An original harvest-themed song to the tune of ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis.
Resource includes lyric slides, to help teach the lyrics in small chunks and a full lyrics sheet on one side of A4.
Celebrate Harvest with this performance poem parade! Hosted by Dingle Dangle the Scarecrow, the harvest of cereals, vegetables and fruit are celebrated as they walk down the red carpet.
Well known Harvest songs can be performed at any point during the assembly to compliment this performance poem/parade.
This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and poem templates for creating an acrostic poem for the Harvest Festival. The PowerPoint explains what an acrostic poem is with examples. It also includes a link to a fun harvest song to give pupils some ideas for their poems.
Pupils can create their own poems and/or make a class poem that could be used in a Harvest Festival assembly.
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Harvest Festival Assembly Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint Harvest Festival presentation. It is an ideal resource for a Harvest Festival assembly.
The presentation is non-denominational and focuses on the letters that make up the words Harvest Festival. It allows pupils to reflect on the meaning of the harvest from a variety of perspectives. It also contains a hyperlink to a fun harvest Samba song.
Harvest Festival Bunting
This resource contains bunting for an harvest festival or harvest festival display. The pennants are available in three background colours - green, peach and multi-coloured. The bunting is available in A3 and A4 size.
Harvest Festival Banner Letters
This resource contains letters for a Harvest Festival banner for a display. The letters could also be used for a Harvest Festival assembly. They are available in both A3 and A4 sizes.
Harvest Festival Puzzle Pack
This resource contains a set of seven differentiated Harvest Festival themed word searches and anagrams.
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Great for harvest festival performances!
A one-week literacy unit based on creating and performing harvest poetry about a fieldmouse trying to keep safe when the farmer is harvesting the fields. At the end of the week pupils will have prepared a performance of their harvest poem.
The five lessons in this unit give children the opportunity to read and listen to a classic harvest poem and to consider how the sounds and language patterns come alive when it is read aloud, in particular its use of verbs and commands. Children will have the opportunity to engage imaginatively with the poem and to create their own version of a harvest poem to perform aloud.
The aims of the unit for pupils are:
• To listen to a classic harvest poem being read aloud
• To identify verbs
• To use command sentences
• To prepare a poetry performance including actions
• To perform a poem to an audience
The final performances would also be perfect for a harvest assembly or harvest festival.
A really fun and different Harvest song - perfect for a Harvest assembly!
There are lyrics for one full verse, the chorus and the pre-chorus.
Backing tracks can easily be accessed via Youtube.
Discover the joy of Harvest Festival! Introduce your KS1 pupils to the wonderful world of Harvest celebrations with these engaging lesson slides and worksheets. Through bold images and vibrant pictures children will learn about Harvest festival and how it is celebrated during this bountiful time of the year. Questioning slides, which are included, spark curiosity and help young learners develop a deeper understanding of the Harvest festival traditions through peer and group discussions. Children can follow this up by showing their understanding using the worksheets included.
Included:
Lesson slides (15 PDF slides)
3 harvest worksheets
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This detailed 20 slide PowerPoint has been developed to assist teachers in delivering a detailed analysis of Heaney's "The Harvest Bow" to Literature students.
There are detailed questions that prompt critical stanza-by-stanza analysis from pupils. Each set of questions enables pupils to focus on identifying and analysing poetic methods (AO2) and strengthening their understanding of the poem.
There are detailed and focused analyses of each stanza, focusing on poetic methods (AO2) to supplement the initial notes taken by students.
Also included in this document:
-Context on Seamus Heaney (AO3)
-Context on The Harvest Bow (AO3)
-Pre-reading tasks
-Initial reading questions
-Questions on the Theme of Family and Tradition
This Harvest Assembly Script is designed for KS1 children (ages 5-7) and aims to provide an engaging, age-appropriate celebration of the harvest season. The script combines storytelling, songs, and simple dialogue to help young learners understand the importance of harvest time, the role of farmers, and the concept of gratitude for food and nature’s bounty. Key Features: - Theme: The assembly focuses on the autumn harvest, celebrating the hard work of farmers and the abundance of fruits, vegetables, and grains that are gathered during this time of year. - Structure: The script includes a welcoming introduction, a simple narrative or story about harvest, opportunities for children to act out roles (e.g., farmers, animals, crops), and a closing section where children give thanks. - Songs and Rhymes: Incorporates easy-to-learn harvest songs and rhymes that KS1 children can sing and recite together, enhancing their understanding through music and repetition. - Interactive Elements: Opportunities for children to hold props such as baskets of fruit, ears of corn, or colorful leaves, creating a visually appealing and immersive experience. - Inclusive Participation: The script is designed to ensure that all children have a part to play, whether it be a speaking line, singing, or participating in group actions. It encourages teamwork and builds confidence in young learners. -
This is a plan for an assembly on Harvest, with a focus on the theme of thankfulness. There is a PowerPoint on what harvest is and how it is celebrated in Britain included. The plan is easy to follow and requires no resources, so is perfect for using at the last minute!
I like leading assemblies that are interactive, engaging and relevant to the children’s lives. So this assembly involves an anecdote to make it more relevant to the children. You can use the example in the plan or use an anecdote from your own day. This is then linked to the theme of harvest. There is a lot of opportunity for the children to think about their own experiences and to feedback. There is also an example prayer/reflection to finish with.
The resources are in the zip file. These are:
5 page PDF Assembly Plan
20 Slide animated PowerPoint Presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a Slideshow with the animations.)
No further preparation needed.
The PowerPoint is also available separately and is included with our KS1 and KS2 Harvest Units:
Harvest Festival Presentation
KS1 Harvest RE (2 lessons)
Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit
14 pages of writing prompts based on Harvest.
Great for continuous provision in Year 1 to encourage independent writing.
Children can colour the picture and then write about it.
Here's a KS1/2 Harvest song in a country style. It is written to have a line dance in the middle of it - you could do 'The Funky Cowboy' as demonstrated in the video, or get the children to create a 'Harvesting Line Dance' with digging and reaping actions.
If you don't fancy the line dance, simply repeat a verse or write some lyrics of your own.
There is a vocal demo, a backing track, a score and a set of lyrics.
A variety of repeated pattern cards, using images of vegetables.
Use real vegetable or coloured pom poms for children to create repeated patterns, using the cards.
A bumper pack of resources for the story 'The Little Red Hen'.
Great to include in your Harvest topic.
Display resources:
A large colourful display banner of the title
Story words on bread slice shapes
Large and small character pictures from the story- hen, pig, cat, rat, goose/duck and dog- these could be used for story telling or displays - these are in black and white and colour
Large colour and black and white pictures of the tools used by The Little Red Hen and a windmill
Two different colourful display borders for you to print out as many times as you need for your display board
Question cards with questions about what the characters were thinking, what they were doing and why they were doing different things
Photographs of some different windmills- great for displays and discussion
Large lettering of 'The Little Red Hen' with each letter decorated with ears of corn
A4 character posters in colour of the different characters and their names
Word and picture cards of the different animals and props used by The Little Red Hen
Understanding of the World resources:
Photos of breads, wheat, corn and flour and fields of corn- great for displays and discussion
A Powerpoint about harvest and wheat/corn
Colour photos of the different animals in the story
Literacy resources:
A lovely Powerpoint of the story of 'The Little Red Hen'- the pages of this could also be printed out to make a book for your classroom
Colour and black and white pictures to sequence
Sequencing worksheets of the story
Speech bubbles with some key phrases from the story
Various speech bubble worksheets
Various other literacy worksheets- missing words, matching words to pictures, answering questions about the story, character worksheets, rhyming words etc
An alphabet line on hens
Various A4 pages in colour and black and white for the children to write on- these are each decorated with pictures from the story
Maths resources:
A number line to 50 on colourful windmills
Counting cards up to 10 with pictures from the story
Various themed worksheets- addition, subtraction and missing numbers
Activities:
Finger puppets to make of the different characters- greatfor retelling the story and for creating their own stories
Colour face masks of the different characters
Black and white face masks of the different characters
Various colouring sheets
Outline pictures of wheat, a windmill and the animals in the story- these could be used for writing activities or art activities
Games to make and play:
A lovely colourful board game to make based on the story
Matching pairs game
A Bingo game with pictures relating to the story of 'The Little Red Hen'
A rhyming word game
A great story pack to accompany the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. The pack includes worksheets, games, craft activities and display materials.
Great to use with your Harvest theme and during the Autumn / Fall term
Includes:
Large colourful characters and story props- these would be great on a display or are good when laminated and velcro added to the back for the children to use on a flannel board
Small characters and story props- these are great for table top play and also great when laminated and stored with the story book or included in a story sack
Story word cards- these are useful to add to a display or to include in a writing area
A coloured A4 story word card- great for the children to use when writing about the story
Black and white pictures of the characters and story props for the children to colour or collage
Colour face masks of the different characters- great for role play and retelling the story
Black and white face masks of the characters in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story
A game based on ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story- collect the different vegetables to plant in your vegetable garden
A colourful matching pairs game with pictures from the story
Finger puppets to colour and make- great for retelling the story and including in your story sack
Black and white pictures to sequence of the story
Various worksheets about ‘The Enormous Turnip’
Question cards to encourage the children to think about the story and what happened in ‘The Enormous Turnip’ story
An animated 21 page PowerPoint presentation that describes harvest celebrations around the world. It covers Thanksgiving in the USA, rice festivals in Asia, the Jewish festival of Sukkot, the fruit festival in Thailand, the moon festival of harvest in China and the yam festival in Ghana. The PowerPoint is not editable. (Click ‘Read Only’ to open.)
Perfect as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11.
A version of this PowerPoint is also available with our KS2 Harvest Unit:
Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit
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An editable google slides assembly presentation based around Harvest festival.
Suitable for KS1 & KS2. Visuals and Wigits used to be simple and help SEND and EAL children access. An engaging presentation bringing Harvest to life for children and helping them to understand community, sharing and giving.
Slides include:
What is Harvest festival?
When is Harvest festival?
What is harvested in Britian?
Harvest poem
Ways to celebrate Harvest festival
Reflection and act of worship (prayer) included to be accessible for both community and church schools.
These resources explore how Christians and Jews celebrate Harvest or Sukkot. The interactive resources are supported by detailed lesson plans, writing frames and assessment activities
Harvest Festival Freebie. Use this free cut and stick labelling activity as a starter, main activity, for centres or for early finishers.
Simply download and print.
Students will love to colour the harvest pictures then cut out the labels and match to the correct picture.
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Harvest Festival