What's included in the Women of World War II Whole School Assembly PowerPoint resource and why is it useful?

Women of World War II Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that celebrates the women who stepped into new roles while many men were away fighting. The content includes 12 slides, covering a World War II timeline, the Women's Land Army, conscription, the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), women who joined from around the world and significant individuals. It links to the KS1 and KS2 history curriculum.

Women at Work

How women took on jobs as land girls, factory workers, tank mechanics and radar operators, with questions such as "What kind of jobs do you think the women in World War II did?"

Significant Individuals

Profiles of Princess Elizabeth in the ATS, codebreaker Joan Clarke at Bletchley Park and singer Dame Vera Lynn, known as the Forces' Sweetheart.

Impact on Us Today

A chance to remember the women of the Home Front, ending with "How important do you think the work of women was to helping win the Second World War, and why?"

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.