Halloween KS1

Halloween – A Fun Autumn Celebration | KS1 Enrichment Lesson

A colourful, ready-to-use 22-slide PowerPoint lesson (20 pupil + 2 teacher) that introduces KS1 pupils to Halloween through accessible explanations, engaging pictures and pupil-friendly activities.

Children learn when Halloween takes place, recognise familiar symbols and explore costumes and trick-or-treating. A simple science link introduces bats and owls as nocturnal animals, while an international comparison shows how autumn is celebrated in the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The resource includes:

Clear learning objectives
Illustrated key vocabulary
Quick retrieval practice
Sentence stems and Talk Partner questions
A day-or-night animal sorting activity
Odd One Out reasoning questions
Differentiated Mild, Spicy and Hot independent tasks
Answer checking and pupil self-assessment
Teacher-only Curriculum Fit and Rosenshine planning references
A supporting A4 black-and-white At A Glance colour-in printable

Ideal for KS1 topic work, seasonal enrichment, speaking and listening, early writing, science links and an engaging October lesson.

NB. This lesson was designed and written by a teacher. The draft PowerPoint was made by Claude AI, the graphically enhanced version was then
made by ChatGPT, and all editing was done by Copilot. Every stage was overseen, amended where necessary, and approved by a teacher. Total time approximately 3 hours.