Remembrance Day Pack KS1 + KS2 editable

A complete Remembrance Day pack for primary schools, with editable activities for KS1 and KS2 and a ready-to-use assembly PowerPoint. Everything you need for Remembrance Sunday (8 November 2026) and Armistice Day (Wednesday 11 November 2026) in one download.
Help pupils understand why we remember, through reading, writing, poetry, history, maths and quiet reflection. The activities are written to be age-appropriate and sensitive: the teacher notes include guidance for pupils with family in the armed forces or experience of conflict, and the poppy is presented as a symbol of remembrance and hope for peace.
What’s included (20 activity pages, editable Word and PDF):
• Teacher notes, 2026 dates and guidance on teaching Remembrance sensitively
• Knowledge organiser with key facts and vocabulary (KS1/KS2)
• KS1 reading: Why do we wear poppies? with questions
• KS2 reading comprehension: The story of the poppy, with retrieval, vocabulary and inference questions
• Timeline sort from 1914 to 1945, with a challenge question
• In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, with poetry questions
• My Remembrance poem: acrostic frame with word banks
• Unsung heroes cards: Walter Tull, Khudadad Khan, Noor Inayat Khan, women on the home front and animals in war, plus a research fact file
• A postcard home: a historical writing task
• Poppy maths (KS1) and Remembrance maths problems (KS2)
• Remembrance wordsearch
• Make a poppy wreath: step-by-step craft instructions
• Two-minute silence script, including the Exhortation
• Doves of peace reflection activity
• Full answers, including the wordsearch grid
Plus an editable 13-slide assembly PowerPoint (about 15 to 20 minutes), with a full script in the speaker notes, the Exhortation and a slide for the two-minute silence.
Suitable for Years 1 to 6. Every page can be edited in Word to suit your class, and the PDF is ready to print.