New Year word search
New Zealand is one of the first places on Earth to see the new year, and it arrives in high summer. Countdown, sparklers and a sunrise over Gisborne in a fourteen by fourteen grid.
- Auld Lang Syne
- Calendar
- Campground
- Celebration
- Cheers
- Clock
- Countdown
- Dancing
- Festival
- Fireworks
- Fresh start
- Gisborne
- January
- Midnight
- Party
- Resolution
- Sky Tower
- Sparklers
- Summer
- Sunrise
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionNew Year
Name
| A | C | P | R | E | S | O | L | U | T | I | O | N | U |
| D | E | L | S | U | N | R | I | S | E | F | E | I | E |
| S | L | S | C | A | L | E | N | D | A | R | I | N | E |
| F | E | S | T | I | V | A | L | H | S | E | Y | F | O |
| C | B | O | C | T | I | X | T | K | N | S | T | G | G |
| O | R | J | A | N | U | A | R | Y | G | H | U | D | I |
| U | A | D | M | T | F | O | T | N | G | S | S | A | S |
| N | T | E | P | G | W | R | A | I | S | T | K | N | B |
| T | I | A | G | E | A | L | N | R | C | A | Y | C | O |
| D | O | O | R | P | D | D | E | S | L | R | T | I | R |
| O | N | I | O | L | I | E | O | L | O | T | O | N | N |
| W | F | D | U | M | H | A | E | B | C | R | W | G | E |
| N | T | A | N | C | S | P | A | R | K | L | E | R | S |
| E | L | E | D | G | U | S | U | M | M | E | R | H | I |
Find these words
- Auld Lang Syne
- Calendar
- Campground
- Celebration
- Cheers
- Clock
- Countdown
- Dancing
- Festival
- Fireworks
- Fresh start
- Gisborne
- January
- Midnight
- Party
- Resolution
- Sky Tower
- Sparklers
- Summer
- Sunrise
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About this word search
New Zealand is one of the first countries in the world to see in each new year, and it arrives in high summer. In Auckland the countdown ends with fireworks from the Sky Tower, while Gisborne likes to call itself the first city to see the sunrise. Many families celebrate at a campground or on the beach, singing Auld Lang Syne at midnight.
Auld Lang Syne is the longest entry, with twelve letters once the spaces go, and Celebration has eleven. Party and Clock are the shortest, at five letters. Words go across, down and diagonally in the fourteen by fourteen grid, never backwards. The J in January is the only one on the board, so that word is quick to spot.
Use the sheet for a family list of resolutions: each person picks one word and writes a goal for the year that goes with it. Fresh start and Summer make it easy.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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