This whole school assembly explores St. Valentine’s Day: what it is, the story behind it and how technology supports it. This simple and clear assembly ends with ideas for a continuation of Valentine’s Day back in the classroom with both KS1 and KS2 computing lesson ideas and links to resources.

This is an assembly/ lesson discussing the past and present logos of the world cup. It starts by looking at previous world cup statistics and then moves on to observe the features of the logos and how they were created using vector drawing. It covers subjects including computing, art, and history. We are also running this as part of a competition, in order to encourage IT at home and where 4 children have the chance to win a Wacom drawing tablet!

Resource Information: This whole school assembly discusses cyberbullying: what it is, what to do if you’re being bullied, and what to do if you are bullying. A simple and clear assembly, full of useful links and videos, ready to use and great for anti-bullying week.

A lesson designed to help children understand and appreciate digital art, with a focus on photography. The lesson begins with an exploratory task, showing the children how to take a good photo. It then allows the children to study the work of two digital artists, giving them the chance to create their own digital artwork. It ends by exploring career options within this sector, with useful videos from real-life digital artists, discussing their careers and the journeys they had getting there. This lesson covers multiple cross-curricular aims, including: Computing, Art, History and Careers. We advise for the lesson to be completed over an hour and a half, for example during an afternoon.

A lesson designed to help children understand and appreciate digital art, with a focus on digital painting. The lesson begins with a short video from artist Michael Noll, giving a short history on digital art. The children then get to play a guessing game to see if they can guess whether the artwork was created using paint or a computer. It then allows the children to study the work of famous artist Piet Mondrian, giving them the chance to create their own digital artwork, using paint. It ends by exploring career options within this sector, with useful videos from real-life digital artists, discussing their careers and the journeys they had getting there. This lesson covers multiple cross-curricular aims, including: Computing, Art, History and Careers. We advise for the lesson to be completed over an hour and a half, for example during an afternoon.

This is an assembly honouring and exploring the achievements and lives of some amazing Black IT Icons! The assembly focuses on three IT icons with videos and information about their achievements. However, a timeline and fun activity sheets are provided for nine IT icons which can be completed as an extension or consolidation activity, later in class.

This is an assembly honouring and exploring the achievements and advancements encouraged by Queen Elizabeth II during her reign. Full of videos and fun facts to make for an exciting assembly to discover more about her amazing reign!