Literacy/English
Written activities may not be the first thing that you think of when you are planning lessons around Mother's Day but I always think that any holidays are a perfect opportunity to explore different genres and styles. A Mother's Day acrostic is perfect for all classes and for older classes you could look at In Memory of My Mother by Patrick Kavanagh. Children can write a poem in a similar style to Kavanagh about all the things that they associate with their Mothers. For younger classes work in groups to do a Role on the Wall about Mothers. For a different activity I really like Twinkl's Mother's Day news article. A very different type of writing and should keep children interested.
Religion/History/ICT
Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday always falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent every year but what is the history of Mother's Day and why do we celebrate. It is something that is specific to the Christian church or has it been celebrated in the past? A very interesting question and did you know that Mother's Day was also celebrated as days to worship the Mother goddess in Ancient Greece and Rome! While I haven't done much research so far (could happen this evening though - I'm now intrigued) maybe it could be a research question for children to make their own investigations and present their information in powerpoint.
Art
Art is full of possibilities for Mother's Day. I love the idea of a child created present such as a clay piece. I love simple plaques for younger classes or you could be more adventurous with senior classes and try getting them to make a rose. I love this idea and it might sound really difficult but is fairly simple. For the less adventurous make a paper bouquet for infant classes. I also love hand print bouquets.
Don't forget the cards and there will be happy Mammies all over the place :)