Easter Topic Guide for Teachers

Easter is the most important Christian festival of the year. Every spring, it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, three days after his crucifixion.

Easter weekend begins with Good Friday, marking the day on which Jesus was crucified. According to the Bible, he rose from the dead on Easter Sunday, which is celebrated with church services. At Easter, many people also eat chocolate eggs, to represent new life.

Teach your children about Easter using our handy topic guide!

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Teaching Ideas

Read the Easter story, then ask children to sequence the events with this sheet.
Use this comprehension text when you are learning about Palm Sunday.
Write an Easter shape poem.
This comprehension text about Lent is a great activity in the lead up to Easter.
Younger children can practise their cutting skills with this simple sheet.
Challenge your children to decorate these eggs with a symmetrical pattern.
Create paper mache Easter eggs.
Use our Easter posters to start a discussion about Easter.

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Resources

Download our Easter Pack for an enormous collection of Easter resources.

Choose from our list of 20 Easter challenges!
Download a colourful Easter banner for your display board.
Our Easter Alphabet resource is perfect for your Easter display.
Print out our Easter fact cards as a reading resource or to create your own Easter quiz.
Visit our Easter theme for lots of resources such as word searches and writing templates.
There are lots of free resources to download on the NATRE site.

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Easter Facts

The date of Easter moves because it is based on the lunar calendar. Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday after the full moon after March 21st.
About 90 million chocolate eggs are eaten in Britain each year.
In Greece, Easter is called Pasha, and in Spain, it is called Pascua.
The first chocolate Easter egg was produced by Fry’s in 1873.
The word Easter comes from Eostre, an ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring.

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