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

Yorkshire Day Whole School Assembly PowerPoint is a slideshow that celebrates the history, culture and people of Yorkshire on 1st August. The content includes 10 slides with teacher notes, covering what Yorkshire Day is, where Yorkshire is, Yorkshire pride, Yorkshire's early and more recent history, Yorkshire culture, the white rose, a final reflection and follow-up activities. It links to geography and history learning about the UK.

Romans, Vikings and Industry

How the Romans built Eboracum, now known as York, how the Vikings settled across Yorkshire, and how farming, coal mining, wool and Sheffield steel helped the area grow.

Yorkshire Culture and the White Rose

Yorkshire puddings and parkin, the local dialect and the white rose that has represented Yorkshire for hundreds of years, with questions such as "Do you know any symbols that represent something in your community?"

What Makes Your Area Unique?

A final reflection that works for schools anywhere, asking "What makes your local area unique?", plus follow-up ideas such as a Yorkshire travel guide and a symbol for your own local area.

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.