Visual diary free drawing

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Plan for brain breaks in your lesson planning, but be mindful that you may need to be flexible on timings in reaction to the pace and flow of your lesson

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Play scattergories, using keywords linked to content being covered.

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Dead fish

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time management when playing class games as well as behaviour management

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Some students might need additional brain breaks or something similar due to inclusion needs. How can I ensure that I can facilitate these while also maintaining focus and learning for other students in my class?