Fun activities for Comic Relief

Red Nose Day is back on Friday 15th 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.

'The money you raise could help put food on plates and roofs over heads, keep little ones safe and help support families affected by conflict and climate change.'

Comic Relief resources

Comic Relief have a range of resources that can be used in school on the 15th 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:

Snow Going Back: Comic Relief vs. The Arctic

To raise money, Sara Davies, Vicky Pattinson, Alex Scott and Laura Whitmore traveled 50km across the Arctic Circle over 4 days. There are many resources within Purple Mash which students can use to learn about the Arctic:

• All About the North Pole
• North Pole Leaflet
• Polar Climate Postcard
• Adaptation to Tundra
• Polar Animals Database
• Arctic Labelling Game

Pedal Power for Red Nose Day

Also raising money is Mollie King, by cycling 500km across England from London to Hull. There are resources on UK locational knowledge, as well as accomplished cyclists on Purple Mash:

• Journey Account
• UK Cities
• UK Counties
• UK Regions and Cities
• Region information
• Sarah Storey Fact File
• Laura Kenney Fact File
• Cyclist MashCam

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!