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We #makelearningfun for kids (age 3-11), teachers & families! Over 1000 award-winning activities proven to educate & entertain! #EarlyYears #PrimaryEd #EdTech

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The weather is really changeable at the moment, leaving us all asking what should we wear! Test out your pupils' understanding of what is needed in different conditions using our Weather wardrobe activity. Does their combination meet with baby's approval? #edutwitter
Our Weather wardrobe activity explores what's best to wear in different weathers

ALT Our Weather wardrobe activity explores what's best to wear in different weathers

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If you're starting half term this week, enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation! #edutwitter #halfterm
Teacher enjoying some 'me time'. Have a great half-term break from Busy things.

ALT Teacher enjoying some 'me time'. Have a great half-term break from Busy things.

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World Food Day is tomorrow and a great day to look at our 'Where do XXs come from?' series of activities! Find out where bananas, citrus fruit, cocoa and pineapples are grown! #WorldFoodDay #edutwitter
Where does our food come from? Find out this World Food Day with a Busy Things activity.

ALT Where does our food come from? Find out this World Food Day with a Busy Things activity.

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**ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK - Busy Code Tutorial 1: The Basics** Ideal for EU Code Week, this activity helps children take their first steps into coding. #EUCodeWeek #edutwitter #primaryteacher
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Bring #autumn into the classroom with interactive learning activities for ages 3–11. Our latest blog explores trees, seasonal food, weather, writing and the changing seasons, and includes FREE links to some of our activities. buff.ly/xNAZm8b #edutwitter #seasons
Some of Busy Things' autumn activities

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#BlackHistoryMonth continues for the rest of the month. Have you used our Black icon case study templates yet? Or our Young, Gifted and Black book extract, which provides information about the people included? #BHM2026
Celebrate Black History Month this October with Busy Things

ALT Celebrate Black History Month this October with Busy Things

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World Space Week doesn't have to be all about the science. It's a great time to share Mini Grey's book 'Toys in Space' too, which Busy Things includes an extract of! #WSW2026 #WorldSpaceWeek #edutwitter
Toys in Space extract on Busy Things

ALT Toys in Space extract on Busy Things

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It's Busy Box time ... and again, there are some fantastic scores on there! In the top slot with an amazing 1,578 is Bacon Garth Primary School! Well done everyone! Amazing work! #teachersofinstagram #edtech #BusyBox #primaryteaching
Busy Things celebrating a great Busy Box score

ALT Busy Things celebrating a great Busy Box score

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🪐 ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK - Match the planets🌍 Perfect for World Space Week, this activity helps children focus on the visual differences between the planets as well as being great fun. One of our 7 NEW matching games for 1 or 2 players! #WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2026 #edutwitter
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Do you have pupils who are excited by the latest space missions and discoveries? Our Exploring space writing project is perfect for them this World Space Week. They can upload pictures, write text and share their passion! #WorldSpaceWeek #WSW2026 #edutwitter
Screenshot from Busy Things' Space exploration writing project

ALT Screenshot from Busy Things' Space exploration writing project

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It's World Teachers' Day today - a day to celebrate everything that you do! We'd like to give you a huge thank you. You're so appreciated! #WorldTeachersDay #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary
A yellow monster with presents for World Teachers' Day

ALT A yellow monster with presents for World Teachers' Day

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World Space Week started yesterday! Join in by exploring the solar system with us and downloading our FREE Space pack today! buff.ly/9qo4A07 #edutwitter #WorldSpaceWeek
Interactive solar system labelling activity and Space topical pack from Busy Things

ALT Interactive solar system labelling activity and Space topical pack from Busy Things

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Considering a Busy Things subscription but worried it won't be used? Check out what our teachers told us in our latest Customer Satisfaction Survey! That's right, an amazing 83% use it at least once a week and 36% use it daily! #customersatisfaction #edutwitter
Customer Satisfaction Results Headline from Busy Things

ALT Customer Satisfaction Results Headline from Busy Things

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It's Busy Box time ... and we're seeing schools achieve some fantastic scores this week! In top place with an amazing 2,074 is Bacon Garth Primary School! Well done everyone playing there! Amazing work! #edutwitter #BusyBox
Busy Box characters from Busy Things

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With it now being October, there's no denying autumn. It's a great time to talk about seasonal changes, and the harvest of seasonal fruit and vegetables too. And we've the ideal activities to help you do just that! #harvest #autumn #edutwitter
One of the harvest activities from Busy Things

ALT One of the harvest activities from Busy Things

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**ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK - Black icon case study** This writing project is just perfect for #BlackHistoryMonth! Who would your pupils choose to focus on? Whether it's a famous person or someone they know, it's great for celebrating the contribution they make!
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Looking for a #WorldScienceDay (10th Nov) activity? 🌍 Try 3 simple classroom ideas exploring communication, cooperation & problem-solving, including a drawing challenge & a class debate about how to produce electricity. Read the blog: buff.ly/GEjXLpr #PrimaryTeaching
Activities from Busy Things for World Science Day

ALT Activities from Busy Things for World Science Day

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#MathsWeekScotland continues and today we're sharing our Money addition widget. Have you taken a look yet? It's great for teaching addition and really aligns with the Maths Matters theme. Play it whilst it's still free to access! #MathsWeekScot
Screenshot of Busy Things' Money addition widget

ALT Screenshot of Busy Things' Money addition widget

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Allen Tsui@TsuiAllenSep 20
Thanks to the terrific team or more appropriate alliteration the brilliant bods @busythings have now sync'd my school Google account with full teacher access so can set up all the classrooms to make more actively managed use of the platform.
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It's National Teaching Assistants' Day today, and we'd love to take the opportunity to thank all you TAs out there for the wonderful job you do in our primary schools. Thank you! #NationalTeachingAssistantsDay
Flowers and chocolates from Busy Things delivered by a yellow monster for National Teaching Assistants' Day

ALT Flowers and chocolates from Busy Things delivered by a yellow monster for National Teaching Assistants' Day

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