Holiday Recount Activity
Set students up for a successful first week back with this engaging Holiday Recount Activity!
The return from school holidays is the perfect time to tap into what students have been up to — and a holiday recount activity gives them a structured, engaging way to share their experiences and practise their writing at the same time. This Holiday Recount Activity provides the scaffolding students need to organise their thoughts and write a detailed recount of their holiday adventures, whether they travelled somewhere exciting or stayed close to home.
Why teachers love it:
- Motivating writing task — students are bursting to share their holiday stories
- Practises recount text features — orientation, sequence of events, and personal reflection
- Works for every student — prompts support students regardless of what they did during the break
- Great for first-day-back routines — easy to manage when you're easing back into the school year
Perfect for:
- The first week back after any school holidays
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4 classrooms
- English writing units on recount text type
- Literacy rotations and independent writing activities
- Start-of-term writing assessments
What's included:
A printable Holiday Recount Activity with structured prompts and writing spaces to guide students through planning and writing a recount of their school holiday experiences.
Every holiday holds a story worth telling — give your students the structure to tell theirs brilliantly!
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
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It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
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Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
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