PowerPoint presentation about Lent.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and after Shrove Tuesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. This year Lent starts on March 1.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topic of in the run up to Easter.
The resource contains an informative and fully editable 42 slide PowerPoint presentation on Pancake Day. It is an ideal assembly during February and the Lent and Easter period. It includes all the significant events:
- Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day
- Maundy Thursday - Maundy money
- Palm Sunday
- The Last Supper
- Judas' Betrayal
- Good Friday
- The Crucifixion
- Easter Sunday
- Why we have pancakes
- Why we have hot cross buns
- Why we have Easter eggs
The PowerPoint contains a hyperlink to a video on the Easter story and the key events during the period of Lent and Holy Week.
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A powerpoint for a lesson on Lent.
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This lesson explore the theological basis of lent and encourages students to reflect on why the practice of giving up things we love/enjoy can be beneficial for ourselves and wider society.
PowerPoint presentation and quiz (20 questions) about Lent.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and after Shrove Tuesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. This year Lent starts on March 1.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topic of in the run up to Easter.
This is a lesson that compares Lent and Ramadan.
Split the class into groups and give them different information from the slides to present back to everyone else.
Everyone presents their information so the class can discuss and record differences and similarities in Ramadan and Lent.
The plenary is an assessment about whether or not fasting is the best way to show your commitment to God.
I use this lesson as part of a Year 7 SOW about the Five Pillars of Islam and after a unit of work on Christianity.
Assembly on Lent: where it comes from in the bible, alternative things to give up in modern times. Link to lego story of the temptation of Christ if you want. Worked very well with both KS3 &4 who enjoyed the lego! The whole thing takes about 20 minutes. Good for SMSC.
This assembly explains the back ground to pancake day and looks at why millions of people eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.
-It covers the history of Shrove Tuesday
-The meaning of lent
-The purpose of fasting
-How lent is celebrated around the world (in seven different countries)
-Some fun facts about pancake day
-Why many non-religious people take part in lent
-How they can take part in lent (even if they aren’t Christian)
It’s a well resourced, presented and explained assembly. They students should not only enjoy it but also reflect on their own lives.
This is aimed at KS3/KS4 but could easily work for KS2 or even KS5.
You could also use this in tutor time.
PowerPoint quiz (20 questions) about Lent.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and after Shrove Tuesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. This year Lent starts on March 1.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topic of in the run up to Easter.
This is a creative lesson for the lead up to Easter in which pupils make a simple display outlining their commitment for Lent, Pancake Day and Ash Wednesday.
it includes information about Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday together with the period of lent
This resource comes complete with:
aims and objectives
YouTube Links
Meaningful discussions
Crossword Puzzle with answers
Whole class or year group task.
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An assembly for most age groups on what Lent means in a secular society. Full script and simple image based powerpoint. Discusses the tradition of fasting and how that is used by different people but also encourages a wider view of Lent as a chance to make a commitment for personal development. Invites audience to make commitments for Lent.
A full 60 minute lesson covering the traditions that are carried out before and during Lent. The resources provided include:
Differentiated learning objectives, activities and outcomes.
A range of AFL activities
A carousel activity
A starter, main activity and plenary
A range of images and a video clip to meet different learning needs
Detailed information
Essentially everything you need has been provided for you here. This lesson contains differentiated learning objectives, activities and outcomes to ensure progress for all pupils’, along with a range of images, a video clip and detailed information to tailor different learning needs. This lesson has a strong emphasis towards independent learning with the carousel activity, along with a range of AFL activities. This lesson can be used exactly how it has been laid out as it follows a clear structure but can easily be adapted. Really hope this lesson helps and please leave a review.
These Lent themed prayer booklet templates make a lovely activity for your children to think about the meaning of Lent and reflect on what is important to them.
Children will write their prayer on one side of the template and decorate they other half. They can then cut the template out and fold it in half to make their Lent prayer booklet.
This resource contains three different templates; a candle, cross, and fish.
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This is a lesson plan (pdf) to teach children all about Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. It is perfect for ages 7-11.
The lesson is highly interactive and contains details of a starter, introduction to the topic, main task and plenary. There are whole class discussions and written activities for children to undertake. It includes objectives for children with three levels of abilities. Also included is a 20 slide animated PowerPoint with useful facts for the lesson and the Bible story around which the lesson is based. (This is not editable. Click the 'Read Only' button to open the PowerPoint. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) There is an optional template for the written activity. No further preparation required.
You might also be interested in our Ash Wednesday assembly and Ash Wednesday lesson plan for KS1:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ash-wednesday-assembly-11505458
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks1-re-lesson-ash-wednesday-lent-11800941
What is Lent about ? What have celebrities given up ? What might you give up? What about God? Act of Collective Worship / Assembly for the season of Lent. Full of biblical and secular ideas for discussion and reflection. Suitable for either whole school or smaller tutor group delivery. Contains audio visual material for stimulus.
A power point resource to use to introduce the theme of Lent. This resource is suitable for a form worship or tutor time and could easily be adapted for a year group assembly. It includes attractive images, a short true or false activity, Bible reading, reflection and prayer. The first in a series on Lent.