Fun activities for Comic Relief

Red Nose Day is back on Friday 21st March and there's loads of activities that schools can get involved with. Comic Relief continues to make a difference to the lives of millions of people across the UK and around the world. They partner with projects and organisations and in just the last two years, funds raised have helped to support 11.7 million people including more than 46,000 children and young people in the UK.

Official Comic Relief resources and activities for schools

Comic Relief have a range of resources that can be used in school on the 21st of March. These include assemblies, posters, recipes and activity sheets to quizzes and curriculum-linked learning resources and a range of short videos.

Purple Mash resources

We have also put together a range of activities that you can use on Purple Mash during the week and on the day itself, in support of the Comic Relief themes and ideas.

If you're holding a 'red-to-toe' dress-up day, why not ask children to design their own red t-shirt or make some posters to advertise the day? Children could also create comic strips and joke leaflets to sell to raise even more funds, or use them to create a display.

Students may like to get involved with the celebrity challenges for this year:

Radio 1's Ultra Marathon Man with Jamie Laing

To raise money, Jamie Laing will be running 150+ miles from London to Manchester over 5 days from 17th-21st March. Children may like to follow his journey and use some of the following Purple Mash resources:

• Which Qualities of an Athlete will Jamie Laing need?
• Resources on Famous Sports People, including Dina Asher-Smith, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Usain Bolt
• Write about London and Manchester using the Region Information
• Design a pair of Trainers for Jamie Laing
• Write a newspaper report about the event
• Imagine you are Jamie Laing and write a Journey Account

Gethin and Helen's Wheely Big Challenge

Also raising money is Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton, who are throwing a 24 hour retro roller disco! Get into the skating spirit with these great resources:

• Write a Postcard from the 80s or the 90s
• Design some clothes in a retro style
• Write some safety tips for Gethin and Helen
• Use 2Cast to create an 80s or 90s radio show with music they can roller skate to

Whatever you do for #RedNoseDay, we would love for you to share your work on either our Twitter or Facebook pages.

Useful links

Comic Relief have a range of resources here.

Grab some Red Nose merch here, including t-shirts, aprons, and plastic free red noses of course!