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

Harvest Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that helps children understand where our food comes from and why we celebrate Harvest Festival. The content includes 7 slides, covering the food journey from farm to shop, how crops are harvested, Harvest Festival in the UK and how communities give thanks and share. It links to RE and PSHE.

The Food Journey

How fruit, vegetables and grains are grown on farms, harvested by hand or by machine and transported to shops, with questions such as "Have you ever picked strawberries or blackberries?"

Gratitude and Sharing

Why Harvest Festival is held in autumn, how churches, schools and villages give thanks and collect food for those who need it, ending with "What are you thankful for at this time of year?"

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.