What's included in the Christmas Around the World Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Christmas Around the World Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that explores how Christmas is celebrated in different countries. The content includes 10 slides, covering the origins of Christmas, Christmas in the UK, Germany, Spain, Japan and Australia and a reflection. It links to RE learning about Christianity.

The Origins of Christmas

What Christmas means and why it is celebrated by Christians and by millions of people outside the Christian faith, with questions such as "How do you celebrate Christmas Day in your home?"

Christmas in Different Countries

From St Nicholas Day and Stollen in Germany to gifts on 6th January in Spain, fried chicken and strawberry shortcake in Japan and Christmas Day on the beach in Australia.

Reflection

Why Christmas is a special time wherever you are in the world, ending with "Which country do you think you would enjoy spending Christmas in?"

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.