VE DAY 2025: teaching resources and activities

VE Day activities for schools

We're proud to be partnering with Royal British Legion again this year on a remarkable project of literacy resources that will mark the 80th annniversay of VE Day and support pupils in connecting with Remembrance through non-ficition and fiction texts.

Learning Sequences: Stories for Remembrance

Our Stories for Remembrance project aims to support teachers in exploring Remembrance stories in the classroom, both fiction and non-fiction whilst developing key literacy skills inspired by stories from the Second World War.

Included in the resources:

• A session for pupils to explore VE Day and stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 5 to 7 (KS1/P1 to P3).
• A session for pupils to explore VE Day and stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 7 to 11 (KS2/P4 to P7).
• A session for pupils to explore VE Day stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 11 to 14 (KS3/S1 to S3).
• A teacher guide for pupils aged 5 to 14 which includes a range of classroom activities aimed to develop key reading, writing and oracy skills. Each activity focuses on ‘Why it is important to remember stories from the Second World War?” and a specific literacy focus.
• A guide for how to host a VE day celebration in your school.
• An assembly to introduce the celebration event (For pupils aged 5 to 14/KS1-KS3/P1to S3)

Resources will be available to download on this page from week commencing 14 April.

For further resources and information about our work with Royal British Legion, visit our Remembrance page.