All About Me
All About Me Activities, Worksheets and Templates for Primary Children
Looking for engaging All About Me activities for the beginning of a new school year? These classroom ideas, free All About Me worksheets, templates and complete lesson packs can help children introduce themselves, share what makes them unique and begin to feel part of their new class.
All About Me activities are particularly useful during transition days, the first week of school or when a new pupil joins the class. They can also support speaking and listening, writing, PSHE, art and classroom display work across EYFS, KS1 and KS2.
Why Use All About Me Activities?
The beginning of a school year can feel exciting, but it can also be unsettling for children. Familiar, accessible All About Me activities give pupils an immediate subject they know plenty about: themselves.
An All About Me worksheet or creative activity can help you find out about children's interests, families, experiences, strengths and worries. The activities also give pupils opportunities to discover things they have in common with their classmates.
You can use them to:
- get to know a new class
- help children learn one another's names
- build confidence and a sense of belonging
- support transition into a new year group or school
- encourage speaking, listening and turn-taking
- provide a purposeful first piece of writing
- create a personalised classroom display
- introduce PSHE work about identity, families and emotions
Free All About Me Worksheets and Templates
These free printable resources provide quick and easy activities for the start of term. Use them as independent tasks, morning activities, transition work or contributions to an All About Me classroom display.
All About Me Bunting Template
Children can complete and decorate their own bunting flag with pictures and information about themselves. Join the completed flags together to create a colourful whole-class All About Me display.
All About Me Selfie Template
This free All About Me template invites children to draw a selfie and share important information about themselves in a familiar profile-style format.
All About Me Brain Teasers
Use these five short All About Me activities as morning work, lesson starters, early-finisher tasks or quick opportunities for children to think, write, draw and talk.
Knowing Me, Knowing You Cards
These cards give children a private way to share a fact, thought or worry with their teacher. They can be especially helpful when building relationships with a new class.
Coat of Arms Template
Ask children to design a personal or family coat of arms using colours and symbols that represent their interests, values, memories or the people who are important to them.
15 All About Me Activity Ideas
These flexible All About Me ideas can be adapted for different ages and used with or without a printable worksheet.
Create an All About Me poster
Give each child a large sheet of paper divided into sections such as my family, my favourite things, things I am good at, things I would like to learn and something that makes me special. Children can combine pictures, labels and sentences according to their age and writing ability.
Display the completed All About Me posters so children can discover shared hobbies and interests.
Complete an All About Me worksheet
A simple All About Me worksheet makes a calm and purposeful activity for the first morning with a new class. Include prompts such as name, age, birthday, favourite book, favourite food, favourite subject and one goal for the year.
Be mindful that some children may not know or feel comfortable sharing every detail. Allow pupils to leave out questions or choose from alternative prompts.
Make an All About Me bag
Ask children to choose a small number of objects or pictures that represent something about them. They might select a favourite toy, a photograph, a book, a sporting object or something connected to a hobby.
Children can present their All About Me bags to a partner, small group or the whole class.
Draw a self-portrait
Provide mirrors and invite children to study the shapes, colours and features they can see before creating a self-portrait. This can be a quick pencil drawing, a painted portrait, a collage or a mixed-media artwork.
Add each child's name and a short description to create an effective start-of-year display.
Play Find Someone Who
Create a simple grid of statements such as “find someone who has a pet”, “find someone who likes drawing” or “find someone whose favourite colour is blue”. Children move around the classroom, speak to their classmates and add one name to each box.
This activity encourages children to talk to a range of people rather than remaining with existing friends.
Interview a partner
Pair children and provide a small selection of interview questions. After taking turns to ask and answer the questions, each pupil introduces their partner to the class or writes a short profile about them.
This shifts the focus from talking about oneself to listening carefully and representing someone else accurately.
Design a personal coat of arms
Divide a shield template into sections representing family, interests, achievements, values and future ambitions. Children can add a motto that reflects something important to them.
Explain that pupils can represent people and experiences through symbols rather than including private details.
Create an All About Me time capsule
Children record information about their present-day lives, including their favourite things, height, handwriting, hopes and predictions. Store the completed sheets safely and return them at the end of the term or school year.
Comparing the two versions encourages children to recognise how much they have learnt and changed.
Make a class birthday graph
Collect information about the months in which children celebrate their birthdays and represent the results using a pictogram, tally chart or bar chart. Discuss which month has the most birthdays and whether any months have none.
For privacy and safeguarding, you do not need to display children's full dates of birth.
Create a class quilt
Give every child an identical square of paper and ask them to decorate it using colours, patterns, pictures and words that represent them. Arrange the individual squares together to make one large paper quilt.
The finished display provides a simple visual message: each member of the class is an individual, but everyone belongs to the same community.
Write two truths and a wish
Children write two true statements about themselves and one thing they hope to do, learn or achieve. Partners can try to identify which statement is the wish before discussing how they could support one another's goals.
This is a gentler classroom alternative to “two truths and a lie”.
Create a feelings check-in
Invite children to choose a word, picture or colour that represents how they are feeling. They may share their choice with a partner, place it privately in a check-in box or add it to a class display.
Make it clear that children do not have to explain their feelings publicly.
Build an identity map
Place the child's name in the centre of a page and create branches for people, places, languages, interests, traditions, strengths and experiences. Explain that everyone chooses which parts of their identity they wish to share.
Older children can discuss how identity may change and develop over time.
Make a “things we have in common” display
Collect class responses to questions about favourite activities, books, foods, animals or school subjects. Group matching answers together and use the results to highlight connections between pupils.
This can be especially reassuring for children who are joining an unfamiliar class.
Write a letter to your future self
Ask children to describe their current interests, feelings about the new school year and hopes for the months ahead. Seal the letters and return them near the end of the year.
For younger children, use a simple All About Me sheet with pictures and short sentence starters instead.
All About Me Activities for EYFS and KS1
All About Me EYFS activities work best when they are practical, visual and supported through talk. Children might draw a picture of their family, decorate their name, share a favourite object, make a face using loose parts or choose pictures that represent things they enjoy.
In KS1, children can begin to record more information independently using an All About Me worksheet, poster or booklet. Activities can also be linked to early work in History, Science, Art, English and PSHE.
Useful questions for EYFS and KS1 include:
- What is your name?
- What do you enjoy doing?
- Who is important to you?
- What makes you happy?
- What are you good at?
- What would you like to learn?
- What makes you unique?
Teach a Complete All About Me Topic in KS1
Take the theme beyond a single All About Me sheet with ready-to-teach lessons exploring children's lives, identities and experiences.
The All About Me KS1 Topic Bundle combines lessons across different curriculum subjects, while the individual History scheme and Topic Enrichment Pack provide more focused options.
All About Me Activities for KS2
All About Me activities are not only for younger children. In KS2, the theme can develop into more thoughtful work about identity, values, achievements, relationships, ambitions and significant life experiences.
Rather than asking older pupils to complete a very simple All About Me template, try activities such as:
- writing a short autobiography
- creating a personal timeline
- interviewing a partner and writing their biography
- designing an identity map
- writing a letter to their future self
- identifying personal strengths and future goals
- creating a time capsule for the end of Year 6
These activities can provide useful starting points for English and PSHE while still helping you get to know a new class.
Ready-to-Teach All About Me Lessons and Resources
Choose from individual lessons, complete schemes of work and larger cross-curricular packs to suit your class and timetable.
All About Me KS1 History Lessons
Help children explore their own lives and histories through engaging, fully prepared lesson planning and differentiated activities.
All About Me KS1 Topic Bundle
Turn All About Me into a broader cross-curricular topic with ready-to-teach schemes covering different areas of the primary curriculum.
Explore the KS1 Topic BundleAll About Me KS1 Topic Enrichment Pack
Develop children's creative skills through a collection of All About Me lessons spanning Art, Design and Technology and Music.
Explore the Topic Enrichment PackBeing Me KS1 PSHE Lessons
Support children's understanding of themselves, their feelings and their place within their class and wider community.
Explore Being MeI Am Awesome KS1 PSHE Lessons
Help children recognise what makes them unique and special while developing self-confidence and positive relationships.
Explore I Am AwesomeLet's Talk About Me Year 3 PSHE Lessons
Give lower-KS2 pupils opportunities to talk and think more deeply about their identities, experiences and relationships.
Explore Let's Talk About MeAutobiography KS2 English Lessons
Older pupils can develop the All About Me theme into extended autobiographical writing about important people, places and events in their lives.
Explore the Autobiography schemeUsing All About Me Activities Throughout the Year
Although All About Me resources are especially popular at the start of term, they can be useful at several points during the school year.
- Transition day: help children become familiar with their future teacher and classmates.
- The first week of school: establish a welcoming classroom community.
- When a new pupil arrives: give the class a structured way to introduce themselves and find shared interests.
- January: revisit strengths, ambitions and goals for the new year.
- During PSHE lessons: explore identity, emotions, relationships and self-esteem.
- At the end of the year: compare children's new responses with work completed in September.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an All About Me activity?
An All About Me activity invites a child to share selected information about their identity, interests, experiences, strengths or ambitions. It might take the form of a worksheet, poster, self-portrait, game, interview, discussion or creative project.
What should be included on an All About Me worksheet?
An All About Me worksheet might include the child's name, favourite activities, books, foods, subjects, personal strengths and goals. Questions should be age-appropriate, inclusive and flexible enough for children to choose what they feel comfortable sharing.
What is an All About Me template?
An All About Me template is a prepared framework that children personalise with their own writing, drawings or photographs. Common formats include posters, booklets, bunting flags, profile pages, shields and selfie templates.
Are All About Me activities suitable for EYFS?
Yes. All About Me activities for EYFS should usually focus on talk, play, pictures and practical creative work rather than lengthy written answers. Self-portraits, name activities, family pictures and favourite-object discussions are good starting points.
How can I use All About Me activities in KS1?
KS1 children can complete simple worksheets and posters, make timelines, draw self-portraits, design family crests and discuss what makes each person unique. The theme can be linked naturally to History, PSHE, Science, English and Art.
How can I adapt All About Me activities for KS2?
KS2 pupils can explore identity in greater depth through autobiographies, personal timelines, interviews, identity maps, goal-setting and reflective writing. Older pupils may prefer activities that feel more thoughtful than a traditional All About Me sheet.
How do All About Me activities support transition?
They give children a familiar subject to talk about while helping teachers learn about their new pupils. Shared activities can reveal common interests, provide natural conversation starters and help children begin forming relationships within the class.
How can I make an All About Me classroom display?
Ask every child to complete the same basic format, such as a bunting flag, portrait, puzzle piece or paper square. Arrange the individual contributions together to show that every pupil is unique and also part of the wider class community.
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