The Fifth of November During the night of November 4th/5th  1605 Guy Fawkes was sitting quietly in a cellar under the Houses of Parliament, preparing to ignite 36 barrels of gunpowder. The aim was to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the king, James I. It seems amazing to us today that there was so little security, but somehow the plot was discovered and Guy was caught and later tortured and executed. Word of this soon spread and bonfires were lit to celebrate the safety of the king. We still celebrate this event with bonfires and fantastic displays of fireworks every November 5th, so why not visit our Special Occasions category and dip into the great Fireworks maths worksheets? For younger children we have ‘Fireworks 1’, a set of pages which looks at counting and matching small numbers, up to 5. For Year 3 we have ‘Firework Festival’, a sparkling page of word problems, covering money, addition and subtraction. For those of you who are looking for some Handling Data questions then why not try our ‘Firework’ Tally Chart and Graph pages. Also, don’t forget the Firework Display worksheet which requires some tricky addition of money to complete successfully. Our Firework Sale worksheets are a great way to look at percentages, as there are 10% and 20% off all the fantastic fireworks on display, including Rockets and Comets! Finally we have a special English vocabulary worksheet which takes a look at the vocabulary associated with Fireworks, an excellent starting point for story writing. Go to The Fifth of November Maths worksheets Go to The Fifth of November English worksheet