Fireworks collection
Fireworks can be spectacular, decorating the night sky with colour and sound, but they can also dangerous. Use this collection to help explain the dangers of handling fireworks while bringing a little bit of history and celebration into the mix (with the aid of a certain Mr Fawkes!).
- Loaded with fun facts and rich history, the story of the Gunpowder Plot will stick long in the mind with this presentation.
- Create posters to ensure the Firework Safety Code isn’t taken lightly by children and adults alike.
- The dangers of fireworks and the damage they can cause are displayed to great effect with these photos and safety campaign adverts.
- Fireworks can invoke terror, joy, fear and wonder in equal measure, but what kind of poetry can they inspire? This in-depth lesson aims to find out.
- Prepare props aplenty to go with this script and share the history of fireworks and Bonfire Night with the rest of the school.
- Katy Perry lit her own fireworks with this song full of poetic devices for your pupils to use as inspiration to create their own similar poem or song.
- This is a comprehensive plan for activities centred around Bonfire Night for young pupils.
- Turn the night sky into a canvas ready to be filled with fireworks and colour – a landscape worthy of Bonfire Night.
- The story of Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters’ failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament – minus some of the more gory details.
- A brief history of the Gunpowder Plot along with the key points to remember when fireworks are in the vicinity.
- How does a firework go from being all wrapped up to an explosion of colour and sound? All is explained in this BBC Class Clips video.
- How well your students know the Gunpowder Plot will determine how well they do in this fun quiz.
- Streams and streams of firework pictures complete with sound will set off your fireworks topic or lesson.
- Ten fat sausages become 10 sparkling fireworks in this number rhyme song for the younger singer.
- Bring out the inner Picasso in your pupils using real artwork on fireworks to spark discussion and inspire artistic ideas.
- The Gunpowder Plot has been muddled up and history must be put back into order using these sequence cards.
- A movement song designed to get your pupils singing and creating the sounds and actions of Bonfire Night and fireworks exploding in the night sky.
