Fun activities for Comic Relief

Red Nose Day is back on Friday 20th 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 the last few years have supported over 4.5million people, including:

• 500,000 people in the UK to access food and essential goods
• 50,000 people in the UK and around the world to access safe and secure housing
• 600,000 people around the world to find safety and support when they've needed it most
• 1 million people around the world with vital healthcare

Official Comic Relief resources and activities for schools

This year, Comic Relief have teamed up with our pals over at Taskmaster Education to challenge you to 'Do the most impressive thing with a nose'. You can also download more tasks to complete in school here.

Purple Mash resources for Red Nose Day

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 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 Longest Ride with Greg James

To raise money, Greg James will be cycling 1,000km on a tandem bicycle across the UK. Greg will start in Weymouth, and cycling all the way to Edinburgh in one week, with surprise guests joining him on the bike along the way! Children may like to follow his journey and use some of the following Purple Mash resources:

• Which Qualities of an Athlete will Greg James need?
• Children could design their own bike
• Resources on Famous Sports People, including Jason Kenny, Laura Kenny and Sarah Storey.
• Write about Weymouth and Edinburgh using the Region Information
• Write a newspaper report about the event
• Imagine you are Greg James and write a Journey Account

Whatever you do for #RedNoseDay, we would love for you to share your work on either our Instagram 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!