What's included in The Titanic Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

The Titanic Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that tells the story of the ship that set sail from England to America in April 1912. The content includes 10 slides with teacher notes, covering the largest ship ever built at the time, innovation and scale, class and society on board, the iceberg, the power of nature, courage and values, the lasting legacy, a final reflection and follow-up activities. It links to history learning about significant events.

Life on Board

Electric lights, lifts, a swimming pool and a grand staircase, and how life on board depended on whether passengers travelled first, second or third class, with questions such as "How might the experience have felt different depending on where you stayed?"

The Iceberg and Courage

How the ship struck an iceberg on 14th April 1912, how crew members and the ship's musicians helped others, and how safety rules changed after over 1500 people lost their lives, asking "What does bravery look like in everyday life?"

Let's Learn More

Follow-up ideas, including a newspaper front page, a diary entry from a first, second or third class passenger and a model ship to test how watertight compartments work.

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.