Here are some resources to support you in introducing Sticky Questions to your school

Display Poster - Sticky Questions Poster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editable letter to parents - Sticky Questions Parent Letter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teacher guidance - Teacher Guidance Sticky Questions

Riddle clues and answers:

Year 2:

You make us
Out of thin air
And we make whatever you want
What are we?

Clue: I just made some

Answer: The words you speak.

 

Year 3:

A rope, no knots.
Four trees, no roots.
A snake that eats no meat. Two spears, never thrown. Two blankets, unwoven.
A hill that rumbles.
Where do you find us?

Clue: The answer wouldn't forget itself

Answer: An elephant (tail, legs, trunk, tusks, ears, body)

 

Year 4:

We sometimes wish we were them

Then we could do as we wish.

They sometimes wish they were us

Then they could do as they wish.

Clue: The "we" and the "they" of the riddle are both in this room.

Answer: Children and adults (or adults and children)

 

Year 5:

Artless picture

Voiceless greeter

Bodiless dancer

Toothless eater.

What am I?

Clue: People like me when they make me, but hate me when nature makes me.

Answer: a fire

 

Year 6:

We live in hiding,
Measuring time with distance
But going nowhere,
Except round and round.
If you see us,
The chances are we’re dead already.

What are we?

Clue: If you haven't guessed us yet, we are running ourselves around you!

Answer: the rings of a tree