Outlines for school assemblies and other resources

As part of The Royal British Legion Triple-Disk CD-ROM and DVD set for schools and young people, our learning team have prepared a number of sample assembly programs for use in schools. There are also lesson plans, puzzles and worksheets to supplement the assembly programs.

Key Stages 3 and 4

These are model assemblies for use at times of Remembrance. For Key Stage 3, there are three assemblies covering Remembrance, the Falklands War and The Anniversary of The First World War.

Assembly 1 - Remembrance
Assembly 2 - For The Falklands War
Assembly 3 - For Remembering the First World War

For Key Stages 3 and 4, there are four further assemblies on the Anniversary of D-Day, Why are we still remembering?, VE Day and Conflict Today.

Assembly 4 - Anniversary of D-Day
Assembly 5 - Why are we still remembering?
Assembly 6 - VE Day
Assembly 7 - Conflict Today

The poems at the end of each assembly have been selected from a range - please feel free to use them or replace them with your chosen alternatives.

The full set of 7 assemblies can be downloaded in a single pdf here.

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Key Stages 1 and 2

This section contains 27 assemblies for Key Stages 1 & 2. Generally, the assemblies have been written in groups of 5 to give teachers an assembly for each day of the week, to be used in the run-up to Remembrance Day or another relevant anniversary. Some of the assemblies can also be used as stand-alone single assemblies (indicated *). All files are in pdf format.

Assembly Series 1 - Remembrance - click here for the full series or below for each day

Day 1 - What do we remember?
Day 2 - The Poppy
Day 3 - Memorials
Day 4 - Poetry and Remembrance
Day 5 - The role of individuals and families in Remembrance
Day 6 - Remembrance Day *

Assembly Series 2 - Remembering World War One - click here for the full series or below for each day 

Day 1 - Wearing a poppy
Day 2 - The people we remember (general)
Day 3 - The people we remember (specfic)
Day 4 - Women affected by conflict
Day 5 - Remembrance Day *

Assembly Series 3 - Remembrance assemblies adapted for older pupils - click here for the full series or below for each day 

Day 1 - What do we remember?
Day 2 - The Poppy
Day 3 - Memorials
Day 4 - Who are we remembering?
Day 5 - Remembrance Day *

Assembly Series 4 - Remembering World War Two - click here for the full series or below for each day 

Day 1 - The Second World War
Day 2 - The Navy
Day 3 - Air Force and parachutists
Day 4 - Doctors and nurses
Day 5 - D-Day, the invasion

Assembly Series 5 - Remembering VE Day - click here for the full series or below for each day

Day 1 - World War Two
Day 2 - Britain and World War Two
Day 3 - VE Day *

Assembly Series 6 - Remembrance - click here for the full series or below for each day

Day 1 - Remembering the past
Day 2 - Helping people
Day 3 - Thinking about the present and the future *

Or the full set of 27 assemblies for Key Stages 1 & 2 can be downloaded here.

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Additional resources

Lesson Plans

Puzzles

Key Stage 1 Puzzle sheet

Key Stage 2 Puzzle sheet

Key Stage 3 Puzzle sheet

Key Stage 4 Puzzle sheet

Worksheets

1 - Remembrance & Memorials

2 - Diversity & Citizenship

3 - The Role of Women

4 - The Home Front

5 - The Holocaust

6 - The Work of the Legion

7 - Conflict since 1945

Debate and discussion topics - a list of questions as suggested discussion or debating topics for History and for the Citizenship curriculum, to explore international relations and organisations. Use the audiovisual materials in the Learning Pack as triggers for your debate or discussion.

Website research - a list of useful websites for further information.

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