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

World Art Day Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that celebrates creativity around the world on 15th April, the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci. The content includes 13 slides, covering what World Art Day is, why we celebrate it, Leonardo da Vinci, what art is, art from around the world, why art matters and why art is for everyone. It links to art and design learning about great artists.

Leonardo da Vinci

The painter, inventor, engineer and scientist who designed early flying machines and painted the Mona Lisa, with questions such as "What does Leonardo's life teach us about curiosity and creativity?"

Art From Around the World

African textiles, Japanese calligraphy, Aboriginal dot painting and Islamic geometric patterns, and how art tells stories about identity and history, asking "Can art change the way people think?"

Art Is for Everyone

Why you do not have to be famous to be an artist, from designing games to styling clothes, ending with "How will you use your creativity this 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.