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This programme was published in November 2023 and we are no longer reviewing emails and messages from schools for inclusion in the lesson or on the page.

We mark Remembrance Day 2023 in this thought-provoking literacy Live Lesson for primary schools.

What is Remembrance Day?

More than 100 years after the end of World War One, we ask 'Why do we still remember?' and explore the significance of Remembrance Day through poetry and real-life accounts from veterans.

From Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, Newsround's Shanequa Paris and poet Tomfoolery delve into what Remembrance Day is, who we remember and why.

How to get involved:

Download resources to accompany the Live Lesson here:

Poet and former Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho shares techniques and poetic devices, and children will come away inspired to write their own poems and reflective pieces.

Former Royal Marines Commando and Invictus Games Medallist JJ Chalmers also answers questions from children about his own experience of serving in the armed forces.

Remembrance Day Live Lesson and KS2 teaching resources

Curriculum links: English/Language and Literacy for 7-11 year olds.

• Discuss the meaning and purpose of poems, noting devices that capture the reader's imagination.
• Explore and experiment with figurative language, rhyme and rhythm to create original poems.
• Reflect on and imaginatively respond to spiritual, moral, social and cultural issues around remembrance.
• Compare and contrast the lives, experiences, feelings and viewpoints of people in other places and times.
• Develop an understanding of change over time, the consequences of specific events and how the past has affected the present.

Remembrance resources from Imperial War Museum

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