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

Rosh Hashanah Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that introduces children to the Jewish New Year and its traditions. The content includes 9 slides, covering what Rosh Hashanah means, a time of reflection and repentance, synagogue services and the Shofar, sharing a family meal, symbolic foods, a key symbols matching activity and a moment of reflection. It links to RE learning about Judaism.

The Jewish New Year

What Rosh Hashanah means, the 10 days of repentance and why the Shofar is blown at the synagogue, opening with "How do you celebrate New Year?"

Food and Key Symbols

What apples dipped in honey, challah and pomegranates symbolise, followed by a matching activity for the key symbols.

Moment of Reflection

Questions to help children think about their own year, such as "Are there things you are proud of?"

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.