What's included in the Chinese New Year Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Chinese New Year Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that explores the 15-day festival that marks the start of the Lunar New Year. The content includes 11 slides with teacher notes, covering what Chinese New Year is, the Great Race and the animals of the years, preparing for the new year, the importance of the colour red, celebrations, lion and dragon dances, special foods and a reflection.

The Great Race

The traditional tale of the twelve animals that each have a year named after them, with a chart and the question "What is the animal for this year?"

Red, Lanterns and Lion Dances

Why red brings happiness and good fortune, what the symbols on lanterns mean and why lions and dragons are used in the dances, with answers in the teacher notes.

Food and Reflection

What dumplings, long noodles, rice balls and oranges represent, ending with "Which part of Chinese New Year is your favourite?"

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.