Comic Relief Hot Topic

Celebrating Comic Relief in schools

March brings with it freshly bloomed flowers, early birds that chirp and the celebration of Comic Relief. Comic Relief is celebrated annually every March. Comic Relief's aims to help those in need and raise money through being funny. Celebrations are a confirmed favourite for engaging children, so what better way to instil a love of literacy in your classroom, than celebrating Comic Relief through fun literacy ideas!

Comic Relief: a Hot Topic resource

Our Hot Topic resources help you to effortlessly integrate current events and engaging topics into your English lessons, library sessions or tutor time to foster essential literacy skills such as reading, writing, and oracy. In this resource, you will find:

• Book recommendations to read aloud with pupils aged 4 to 14
• Writing activities including film-inspired writing and reflective journals
• Oracy activities including performance poetry and storytelling prompts
• The activities are designed to be adaptable for teachers working across different age ranges, and for the time you have available.

Explore our range of hot topic resources.