Passover is a major Jewish celebration that occurs in Spring to mark the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt. This presentation explores the story behind Passover, how it is celebrated and the significance of the Seder plate. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another culture and one of their important festivals.

Nelson Mandela Day is an international celebration of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. This presentation explores his story, what he achieved and the lasting impact his fight for equality had on the 20th and 21st centuries. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another culture and one of the world’s most important and influential leaders.

Bastille Day is an important celebration in France that occurs every year on 14th July. This presentation explores what this event commemorates, why it is important to French people and how the Storming of the Bastille helped to shape modern day France. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another country and one of their important celebrations.

St George’s Day is celebrated in various countries around the world, including England, of which he is the patron saint. This presentation guides children through the legend of Saint George, from his humble beginning to the more fanciful myths involving a dragon. It also shows which countries celebrate St George’s Day and some celebrities that were born on this day. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

International Mother Language Day celebrates linguistic and cultural differences between mother tongues. It has strong links to British Values (especially 'Mutual Respect and Tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs). Promotes individual differences and the need to respect each other’s differences, celebrating them. Presented in an easy to use PowerPoint. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

A Christmas Carol is a story about Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens. This unit of work comprises three lessons focused on descriptive writing. It looks at how to write effective character and setting descriptions based on A Christmas Carol. All the slides and lesson plans are fully editable. The slides contain everything required for a successful lesson, including a WAGOLL, success criteria, links to video clips and extracts from the text.

St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of the life and work of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This assembyl guides children through the story about the life of Saint Patrick, and shows how St Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

Mother’s Day is a celebration of mums everywhere. This English resource contains a PowerPoint (includes a WAGOLL) and planning sheet, so that children can successfully create a rhyming poem about mothers, or their own mother. The resource explores different types of poems before looking in detail about the benefits of rhyme in poetry and other poetic devices.

This is a day to celebrate reading and foster an enjoyment of books and stories with children. Help your class or school understand the benefits reading can bring with this colourful and informative assembly, which also includes a mini quiz about reading.

International Day of Charity is an important celebration to remind us about the work of Mother Teresa and the kindness we can show others by doing helpful, charitable acts. This presentation explores what International Day of Charity is, why it began, who Mother Teresa is and how we can all work together to support this important day. There are suggested questions and discussion points in the notes sections throughout. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about what charity means and how we can all do small acts of kindness every day.

Mother’s Day cards are a popular craft activity for primary school children in the run up to Mothering Sunday. A selection of tried and tested ideas, separated into card ideas that are suitable for KS1 and those that are more suited to KS2. For a PowerPoint and English activity about Mother’s Day please see the Mother’s Day bundle on the Primary AllStars shop.

Adapted from the SMART Notebook version of this resource. A fully editable PowerPoint presentation including three lessons based on Charles Dickins’ A Christmas Carol. It looks at character and setting description. Includes all resources needed for the lessons, including an editable lesson plan and extracts where needed.

International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th March every year. This assembly guides children through considering how influential and important women have been in every sector. It discusses key inventions created by women, as well as those women who had a profound impact on the way our society operates today. The assembly also helps raise the issue of gender stereotyping. So help your children celebrate the brilliance of women in this easy to use PowerPoint presentation. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

This is a fully editable birthday display for your classroom. There is a balloon for each month and a title for the display. You can add your children’s names or pictures to the correct balloon, so that everyone’s birthday is celebrated.

A Christmas quiz is a fun way to test your children’s understanding of key aspects of the curriculum. This resource contains three Christmas quizzes for you to share with your class (primarily aimed at KS2 year groups) in the busy run up to the Christmas holiday. This collection contains a fun general knowledge quiz, with various rounds for children to enjoy and complete individually or in groups; a maths quiz to test their understanding of everything covered in the Autumn term (place value, number and the four operations) and a SPaG quiz to test their understanding of various grammar points, all with a Christmas theme. All answers are included, where possible. A fun way to still ensure their is learning taking place in your classroom, but with a fun, festive twist!

Christmas poetry and letter writing - a fun way to continue to teach high quality English lessons during the busy Christmas period. Two individual KS2 English lessons (which could be stretched to more lessons if needed) around the theme of Christmas. One lesson focuses on the art of writing a persuasive letter, with the hook of writing to Santa to persuade him to bring their desired presents. It looks at the features of a letter, as well as exploring what different persuasive techniques could be used. The another lesson focuses on poetry, specifically haikus. This lesson teaches the format of a haiku and discusses the importance of syllables. The children can then write their own Christmas Haiku Poem. Each lesson comes complete with PowerPoint slides, worksheets (where applicable), a WAGOLL and lesson plan - all of which are fully editable. Enjoy English with your class in the run up to Christmas with these lessons!

Letters to Santa are a popular Christmas tradition. this resource helps guide KS1 children through how to write a letter, discussing the layout and what features to include. The resource contains a lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets, which are all fully editable. Enjoy a key part of Christmas with your class with this English resource. Merry Christmas!

Chinese New Year is a festival which celebrates the beginning of next year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. These activities can be used as standalone activities or as part of a more in depth look at a celebration from a different culture. The activities include: a quiz, a guided reading activity (more suited to KS2), a Top Trumps card game activity based on the Chinese Zodiac, a template and instructions for making paper lanterns and outlines of Chinese dragons to colour and create your own dragon dances!

A Christmas quiz is a fun way for you and your class to end the term. This is a free sample of a larger general knowledge quiz, which can be found by following the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-quizzes-12212487