Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children: Open-ended Mental Stimulation Activities

Stretch and challenge more able KS2 pupils with ready-to-use creative activities.

Supporting more able pupils can be time-consuming-but this book gives primary teachers a rich bank of practical, low-prep activities that stretch KS2 learners analytical, creative and evaluative skills.

Inside youll find:

• • Over 100 ready-to-use tasks ranging from quick warm-ups and brainteasers to deeper, open-ended investigations.
  • Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and creative-thinking research, helping pupils think critically, imaginatively and flexibly.
  • Maths-focused problems and cross-curricular challenges that extend reasoning and problem-solving.
  • Independent and whole-class tasks perfect for fast finishers, extension learning, and mixed-ability classrooms.
  • Photocopiable worksheets requiring minimal preparation, making it easy to select and deliver the right challenge at the right time.
  • Fun, imaginative prompts (like inventing alligator cookbooks or redesigning human hands) that engage all learners while providing genuine stretch.

Designed for more able pupils but enjoyable for every child, these activities help primary teachers nurture confident, curious, higher-level thinkers across Years 3-6.

If you want to raise challenge, deepen thinking and keep your most able KS2 pupils thriving, this book is the stretch-toolkit youll use again and again.