What's included in the Burns Night Supper Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Burns Night Supper Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that explores how people celebrate the life and work of the Scottish poet Robert Burns on 25th January. The content includes 10 slides, covering who Robert Burns was, the first Burns Night Supper in 1801, an extract of Address to a Haggis, the traditions of a Burns Night Supper today and a reflection. It links to history learning about significant individuals.

Robert Burns

The national poet of Scotland, who wrote in the Scots language and English, and how his friends held the first Burns Night Supper five years after his death, with questions such as "What do you think this poem might have been about?"

The Burns Night Supper

A bagpiper, Cullen Skink, the arrival of the haggis with neeps and tatties, cranachan or clootie dumpling for pudding and everyone standing to sing Auld Lang Syne.

Reflection

A chance to think about why Burns Night is still celebrated, asking "What do you think the true meaning of Burns Night is?"

How do our whole school assemblies work?

Our whole school assemblies are PowerPoint slideshows that follow a similar structure: an introduction, questions to get children thinking, the key points of the topic and reflection time. They're paced to suit a primary school assembly and work best on a whiteboard, projected out to the hall. You can use them:

• as a whole school assembly, from EYFS up to KS2
• as a class assembly
• as a teaching PowerPoint when you want to cover an event or topic in your own classroom

The majority of our assemblies include teacher notes and guidance to support delivery, and because they're pacey, you can adapt them to however long your assembly lasts.

Adapting the Assembly for Your School

Every assembly is editable, so you can add, remove or change slides to suit the needs of your school. We cover religious events, seasonal topics, values such as kindness, friendship and tolerance, science, history, PSHE, music, significant people and sporting events, so you can choose the assemblies that fit your school year.

Supporting Learning at Home

Families can carry the conversation on at home by asking children about their assembly: what they heard, how it made them feel and what they think about it.

You can explore more of our whole school assembly resources here.