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

World Ocean Day Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that explores why the oceans are so important to life on Earth, for the day celebrated each year on 8th June. The content includes 11 slides with teacher notes, covering what World Ocean Day is, how the oceans support life, amazing ocean life, oceans and people, oceans and the UK, ocean challenges, small actions with a big impact, the beauty of the ocean, follow-up activities and a final reflection. It links to geography learning about the world's oceans.

Oceans Support Life

How the oceans cover over 70% of the planet, produce about half of Earth's oxygen and help control temperature and weather, with questions such as "Why might so little of the ocean have been explored?"

Ocean Challenges

Plastic pollution, overfishing and climate change, and small actions such as using less plastic and picking up litter, asking "What is one small action you could take to help the ocean?"

Let's Learn More

Follow-up ideas, including a fact file about an ocean animal, a "Save Our Seas" campaign, an ocean food chain and a diary entry from the point of view of an ocean animal.

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.