VE Day – Family Friendly Workshops

VE Day 2025 – School Workshops

Able to accommodate the whole of up to a two-form entry school in a single day, our VE Day School workshops open with a whole-school, interactive assembly exploring what VE Day was and why it was important. Events continue with a series of drama-based workshops in which each year group explores a different facet of this landmark moment.

EYFS: Dressing for VE Day … what did people wear for VE Day? Did different kinds of people wear different kinds of clothes?

Year 1: Travelling for VE Day … how did people get to the VE Day celebrations? Did different kinds of people use different kinds of transport?

Year 2: Eating on VE Day … what did people eat on VE Day? Did they eat any special foods?

Year 3: Buckingham Palace on VE Day … how did the Palace join in with the celebrations? What did the King and Queen do?

Year 4: VE Day Locations … where did people go to celebrate VE Day? How have those places changed since?

Year 5: VE Day Babies … did anyone who was born around VE Day go on to make an impact on the world? Who were they – and what did they do?

Year 6: Hopes for VE Day … what did people hope the world would be like after VE Day? Did those dreams come true?

There are no costumes, props or artefacts in a Big History Day. Instead, everything is achieved through age-appropriate drama-based activities, imagination – and, of course, lots of historical content!