Passover is a major Jewish celebration that occurs in Spring to mark the Israelites escape from slavery in Egypt. This presentation explores the story behind Passover, how it is celebrated and the significance of the Seder plate. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another culture and one of their important festivals.

A Christmas quiz is a fun way to test your children’s understanding of key aspects of the curriculum. This resource contains three Christmas quizzes for you to share with your class (primarily aimed at KS2 year groups) in the busy run up to the Christmas holiday. This collection contains a fun general knowledge quiz, with various rounds for children to enjoy and complete individually or in groups; a maths quiz to test their understanding of everything covered in the Autumn term (place value, number and the four operations) and a SPaG quiz to test their understanding of various grammar points, all with a Christmas theme. All answers are included, where possible. A fun way to still ensure their is learning taking place in your classroom, but with a fun, festive twist!

Burns Night is a Scottish event held to mark the birthday of one of their most famous poets, Robert Burns. This assembly presents children with information about Robert Burns, gives examples of some of his poems, and shows how Burns Night is celebrated. Presented in an easy to use PowerPoint. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

St George’s Day is celebrated in various countries around the world, including England, of which he is the patron saint. This presentation guides children through the legend of Saint George, from his humble beginning to the more fanciful myths involving a dragon. It also shows which countries celebrate St George’s Day and some celebrities that were born on this day. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

International Mother Language Day celebrates linguistic and cultural differences between mother tongues. It has strong links to British Values (especially 'Mutual Respect and Tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs). Promotes individual differences and the need to respect each other’s differences, celebrating them. Presented in an easy to use PowerPoint. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

A Christmas Carol is a story about Ebenezer Scrooge written by Charles Dickens. This unit of work comprises three lessons focused on descriptive writing. It looks at how to write effective character and setting descriptions based on A Christmas Carol. All the slides and lesson plans are fully editable. The slides contain everything required for a successful lesson, including a WAGOLL, success criteria, links to video clips and extracts from the text.

Nelson Mandela Day is an international celebration of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. This presentation explores his story, what he achieved and the lasting impact his fight for equality had on the 20th and 21st centuries. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another culture and one of the world’s most important and influential leaders.

This is a day to celebrate reading and foster an enjoyment of books and stories with children. Help your class or school understand the benefits reading can bring with this colourful and informative assembly, which also includes a mini quiz about reading.

Letters to Santa are a popular Christmas tradition. this resource helps guide KS1 children through how to write a letter, discussing the layout and what features to include. The resource contains a lesson plan, PowerPoint and worksheets, which are all fully editable. Enjoy a key part of Christmas with your class with this English resource. Merry Christmas!

Adapted from the SMART Notebook version of this resource. A fully editable PowerPoint presentation including three lessons based on Charles Dickins’ A Christmas Carol. It looks at character and setting description. Includes all resources needed for the lessons, including an editable lesson plan and extracts where needed.

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of storytelling. This presentation explores the origins of this event, the history of storytelling, how to be a successful storyteller and famous storytellers. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to write creative stories. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

St Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of the life and work of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This assembyl guides children through the story about the life of Saint Patrick, and shows how St Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world. You can find an Assembly Bundle containing over 10 assembly PowerPoints for just £3.00 on the PrimaryAllStars TES shop.

A Christmas quiz is a fun way for you and your class to end the term. This is a free sample of a larger general knowledge quiz, which can be found by following the link below: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christmas-quizzes-12212487

Mother’s Day cards are a popular craft activity for primary school children in the run up to Mothering Sunday. A selection of tried and tested ideas, separated into card ideas that are suitable for KS1 and those that are more suited to KS2. For a PowerPoint and English activity about Mother’s Day please see the Mother’s Day bundle on the Primary AllStars shop.

Chinese New Year is a festival which celebrates the beginning of next year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. These activities can be used as standalone activities or as part of a more in depth look at a celebration from a different culture. The activities include: a quiz, a guided reading activity (more suited to KS2), a Top Trumps card game activity based on the Chinese Zodiac, a template and instructions for making paper lanterns and outlines of Chinese dragons to colour and create your own dragon dances!

Chinese New Year is a festival which celebrates the beginning of next year in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. This resource can be used as either a PowerPoint for an assembly on the Chinese New Year, or as a teaching resource to run alongside other Chinese New Year activities, which can be found on the TES PrimaryAllStars shop. It is suitable for all year groups and is fully editable.

Mother’s Day is a celebration of mums everywhere. This English resource contains a PowerPoint (includes a WAGOLL) and planning sheet, so that children can successfully create a rhyming poem about mothers, or their own mother. The resource explores different types of poems before looking in detail about the benefits of rhyme in poetry and other poetic devices.

This is a fully editable birthday display for your classroom. There is a balloon for each month and a title for the display. You can add your children’s names or pictures to the correct balloon, so that everyone’s birthday is celebrated.

Bastille Day is an important celebration in France that occurs every year on 14th July. This presentation explores what this event commemorates, why it is important to French people and how the Storming of the Bastille helped to shape modern day France. An engaging PowerPoint to inspire your children to learn about another country and one of their important celebrations.