There’s a buzz in the air and it can only be the build up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 celebrations, and we’ve got lots planned to help you celebrate in style, either in your classroom or at home!
What is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
This year (2022), it is the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth becoming our Queen. It celebrates her many years of service to not only the U.K., but the rest of the world too. But why do we call it the Platinum Jubilee?
Certain anniversaries have special names, and children might find it of interest to discuss the different ones. You could explain that these also relate to things like wedding anniversaries, as well as the Jubilees.
Silver: 25 years
Ruby: 40 years
Gold: 50 years
Diamond: 60 years
Platinum: 70 years
What is a Jubilee?
A Jubilee is a special anniversary of a special event. We often talk about jubilees when we celebrate anniversaries of when kings and queens are crowned. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will take place from the 2nd to 5th June 2022 and everyone is invited to join in and celebrate!
What will happen during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee?
On Thursday 2nd June, the Queen’s birthday parade will take place (most of us will watch on television, or go in person!). There will be 1200 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians parading through London, beginning at Buckingham Palace, with the Queen and Royal Family watching from the balcony. On Friday 3rd June, there will be a service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
On the 4th June, there will be a huge celebration at Buckingham Palace called the “Platinum Party at the Palace”. Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official house, though she prefers to stay in her other homes as they are more comfortable. BBC1 will broadcast the “Platinum Party at the Palace” with entertainers performing in front of Her Majesty the Queen. The public will be able to watch along at home, although 10,000 lucky people have also been sent tickets.
During the party, actors and musicians will re-tell the story and celebrate important moments of the Queen’s 70 year reign.
The Big Jubilee Lunch will be on Sunday 5th June. People are encouraged to come together with family, friends and neighbours and share food and fun together. This could be a picnic, barbeque, street party, or just a cup of tea with some cake.
What else will happen during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations?
- Each child will also receive a special book for free. The book will celebrate lots of things that have happened over the past 70 years, both in the U.K. and in the Commonwealth. This will include historic events, inspirational people, inventions and art.
- Everyone will get an extra bank holiday! You will probably already be off school though, as it is during the half term holiday.
Platinum Jubilee Teaching Ideas
As you might expect, we’ve got lots of brand new resources for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 to help you celebrate either at home or school, decorate and more – with an educational twist of course (as ever).
For something nice and esy, start with this Platinum Jubilee teapot decoration activity, perfect for little ones to feel part of things, and easy to decorate with felt tips, pencils or collage materials. Ideal for provision areas too!
If you’re planning a picnic, school, or community event, our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee afternoon tea craft activity is so much fun – great for older children too. The end result looks fantastic and is ideal for your home corner, for decorating at home or for children to role-play with.
To go along with your teacup, why not make some super easy Platinum Jubilee biscuits with our simple recipe. Ideal for picnics and celebrations!
If you’re looking for simple ways to explain what the Platinum Jubilee is in child-friendly language, then we have a created this Platinum Jubilee Information PowerPoint to help you. It contains information on what will happen during the jubilee celebrations, and how we can all join in the celebrations!
Tie the Jubilee in a reading activity, with our KS1 Platinum Jubilee reading comprehension, and for older children, our KS2 Platinum Jubilee reading comprehension, all nicely linked to the content reading domains and the national curriculum.
Platinum Jubilee Phonics Resources
If you’re looking for a Platinum Jubilee phonics activity, then this is definitely for you! Use our Crown Jewels Phonics Game – Phonics Family Range in provision areas or at home to help children build up phonics knowledge and also prepare for the phonics screening check! Ask children to read the words on the “jewels” and stick only the real words onto the crown, discarding the nonsense words. Perfect!
Platinum Jubilee role play activities
Speaking of crowns, have fun in your role-play are, or at home, with our Platinum Jubilee crown template. Comes in both colour and black/white – so children can decorate and colour it themselves. Ideal for the Jubilee picnic, or your own celebrations in school.
You can’t beat a bit of mindfulness colouring to help decompress, and wind down at the end of a busy day of learning, so we’ve created some Platinum Jubilee mindfulness colouring sheets in lot of different designs, just for you!
