Assembly ideas

for 2018/2019 school assemblies

Short 15-20 minute assemblies

• Columbus Day (USA) 11 October
  Christopher Columbus play
  
  
• Halloween 31 October
  Halloween plays for kids



• Bonfire Night (UK) 
  5 November
  Guy Fawkes Day plays

• Remembrance Day        
                           11 November
  
  
• Thanksgiving Day (USA)
                           28  November
   Thanksgiving play
  
  
• St Andrew's Day (Scotland)
                           30   November
    Saint Andrews resources
  



• Boston Tea Party  16 December
    Boston Tea Party script
  
  
• Christmas Day    25 December
   Christmas assembly plays
  
  
• St Steven's Day   26  December

• New Year's Day 1 January
  
  
• Martin Luther King Day 
                            14 January
  
  
• Burns Night (Scotland) 
                             25 January
  Robert Burns assemblies
  
  
• Australia Day 26 January
  Australia Day plays
  
  
• Republic Day (India) 
                              26 January
  Gandhi play



• Waitangi Day (NZ) 6 February



• St Valentine's Day 14 February
  Saint Valentines Day plays
  
  
• Chinese New Year 
  Chinese New Year plays
  

• Presidents' Day (USA) 
                                 21 February
  American History plays
  
  
• St David's Day (Wales) 1 March
  Play script about Saint David
  
  
• World Book Day 3 March
  World Book Day plays for Scotland
  
  
• St Piran's Day 5 March
  St Piran's Day assembly
  
  
• Red Nose Day 
  Short funny class plays
  Red Nose Day skits (cast of 2-4)
  
  
• Einstein's Birthday 14 March
  
  
• St Patrick's Day (Ireland) 
                                 17 March
  Saint Patricks plays
  

• Earth Day             22 April
  Environment assemblies
  
   
• Mothering Sunday (UK) 
                                 30 March
  Mother's Day assembly
  
  
• April Fools' Day 1 April
  April Fools Day plays
  
  
• Paul Revere's Midnight Ride 
                                  18 April
  Paul Revere's Ride plays
  
  
• Easter Monday 
  Easter plays
  
  
• Earth Day 22 April
  Earth Day assembly plays
  
  
• St George's Day (England) 
                                    23 April
  St Georges Day assemblies
  
  
• Shakespeare's Birthday 23 April
  Romeo & Juliet comedy one-act 
  short funny Hamlet 
  short funny Macbeth
  
  
• ANZAC Day (Australia, NZ) 
                                     25 April 
  ANZAC plays 
  

•  Cinco de Mayo (USA)   5 May 

   Cinco de May play     



• Mothers' Day (USA) 11 May
  Mother's Day assembly
  
  
  

• WED World Environment Day   5 June
  Environment assemblies
  
  

• Fathers' Day 
  (USA, UK) 15 June
  Fathers' Day assembly
  
  
  
• Football 
  World Cup 
  Football & other sports assemblies
  
  

•  Canada Day 1 July
  Canadian plays

• Independence Day (USA) 4 July
  Independence Day for kids plays 
  

 

• World War One assembly 
  
  
• Independence Day (India) 
      15 August  
  India Independence plays

• Fathers' Day 
  (Australia, New Zealand) 
                               7 September
  Fathers' Day assembly
  
  
• International Literacy Day 
                              8 September 
  Shakespeare's scripts 
  
  
• Roald Dahl Day 13 September
  
  
• Independence Day (Mexico) 
                              16 September