FEATURE: RED NOSE DAY
Laughing and learning R
ed Nose Day on Friday 19th March might look a bit different this year, but it still
offers fantastic opportunities for fun, meaningful learning. We take a look at the free learning resources on offer for primary and secondary schools.. Red Nose Day is back on Friday 19th March 2021 and will aim to bring the UK together (although we may be apart) to show just how powerful humour can be through the toughest of times. This year Comic Relief has produced a range of
free learning resources that are flexible enough for you to use with ease whether pupils are in school or at home come March. As well as evidencing elements of the interim framework, activities are linked to the national curriculum and the PSHE Association programme of study. Why not visit
comicrelief.com/schools to take a
look at the resources you’ll be able to use? The summary here provides a snapshot of what’s available, with suggestions for how to use them.
1. Start with an assembly The assembly for primary schools acts as an introduction to Red Nose Day – what it is and why people raise money for Comic Relief. It includes a link to a film about Ethan, which tells his story in an engaging, relatable way. The assembly comes in the form of a
PowerPoint that has been designed to be flexible enough for you to deliver to your class or bubble, or for pupils to access themselves from home. Guidance to help you use the assembly, including talking points for you to use as the basis of a group discussion in the classroom or online, comes in a separate PDF.
your pupils make sure they watch the film before you begin (you can stream this at
comicrelief.com/meet-ethan, as well as from within the assembly PowerPoint). For key stage 1, activities include
learning about people who help us, baking like Ethan and creating artwork to raise a smile. Opportunities are provided to evidence the key stage 1 curriculum for English, citizenship, art and design & technology, as well as the PSHE Association programme of study. For key stage 2, learning activities include writing a biography of Ethan,
reflecting on overcoming challenges, creating infographics related to fundraising and taking part in football challenges. Opportunities are provided to evidence the key stage 2 curriculum for English, citizenship, maths and PE, and the PSHE Association programme of study. There are five activities for each key stage: ideal for one a day leading up to Friday 19th March.
PRIMARY POINTERS: LEARNING WITH ETHAN Ethan’s story This year’s Red Nose Day primary learning resources focus on the story of nine-year-old Ethan, who lives in Leicestershire and loves singing, baking, playing football and making people laugh. When Ethan was 14 months old, he was
diagnosed with cerebral palsy. As well as being non-verbal, doctors said he would never sit unaided, crawl, walk or run. A month later, his parents discovered Steps Conductive Education Centre, a project funded by Comic Relief, and Ethan has never looked back. He is now in Year 3 at a mainstream school.
2. Use the topic maps In the week before Red Nose Day, why not use topic maps as the starting point for some inspirational cross-curricular learning with your pupils? The topic maps use Ethan’s story as a starting point, so if you haven’t shared the assembly with
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3. Make the most of early years resources If you teach foundation or key stage 1, you might also want to take a look at the resources for early years at
comicrelief.com/earlyyears. These focus on Elida, a little girl from Malawi
with cerebral palsy who is cared for by her grandmother. A poster tells Elida’s story in letter form and is supported by a set of learning activities that relate Elida’s life to the characters of JoJo and Gran Gran from the CBeebies series. If pupils are out of school, why not suggest they watch extra episodes of JoJo and Gran Gran to supplement their learning? Making the connection between Ethan and
Elida’s stories offers a valuable opportunity to help pupils think about what makes us all unique and to understand that difference is a positive thing and part of living in a diverse world.
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