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KS2 Assemblies and Collective Worship. Together: April Fools' Day

Themes: Jokes, jokes, jokes! Gemma looks ahead to April Fools' Day

Before the programme:

  • Have you ever played an April Fools鈥 Day prank on anyone or been the subject of one?
  • Do you know of any famous examples of April Fools鈥 Day jokes from the media?
  • How can you ensure that April Fool jokes and pranks are fun and not hurtful?
  • Do you know of any April Fools鈥 Day jokes that have gone too far and upset people or even hurt them?

Programme content:

Voxpops: Children talk about the April Fools鈥 Day jokes they have played on others鈥 and the ones others have played on them!

**Song: 鈥**Laughing in the playground鈥 - All abut our school - no. 6.

Story: April Fools by Tracey Hammett Reflection: on the importance of laughter, but making sure that we laugh with someone and not at them. Boris the Maremmano sheepdog lives in central Italy. One day his flock of sheep decide to play an April Fools鈥 Day trick on him鈥 and he decides to play one back. Unfortunately, the trick backfires and Boris has to learn his lesson!

After the programme:

Talk about the story

  • What kind of animal is Boris and where does he live?
  • Which animal were the sheep afraid of?
  • Which April Fool trick did Boris want to play on his fellow sheep?

Follow-up activities

  • Often newspapers, TV and radio programmes have a joke article on April Fools鈥 Day. Try to find some recent examples. How can you tell if an article is serious or an April Fools鈥 Day joke? How do the jokes seek to 鈥榯ake in鈥 people?
  • Create some April Fools鈥 Day jokes of your own to go in a newspaper - perhaps an advertisement for an extraordinary new invention鈥r an outlandish new feature of an existing one.
  • Design the cover for a book version of our April Fools story. What picture will you put on the front and what kind of lettering and other design features will it have? Write the 鈥榖lurb鈥 that goes on the back - a couple of short paragraphs telling people about the book.

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Focus image: a person playing a surprise trick by jumping out of a box!
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