January Assembly
£3.00
This resource contains a fully editable 65-slide PowerPoint presentation on the month of January and a set of follow up activities. Never be stuck for an assembly in January again and improve your pupils’ general knowledge. It is ideal if you have a last minute assembly to do, or unexpected tutor gr
Additional information
| Resource type | Assembly |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 6-8, Age 9-13 |
Description
This resource contains a fully editable 65-slide PowerPoint presentation on the month of January and a set of follow up activities. Never be stuck for an assembly in January again and improve your pupils’ general knowledge. It is ideal if you have a last minute assembly to do, or unexpected tutor group time. It could also be used as a New Year assembly.
The presentation includes references to:
• How January got its name, things associated with December – flowers, Zodiac signs, quotes.
• Special Days – World Religion Day, Twelfth Night, The Epiphany, Saint Dwynwen’s Day, Burn’s Night, Saint Paul’s Day, Australia Day, Holocaust Memorial Day, RNLI fundraising day
• Notable Birthdays – J.R.R. Tolkien, Louis Braille, Jacob Grimm, Joan of Arc, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Steven Hawking, Kate Middleton, Frank Sinatra, Rod Stewart, George Foreman, Jan van Goyen, Martin Luther King, Muhammed Ali, Alan Alexander Milne, James Watt, Edgar Allen Poe, Paul Cezanne, Lord Byron, Edouard Manet, Hadrian, Virginia Woolf, Robert Burns, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lewis Carroll, Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake
• Notable Events and Happenings – Maria Montessori opened her first school, George Gershwin completed Rhapsody in Blue, Bobby Fischer won his first Chess Championship at the age of 14, the League of Nations founded, world’s first underground railway began, Mount Etna erupted, first televised weather broadcast, insulin first used to treat diabetes, Amelia Earhart became first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California, Elizabeth I was crowned queen of England, became law to wear seat belts, Robert Scott reached South Pole, Indira Gandhi elected Prime Minister of India, John F Kennedy became 35th President of US, Edward III became King of England, London’s Pall Mall first street in world to be lit by gas lights, Queen Victoria introduced Victoria Cross, Mohandas Gandhi assassinated.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to several areas of interest.
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January Presentation – Simple Text
