What's included in the St Dwynwen's Day Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

St Dwynwen's Day Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that explores the Welsh day for celebrating love, held on 25th January. The content includes 10 slides, covering different kinds of love, what St Dwynwen's Day is, Welsh love spoons, the story of St Dwynwen, how the day is remembered today and a reflection.

The Story of St Dwynwen

How a young Welsh princess was granted three wishes by an angel and used them kindly, with questions such as "What wishes do you think she asked for?"

St Dwynwen's Day Today

Love spoons carved with hearts, dragons or Celtic knots, and why people still travel to Llanddwyn to see the ruins of her final church.

Reflection

How people in Wales celebrate the love they have for others, ending with "How could we show the ones that we love that we cherish them?"

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.