Advent KS1 | PowerPoint & PDF Activity Pack

Explore Advent with this ready-to-use KS1 teaching resource, featuring a 24-slide PowerPoint, 32-page printable A4 PDF activity pack, 14 varied activities, teacher guidance and complete answers.

Designed for Years 1–2, this resource helps pupils explore Advent as a Christian time of waiting and preparing for Christmas. Children learn about Advent wreaths, the four Sundays of Advent, candle traditions, Advent calendars and the themes of hope, peace, joy and love.

Activities encourage pupils to think, talk, sort, draw, read and explain, while recognising that Christian traditions and customs can vary.

What’s Included?

• 24-slide PowerPoint (16:9 widescreen) with illustrated explanations, discussion questions and teacher speaker notes
• 32-page printable A4 PDF, including 14 activities across 19 pupil pages
• Symbol matching and Advent wreath labelling activities
• Four Sundays candle sequencing and cut-out cards
• Hope, peace, joy and love sorting activities
• Advent calendar number puzzle and counting questions
• Advent preparation and Christmas Day sorting cards
• Reading comprehension with questions and answers
• Advent Detectives misconception-correction activity
• Same and Different candle comparison
• Kindness planning, waiting comic and calendar window design
• Discussion questions and a final knowledge challenge
• Teacher guidance, a flexible four-lesson sequence, knowledge mat, answer guidance and source references

Ideal For

KS1 Religious Education lessons, Advent learning, Christmas traditions and classroom discussion activities.

The pack includes a flexible four-lesson teaching sequence, with activities that can also be selected individually.

Year 1 pupils can respond through pointing, drawing, speaking or dictation, while Year 2 pupils can develop explanations and reasoning.

The resource supports respectful learning about Christian beliefs without requiring pupils to share their own personal beliefs.

Files Included

PowerPoint (.pptx) – Editable 24-slide widescreen presentation with teacher speaker notes, questions, suggested answers, support and extensions.

PDF (.pdf) – 32-page A4 portrait printable activity pack containing 14 activities, teacher guidance, a knowledge mat, answers and source references.

The PDF contains the printable activity pack, not a PDF copy of the PowerPoint presentation.

KS1 | Years 1–2