Winter Blues

This assembly teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and describe some of the different ways that families can respond to positive and negative aspects of the winter season.
The class can explain some of the different events that individuals and families could experience during the winter and suggest how each event can be viewed in a positive or negative light.
Download this teaching pack including an assembly plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and describe some of the different ways that families can respond to positive and negative aspects of the winter season
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the positive and negative aspects of the winter season and a shared reading text of a prayer to reflect on and suggest how families can celebrate the season of winter.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore some of the positive and negative aspects of winter and suggest how families might respond to different seasonal events.
This assembly can support development in learning how the world changes during the four seasons of the year and how each special time can affect individuals and families. There are teaching activities for shared learning and reflection and an interactive presentation to introduce concepts and key skills.
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