End-of-term Maths activities 2026
That time of year is almost upon us again, and I am already thinking ahead. I'll keep this page updated as more puzzles and games get added. Check out what's available on esheets.io for summer 2026 below...
Single-player puzzles and games
This year's highlights include:
- Brute Force - you have been hired as a junior security analyst. Your job is to calculate how many possible codes or arrangements a brute-force attacker would need to check. Skill: product rule for counting
- Coordinate Treasure Island - explore a mysterious island by clicking points on a coordinate grid. Each clue sends you to a new location. Skills: coordinates, translation vectors, midpoints, gradients, lines and Pythagoras
- Animal school seating plan - if you've not tried it before, it's a great test of literacy combined with logical thinking skills. Just for once, the students can discover how difficult seating plans can be! Skills: literacy, logical planning
- Escape from Pentades - use a variety of maths skills to escape from this mysterious island. Skills: variety of grade 3 and 4 maths
Further one-player puzzles and games
Two-player games
Most of these are turn-based games on a shared ipad. There are two games however that can be played online over separate devices:
- Ultimate Noughts and Crosses / Tic Tac Toe - 9 smaller games within one larger game. Can be played on a shared device or over the internet
- Chess - need I say more?
- Hex - simple to learn, strangely compelling
- Racetrack - nice introduction to vectors
- Dots and Boxes - always popular!
We've actually got about 20 two-player logic battles listed here
Multiplayer games
Maths Melee is a great turn-based game, inspired by The Pirate Game. Use shields and mirros to gain an edge over your opponents!
- Classic Maths Melee - up to 4 students sharing one tablet device. Personally I like to see the interaction of students huddled around a single device
- Maths Melee online - up to 8 students (although 4 recommended). Improved interface. Great if the teacher wants to take part on the interactive whiteboard!