Adaptable PowerPoint presentations about Christmas, covering: 1. History of Christmas Christmas is banned! Who’s Father Christmas? Who’s Santa Claus? Who’s St Nicholas? Christmas around (some of) the World Christmas true or false quiz Christmas songs quiz Christmas craft idea How many ways can you say “Merry Christmas”? 2. The 12 Days of Christmas song and it's possible Christian meanings. The Twelve Days of Christmas is usually seen as simply a song for children with secular origins. However, some have suggested that it is a song of Christian instruction, perhaps dating to the 16th century religious wars in England, with hidden references to the basic teachings of the Christian Faith. The slides depict each of the 12 days in turn, first with images from the song and then the possible Christian meanings.

Two PowerPoint based quizzes about television. 1. A quiz about TV programmes; people and characters. Questions on: • Cartoons • Game shows • Soaps • Comedy • Soaps • Science fiction • Reality shows • Talent shows There are 30 questions in total. Each question is in multi parts. The points available for each are shown in brackets besides each part. 2. A quiz where contestants have to name well known theme tunes.

Christmas: Celebrity You Say Game PowerPoint – 77 slides/75 questions Based on the TV game show, this activity helps you develop your skills in speaking and listening; working in a team and in taking turns. Against the clock, countdowns are included on all necessary slides. • Split into teams of two. • Toss a coin to see which team goes first. • One person from each team takes turns to the front of the room, standing with their back to the whiteboard. • In two minutes the rest of the group describe the thing on the board to the person at the front • Keywords cannot be used. • The team have to make sure the person at the front can tell what they’re saying; so the team has to work together and listen to other people. • One point is scored for each word guessed correctly. If a key word is used, the team loses that point and it’s the next team’s turn.

Victorian Christmas: How the Victorians invented Christmas. PowerPoint and quiz covering: • Christmas trees • Christmas cards • Christmas crackers • Christmas food • Christmas carols • Christmas shopping • A Christmas Carol

Christmas 2017: Word Challenge PowerPoint presentation and work sheets Students use a grid that shows letters and amounts of money to calculate the values of words and spell words in numbers. All the words are associated with Christmas.

British Values: Introduction PowerPoint presentation: • Identify the different parts of Britain • Define ‘Britishness’ • Define ‘values’ • Identify British values • Describe British values • Know that sharing values doesn’t mean you must be British • Make a British values guide • Create a British values flag

Christmas 2016: When Christmas Was Banned: Puritan England 1644-1660 PowerPoint presentation and quiz covering the period in the 17th Century when Christmas was banned in England.

St Andrew’s Day PowerPoint presentation about St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland.

1. Christmas bingo - 24 editable cards, each with six images of Christmas. Can be used to identify images of Christmas by meaning and encourage turn taking rights; discussion and answers to questions. 2. 44 editable dominoes cards. Can be used to identify images of Christmas by meaning and encourage turn taking rights; sorting and sequencing; discussion and answers to questions.

Citizenship: British Values: Diversity: Famous people with disabilities PowerPoint presentation and quiz covering: • What types of disability can you think of? Who are the disabled? • What problems do they face Name famous people with disabilities

Christmas 2017: Christmas Words A bundle of PowerPoint and Word activities about Christmas words; cards and post.

: Christmas Past – 1976 PowerPoint presentation and quiz about Christmas 1976 and the year of 1976, covering: • Shopping • TV • Movies • Football • Music • News • Weather • Olympics

Chinese New Year 2017: The Chinese Zodiac PowerPoint presentation on the Chinese Zodiac, including information about each of the 12 zodiac years: animals; lucky numbers; lucky colours and lucky flowers.

PowerPoint presentation and quiz: 28 slides (12 questions) A look at some of the features of Christmas in Tudor England.

Oral Health Day: Dental Care World Oral Health Day (WOHD) is celebrated every year on 20 March. It is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote worldwide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene to looking after everyone old and young. PowerPoint quiz me that marks Oral Health Day and look how to care of your teeth.

Easter 2018: Easter Around the World 1.PowerPoint presentation/quiz and task sheets about Easter around the world and how it is celebrated. Looking at different countries across the globe and how they mark this important religious period. 2. Twenty-Eight A3 PDF printable task sheets in zipped file for students to complete; present and display their findings about Easter around the world. Twenty-six task sheets, each featuring a different country, with one left sheet blank to be used as seen fit by teacher or student. One task sheet for the whole group to record the different names for Easter across the world. A word search featuring 25 countries. The activities include colouring nations’ flags and researching and writing about how Easter is celebrated across the globe. Students can work individually; in a pair or in a group.

British Values: St. George’s Day: The Tomb of St. George/George of Lydda PowerPoint presentation and quiz, with task sheets on the Tomb of St. George and his links to Al Khader in Palestine. British values: Tolerance; respect; diversity and inclusivity.