Inspiring Remembrance Activities for schools
We’re proud to continue our meaningful partnership with the Royal British Legion to deliver a powerful programme of events and resources that support Remembrance teaching and learning in schools across the UK.
We are working on new, free events and resources for Remembrance 2026. Please see below for more information. Before then, please access the recordings from 2025 to support your learners, and to discover how we work with the Royal British Legion, and alongside leading poets and role models, to mark Remembrance.
Remembrance 2026
This year, for Remembrance 2026, we will look to ‘service in a changing world’, inviting schools to consider what Remembrance can look like today. Thinking about how Remembrance has been marked in the past, but encouraging a forward look, recognising how the world is changing and how we remember the individuals who have served and sacrificed.
Remembrance 2026 will be a moment to continue the discussion around how Remembrance brings people together, establishes a community, and makes young people today as much part of Remembrance as anyone else.
Poems for Remembrance 2026
In the week that marks National Poetry Day (falling on Thursday 1 October), we invite schools to explore the emotional and historical significance of Remembrance through poetry. These sessions will be led by poet Alan (Kurly) McGeachie. We will also be offering a training video on 'How to Teach Remembrance', which will support these sessions.
There will be two online workshops, one aimed at pupils aged 7 to 9 (LKS2, P4/5), and another for pupils aged 9 to 11 (UKS2, P6/7).
Remembrance Assembly 2026
On Wednesday 11 November 2026, in partnership with the Royal British Legion, we are offering a free online assembly for ages 9 to 14 (years 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9). The Remembrance Assembly will be hosted by a familiar face, along with a panel of authors from a range of experiences and backgrounds, using their unique voices to highlight how reading brings people together into the Remembrance community.
The assembly is suitable for ages 9 to 14 (pupils from Years 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, or P6-7, S1-3).
The event will include the Two-Minute Silence to mark the Armistice.
Remembrance Assembly 2025
On Tuesday 11 November 2025, in partnership with the Royal British Legion, we held a free online assembly for ages 9 to 14 (years 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9). The Remembrance Assembly was hosted by JJ Chalmers, along with special guests, and is suitable for ages 9 to 14 (pupils from Years 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, or P6-7, S1-3).
The Prince of Wales encourages young people to connect with Remembrance
The Prince of Wales featured in a special video message for the Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Assembly on 11 November 2025, encouraging young people to take part in Remembrance to honour veterans and others across the Armed Forces community.
In the video message, The Prince touched on his own military experience, explored the different forms that Remembrance can take, and invited the next generation to discover what it means to them.
Philippa Rawlinson, Director of Remembrance for the Royal British Legion, said: “We’re honoured to welcome the Prince of Wales to this year’s Remembrance Assembly. His contribution, alongside that of veterans and serving personnel, will encourage young people to take part in Remembrance and find their own connection to the Armed Forces community, past and present.”
You can view the Remembrance Assembly 2025 on the National Literacy Trust YouTube channel:
Poems for Remembrance 2025
Honouring through verse
In the week that marked National Poetry Day (falling on Thursday 2 October), we invited schools to explore the emotional and historical significance of Remembrance through poetry. In collaboration with inspiring poet and author Tomos Roberts (aka Tomfoolery), we offered free, live workshops and classroom resources to help pupils connect with the past and express their reflections creatively.
Recordings of the 2025 events can be accessed below.
National Curricula and our resources
Our classroom resources are carefully aligned with the National Curriculum for England, supporting key learning objectives in both English and History for Key Stage 2:
English – Writing Composition
Develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
- Writing about real events
- Writing poetry
- Writing for different purposes
History
- Learn about events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally
- Discover the lives of significant individuals who contributed to national and international achievements
- Explore significant historical events, people, and places in their own locality
All Remembrance resources include the full national curricula links for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Remembrance resources from the Royal British Legion
To access a range of resources for teaching around Remembrance for both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, visit the Royal British Legion Teaching Remembrance page.
These free resources are linked to the National Curriculum. They include using creative writing, music, poetry, art, film and photography to inspire learning, relevant books and reading, and developing discussion and reflection skills.