Free Remembrance Day Worksheets for Kids (KS1 and KS2, with Answers)

Free Remembrance Day activities for children aged about 5 to 11, for home, the classroom or a club. There is a short fact file to read together, a timeline to put in order and some poppy maths questions. Answers are hidden: tap Answer to reveal each one, or print this page and they stay folded away.

Remembrance Day is on 11 November. In 2026, Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November.

Fact file: what is Remembrance Day?

• Why 11 November? The fighting in the First World War stopped at 11 o'clock on 11 November 1918: the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
• The two-minute silence. At 11 o'clock many people stop what they are doing and stay silent for two minutes. The first silence was held in 1919.
• Remembrance Sunday. On the second Sunday in November, people gather at war memorials. In London there is a service at the Cenotaph, which means "empty tomb".
• Why poppies? Red poppies grew on the churned-up battlefields of Flanders, in Belgium and northern France. Poppy seeds can wait in the ground for years and grow when the soil is disturbed. The poppy became a sign of remembrance.
• From all over the world. Soldiers came from many countries, including more than a million from India, and many from Africa, the Caribbean, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
• Animals too. Horses, mules, dogs and pigeons all served. Some people wear a purple poppy to remember them.

Remembrance timeline (ages 7+)

Match each event to its year, then number the events 1 to 8 in time order. Years to use: 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1939, 1945.

1. The first two-minute silence is held across Britain
   Answer

   1919 (order: 4)
2. The Second World War ends
   Answer

   1945 (order: 8)
3. The First World War begins
   Answer

   1914 (order: 1)
4. Paper poppies are worn in Britain for the first time
   Answer

   1921 (order: 6)
5. The Armistice: fighting stops at 11 o'clock on 11 November
   Answer

   1918 (order: 3)
6. A Canadian army doctor, John McCrae, writes the poem In Flanders Fields
   Answer

   1915 (order: 2)
7. The Second World War begins
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   1939 (order: 7)
8. The stone Cenotaph is unveiled in London
   Answer

   1920 (order: 5)

Poppy maths (ages 6 to 10)

1. The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. How many years did it last?
   Answer

   4 years
2. The silence lasts for two minutes. How many seconds is that?
   Answer

   120 seconds
3. The silence starts at 11:00 am. What time does it end?
   Answer

   11:02 am
4. A class makes a display with 6 rows of 8 paper poppies. How many poppies is that?
   Answer

   48 poppies
5. 36 poppies are shared equally between 4 wreaths. How many go on each wreath?
   Answer

   9 poppies
6. A school collects 85 poppies on Monday and 67 on Tuesday. How many is that altogether?
   Answer

   152 poppies

Talk about it

• Why do you think a small red flower became such an important sign?
• What could you think about during the two-minute silence?
• Who would you like to say thank you to, and why?

How to use these activities

• Read the fact file together first: the timeline and maths both link back to it.
• Younger children (KS1) can do the talk questions and the easier maths out loud. Older children (KS2) can do the timeline on their own.
• Use the talk questions after the two-minute silence at 11 o'clock on 11 November.
• War can be a hard subject. Keep the focus on remembering, saying thank you and hoping for peace, and be ready for questions.