Explore our World Cup 2018 resources for KS1 and KS2, designed to help teachers bring football-themed learning into the classroom through engaging cross-curricular activities. This collection includes printable activities, worksheets and classroom ideas linked to one of the world’s biggest sporting events.
Perfect for themed learning days, end-of-term activities and independent tasks, these football resources help pupils explore countries, flags, sport and global events in an engaging and age-appropriate way.
Our World Cup 2018 resources support a range of curriculum areas including geography, maths, reading, writing and creative classroom activities for primary pupils.
Looking for newer tournament activities? Explore our Men’s World Cup 2026 resources and World Cup 2022 resources.
Our World Cup 2018 resources provide engaging football-themed learning opportunities for KS1 and KS2 classrooms. Use these resources to support geography lessons about countries and continents, maths activities linked to football statistics and scores, or creative writing and reading activities inspired by international sport.
This collection includes football worksheets, colouring pages and printable classroom activities suitable for a range of primary age groups. The resources are designed to be easy to use while helping pupils stay engaged through topical learning.
Whether you are revisiting previous tournaments, planning football-themed enrichment activities or looking for engaging sports-related classroom ideas, these World Cup resources help bring global sporting events into primary learning.
You may also be interested in our Men’s World Cup 2026 resources for updated football-themed classroom activities and colouring pages.
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