CUP FILLERS | Classroom Community Games | 20 Click & Play Whole Class Activities

If you're searching for classroom community building activities and games that will engage even your toughest-to-teach classes, Cup Fillers are it.

A 5-minute investment in behaviour, engagement, and connection… without adding more to your workload? Yes please.

Because even though we have so little time for it, community building isn’t a “nice extra”. It’s one of the strongest classroom management tools you have.

When students feel connected, they participate more, regulate better, and are far more open to redirection. Most low-level behaviour doesn’t come from students who feel safe and included. It comes from students who feel disconnected.

That’s exactly why I created Cup Fillers.

What are Cup Fillers?

Cup Fillers is a clickable PowerPoint with 20 whole-class community-building games and activities designed to strengthen relationships, lift energy, and build student belonging and felt safety.

On the first slide, students choose a cup.

Click it, and you’re instantly taken to a ready-to-run activity.

What’s Included

✔ 1 interactive PowerPoint with 20 clickable cups
✔ 20 whole-class community activities
✔ A mix of:

• quick games
• debate prompts
• fun connection activities

✔ Clear instructions for every activity

Open it. Click a cup. Run the activity.

That’s it! No extra resources required. The activities are designed to be run in busy, resource-poor, everyday classrooms, without access to anything but the slides!

Why you will LOVE these Cup Fillers for whole-class community building:

Because it:

• requires zero prep
• works across year levels (suitable for Grade 5 and up, but the activities are editable and language can be easily simplified)
• encourages whole-class participation
• fosters belonging without awkward ice breaking
• builds relationships naturally
• gives you instant engagement
• helps reset behaviour through connection
  

This becomes your go-to resource when things feel off and you want to give your room a boost of joy and positivity.

These Cup Filler whole-class community builders are perfect for:

✔ Morning meetings
✔ After lunch resets
✔ Homeroom / wellbeing / tutor time
✔ End-of-day
✔ Brain breaks
✔ Early finishers
✔ Any time behaviour is bubbling and you need to reconnect

Even 5 minutes can make a HUGE difference to community building in the day to day. And these Cup Fillers help you build community one small moment at a time.

This isn’t about adding another thing to your plate.

It’s about weaving connection into the moments you already have.

Five minutes. One cup. A room that fosters belonging, safety and community.

That’s the magic of Cup Fillers!