Turn Halloween grammar review into a spooky codebreaking challenge!
Help! My School Is Haunted is a Halloween Grammar Review Puzzle Pack for Years 5–6, combining grammar, punctuation, spelling, conjunctions, sentence structure, irregular verbs, editing and critical thinking with five engaging Halloween-themed puzzles.
Students solve grammar challenges, crack codes, collect hidden letters and uncover the five legendary artefacts needed to take back their haunted school.
Each puzzle focuses on a different English skill while moving students through a connected Halloween mission. Instead of completing a stack of unrelated grammar worksheets, students have a reason to solve each challenge. Every correct answer brings them closer to cracking the final code.
What's Included
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Cursed Canteen — Irregular Verbs
Students identify and correct irregular verb errors in spooky canteen witness statements to reveal a hidden artefact.
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Haunted Handbook — Punctuation
Students identify correctly punctuated sentences and collect hidden letters to crack the code.
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Homework Horror — Conjunctions
Students repair a cursed homework assignment by choosing the correct coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
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Mad Science — Sentence Structure
Students identify simple, compound and complex sentences to reveal a ghost-hunting tool.
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Stage Fright — Spelling
Students correct misspelled words and use hidden letters to reveal the final artefact.
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Teacher Guide with instructions and additional information
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Halloween Movement Breaks for quick physical and mental resets
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Complete Answer Keys for every puzzle
Skills Covered
- English grammar review
- Irregular verbs
- Punctuation
- Conjunctions
- Simple, compound and complex sentences
- Spelling
- Editing
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Codebreaking
Perfect For
- Independent practice
- Partner work
- Small-group activities
- English grammar stations
- Early finishers
- Halloween classroom activities
- English review
- Halloween parties and themed lessons
The puzzles can be completed individually or as a connected five-part Halloween mission. No preparation required — just print and go!
Students don't just answer questions — they crack codes, uncover clues and solve a Halloween mystery while practising essential English skills.
Want to Take the Halloween Mission Even Further?
If your students love the codebreaking and immersive storyline in this puzzle pack, check out the Zombie Outbreak! series in my store.
This larger English resource combines grammar review, proofreading, editing, spelling, vocabulary, logic puzzles and escape-room challenges into a complete zombie outbreak adventure for Years 5–6 — perfect for Halloween!
If they loved cracking the code here, they're ready for the outbreak.
