2 sentence builders to support the topic of Festivals and Celebrations (AQA GCSE). The first one covers: how people celebrate festivals (present tense with ‘on’) my favourite festival is … because … last year for … I/we … (perfect tense) The second one covers: what I did last year for my birthday what I am going to do/ will do this year/ next year (both future tenses included)

Worksheets based on Wayland’s Popcorn series A Year of Festivals - 4 books that introduce children to the main religious celebrations in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism. Each worksheet looks at a different religion: Find out when Christian festivals take place during the year. Complete a chart about Hindu gods, and goddesses. Describe the different Jewish festivals. Learn the meanings of specific religious words in Islam.

Lesson on Celebrating Festivals for the new AQA GCSE RE Spec A. Please rate and comment any suggestions / feedback.

This is a full unit of work based on the GCSE topic of Festivals and Celebrations (AQA spec). It is based on Conti’s EPI approach and includes 2 sentence builders with Powerpoints containing follow up activities. This unit is designed for 9 x 60 minute lessons. The resources are as follows: Sentence Builder on Festivals Two lessons with follow-up activities on Festivals Sentence Builder on Birthdays Two lessons with follow-up activities on Birthdays A consolidation lesson including a 90 word writing task Two lessons on Francophone festivals Please note that the listening activities are transcript-only. I have not recorded them as I am not a native speaker, but you could easily record them and embed them in the Powerpoints or simply read them aloud as the class teacher.

This resource practices understanding vocabulary in German to describe celebrations and festivals.

**11 sets of How to Draw Books OVER 100 PAGES. ** A fantastic addition to any creative area. A step-by-step guide on how to draw a range of pictures. These would be suitable for KS1 and lower KS2 pupils. What’s included: How to draw… Christmas (25 pages) How to draw; Nativity pictures, Rudolf, presents, Christmas tree, stocking etc How to draw… Bonfire Night(9 pages) How to draw; bonfire, fireworks, toffee apple etc How to draw… Diwali (6 pages) How to draw; fireworks, Diya Lamp, Rangoli etc How to draw… Lunar New Year(18 pages) How to draw; animals, lantern etc How to draw…Valentines’ Day (9 pages) How to draw; teddy bear, love hearts etc How to draw…Easter (9 pages) How to draw; Easter eggs, hot cross buns, bunny etc How to draw…Halloween (9 pages) How to draw; witches’ hat, spider, pumpkin etc How to draw… Birthday (8 pages) How to draw; party hats, birthday cake, birthday card etc How to draw… St George’s Day (10 pages ) How to draw; St George, dragon, princess etc How to draw… Pancake Day (11 pages) How to draw; pancakes, ingredients, toppings etc How to draw… Harvest (11 pages) How to draw; farmer, vegetables, tractor, scarecrow etc There is an editable book and non editable book available for each of the seasons. This will be part of a bundle. Other How to Books: How to draw… Seasons (4 books available) How to draw… Geography (3 Books available) How to draw… Science- Animals Classification (1 Book available) How to draw… Buildings and Food (2 books available )

A 68 page power point which includes flashcards to teach the vocabulary and covers about 5 short lessons. This can be used by students independently or taught in class! The work supports the teaching of the topic of festivals, traditions and celebrations at GSCE and supports the teaching of the exercises which are found in both the foundation and higher page of the AQA text books. The final activity is a creative task which students can be left as a research project for homework and gives flashcards of the 13 Provencal desserts which students are asked to draw on their own Christmas table. A competition idea maybe ?

Using different tenses to describe celebrations and festivals. Suitable for GCSE Level. Comes with a tense table for students to complete and relay translations to finish.

These are to accompany a ‘Festivals and Celebrations’ display in which you plot the significant events of the year (including religious events and special days) and you can add children’s work and photos of events around these titles. Each one has an image and a brief description of the event.

UK based festivals and celebrations in the Autumn Term. Included is a festival and celebrations word mat used to assist independent writing.

Our Festivals and celebrations maths challenges year 6 teaching pack is designed to help children recap, practise and consolidate problem solving skills in preparation for KS2 SATs. The pack is divided into nine lessons. Each lesson targets a specific strand of the Y6 maths Programme of Study and relates to a particular festival or celebration to give maths a real-life context. Lessons feature a starter activity, a whole class teaching activity with PowerPoint slides, a worksheet for independent work and a plenary. Questions are KS2 maths SATs-style. Answers are included. Lessons included in the pack: Lesson 1: Halloween – add, subtract, multiply, divide Lesson 2: Bonfire Night – fractions Lesson 3: Diwali – shape Lesson 4: Hanukkah – statistics Lesson 5: Christmas – position and direction Lesson 6: Chinese New Year – percentages Lesson 7: Easter – ratio Lesson 8: Earth Day – area, perimeter and volume Lesson 9: Eid al-Fitr – algebra You may also like our Festivals and celebrations comprehension practice teaching pack. A sample word problem: Auntie Zainab sells silver bracelets as Eid gifts in her shop. She uses a formula to work out how much each customer pays according to the number of links of silver in the bracelet (which she calls s). She charges 50p for each silver link and then £1.50 for the presentation box. What is the formula she uses to work out the cost for a customer?

Our Festivals and celebrations comprehension practice year 6 teaching pack is designed to help children recap, practise and consolidate comprehension and writing skills in preparation for KS2 SATs. The pack is divided into nine lessons aligned with the Y5/6 English Programme of Study. Each lesson is based on a text extract or poem relating to a particular festival or celebration. Lessons feature a starter activity, a whole class teaching activity with PowerPoint slides, paired/group or independent tasks, assessment opportunities and a plenary, with accompanying resources. Comprehension questions are KS2 SATs-style. Answers are included. Festivals and texts included in the pack: Lesson 1: Halloween – Macbeth by William Shakespeare Lesson 2: Bonfire Night – ‘The Fifth of November’ (English Folk verse) Lesson 3: Diwali – Prince of Fire by Jatinder Verma Lesson 4: Hanukkah – ‘Season of Skinny Candles’ by Marge Piercy Lesson 5: Christmas – ‘A Visit from St Nicholas’ by Clement C. Moore Lesson 6: Chinese New Year – The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman Lesson 7: Easter – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Lesson 8: Earth Day – My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Lesson 9: Eid al-fitr –’Yusuf and the Great Big Brownie Mistake’ by Aisha Saeed You may also like our Festivals and celebrations maths challenges teaching pack. An extract from the resource: Read the extract from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman on PPT slides 32-34). Then provide each child with a copy of the extract (Chinese New Year resource 1) and ask them to reread it, underlining all the different ingredients for fireworks. Take feedback and compile a list on the board. Ask: What makes these ingredients sound exciting? Draw out that the author has paired ordinary words such as powder and grains with attention-grabbing words such as thunder, fly-away and scorpion. In groups, ask children to plan their firework recipe poem using the scaffold in Chinese New Year resource 2: Firework recipe. First, they must create a list of exciting ingredients, then some powerful imperative verbs. Then children use these as an idea bank to write a recipe poem for an explosive new firework! What will be the name of their firework?

This resource practices using and understanding vocabulary in German to describe celebrations and festivals.

4 cards to each A4 sheet showing a range of celebrations and festivals. Use for display or great sequencing activity where children order them and match them to the months of the year.

A resource to encourage children to think about festivals and celebrations and talk about them. The cards could be cut out and added to a child’s communication board. Sheet 1 shows 16 festivals and celebrations with words along the side and added above the pictures. Children could colour in the pictures. Sheet 2 shows the same resource but without pictures. Children can draw in their own pictures or write the words. Sheet 3 has no words or pictures and is a useful template. This could be used for anything from animals they know to people that help us. Laminate to make a useful writing mat with key words.

This lesson is part of a set of interactive activities detailing the work of a charity organisation in the Tsunami affected areas of Sri Lanka. The resource contains images, problem solving tasks and cross-curricular tasks and all files can be edited to suit the needs and ability of your children. For more materials relating to this resource, please visit the NGfL site, linked below.

Third lesson in SOW looking at the main beliefs of Hinduism. This lesson looks a the festivals of Diwali and Holi. Students look at the stories behind each festival and how Hindus celebrate them today. Lessons are designed with non subject specialists in mind to be able to pick up and teach. Relevant information is on screen and task information is one screen also. Lesson includes all relevant resources ready to print. Lessons designed for KS3 but can be adapted up or down to suit ability of students.

French celebrations - cultural lesson. Cultural knowledge in English. Then parallel translation in French/English.