VE DAY 2025: literacy 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 anniversary of VE Day and support pupils in connecting with Remembrance through non-fiction 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.

For each age group we've provided a teacher guide that includes a range of classroom activities aimed to develop key reading, writing and oracy skills. Each activity focuses on the theme of ‘Why it is important to remember stories from the Second World War?” as well as having its own specific literacy focus.

Included in the resources:

• A teacher guide and session presentation for pupils to explore VE Day and stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 5 to 7 (KS1/P1 to P3).
• A teacher guide and session presentation for pupils to explore VE Day and stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 7 to 11 (KS2/P4 to P7).
• A teacher guide and session presentation for pupils to explore VE Day stories of Remembrance for pupils aged 11 to 14 (KS3/S1 to S3).
• 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/P1 to S3)

Download resources relevant for your class group below.

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

Thank you for using our VE Day resources

We hope your pupils enjoyed exploring our VE Day activities and found them inspiring and meaningful.

If you’ve used the resources in your classroom, we’d love to hear from you!

Share Your Experience

You can:

• Send us a quick email with feedback or reflections
• Share photos or videos of your pupils’ work (please include relevant permission for images and work to be shared across or platforms).

Please send everything to membership@literacytrust.org.uk, and don’t forget to include your school name.

An opportunity to celebrate your school

If you choose to share how you have used our VE Day resources, your school will have the opportunity to be featured in the Royal British Legion’s National Remembrance Day Assembly in 2025 and be entered to win a bundle of books celebrating Remembrance for your school library.

Please ensure that all relevant permissions are in place before sharing your pupils' work.

If you have any questions or need support, feel free to get in touch—we’re here to help.