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Birthday Honours

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Beyond Living Memory: Commemorating History The Monarch's Official Birthday

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Objectives

History

  • Discover events beyond living memory that are significant nationally and are commemorated through anniversaries.

English

  • Develop understanding through speculating, hypothesizing, imagining and exploring ideas.
  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, roleplay, improvisations & debates.

Lesson Planning

Children consider who they would honour and why; invite audience to ‘Honours’ presentation and celebration.

Teaching Objectives
 To understand the tradition of the Monarch’s Birthday Honours List.
To discuss who deserves to receive an award, explaining their reasons coherently; to take part in a Class presentation of an awards ceremony.

Children will:

  • Decide which local person deserves to be honoured and explain the reasons why that particular person has been selected.
  • Take part in a class awards ceremony to learn about the tradition of the Monarch’s Birthday Honours List.

Provided Resources

  • Royal commandment from the Monarch and Royal certificate honouring the recipient

You Will Need

  • Small white boards and pens to write speech certificates
  • Decorations for awards ceremony: the colours made in session 3 and portraits from session 2
  • Red, white and blue balloons
  • Union Jack bunting
  • Children wear crowns (made in Session 2)
  • Cloaks and jewellery
  • Reward rosettes for the presentation
  • Party food and drink

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