What's included in the Fire Safety Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Fire Safety Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that teaches children how fires start, why they are dangerous and what to do to stay safe. The content includes 12 slides, covering the Fire Triangle, how fire spreads, the dangers of fire and smoke, preventing fires, fire extinguishers, calling 999, school fire drills and a quick quiz. It links to the keeping safe strand of PSHE.

How Fire Starts and Spreads

The Fire Triangle of heat, fuel and oxygen, how fire spreads and why it is so dangerous, with questions such as "Why do you think smoke alarms are important?"

Staying Safe

Ways to prevent fires, what to tell the operator when you call 999 and how to take part in school fire drills: walk calmly and quickly, follow the signs to the exit and leave all your belongings behind.

Quick Quiz

A true-or-false quiz to check what children remember, with statements such as "You should hide under the bed if there is a fire."

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.