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Assembly: Integrity and courage
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Integrity and courage. Focus is on famous faces that have stood up for what is right, final reflection is on Martin Niemöller’s emotive WW2 ‘first they came…’ poem
Assembly: Our place in the modern world
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-Optional prayer and link to scripture at the end
-Assembly focus: Our place in the modern world. How the world is changing and how Gen Z are making positive changes. Inspirational assembly with examples of young people prioritising inclusivity and making a difference
Assembly: Soft skills, manners and body language
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-Assembly focus: Soft skills, manners and body language. Assembly starts with some interesting research on what percentage of our communication is verbal vs non-verbal. Leads into the importance of body language and good manners when making a first impression, and how important soft skills are for employability.
Assembly: courage and forgiveness
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Courage and forgiveness, tells the inspirational story of Louis Zamperini
Assembly: Resilience and hard work
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-Assembly focus: Resilience and hard work. Positive assembly focussing on the importance of hard work and resilience to achieve success. Includes examples of celebrities that failed many times before they were successful and ends with the story of Chris Gardner who inspired the film ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’.
Assembly: Kindness and compassion
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-Assembly focus: Kindness and compassion. Assembly starts by asking pupils to consider the ethics of anti-homeless architecture and ends with real life examples of good Samaritans to promote kindness and compassion.
Assembly: Resilience and adapting to change
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-Assembly focus: Resilience and adapting to change. Assembly starts with a reference to Charles Darwin and examples of adaptations in animals. This leads into a discussion on how we must adapt to changes in our lives and how to deal with changes/setbacks.
Assembly: Social media
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Social media and the difference between Instagram and reality
Assembly: Body image
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-Assembly focus: Body image. Assembly starts with a game where pupils guess the celebrity from the waxwork and leads into a discussion on how we view ourselves in comparison to what is realistic. The assembly focuses on body image and how it impacts self-esteem using Jesy Nelson’s ‘odd one out’ documentary as a talking point.
Assembly: British science week
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-Assembly focus: British science week. Assembly created for British science week but not following an annual theme, the assembly is more general and can be used any year/any time to promote science and science careers. Assembly discusses lesser known scientists who pupils may not have heard of, who have undertaken exciting and dangerous missions (including Captain Cook and Dian Fossey).
Assembly: Alan Turing (homophobia, LGBTQ, tolerance, prejudice
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-Assembly focus: Alan Turing (homophobia, LGBTQ, tolerance, prejudice). Assembly focuses on the life of Alan Turing and how despite his monumental contributions to the war effort, he was a victim of prejudice. Reflects on prejudice against LGBTQ individuals and the importance of tolerance & acceptance in communities.
Assembly: Valentine's day
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-Assembly focus: Really interesting assembly on the origins of Valentine’s day and traditional customs around the world
Assembly: Inequality and exploitation
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Inequality and exploitation. Discussion of global financial and food inequality, assembly ends with a reflection on palm oil, how it is made, where it comes from and what day-to-day products it is found in
Assembly: Representation and diversity
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Representation and diversity. Assembly starts with an explanation of a ‘National census’ and leads into a discussion about how important representation is in media to reflect how diverse our society is, the Bechdel test is used as a good example of how media does not always represent all groups equally.
Assembly: Oversharing, social media and digital fingerprint
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-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Oversharing, social media and digital fingerprint. Assembly starts with a reflection on privacy and how attitudes towards privacy have changed. Leads into a focus on oversharing on social media and how this can stay with a person and impact their future prospects.
Assembly: Stereotyping
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-Assembly focus: Stereotyping. Assembly focusing on the impact of stereotyping with Anthony Joshua and Greta Thunberg used as examples.
Assembly: Talents and practise
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-Assembly focus: Talents and practise. Inspirational assembly looking at how both nature and nurture can determine our skills and talents. Assembly emphasises that to be truly successful practise, dedication and resilience are essential.
Assembly: Mental health
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-Assembly focus: Mental health. Assembly looks at the importance of looking after your mental health and how society treats mental health conditions in comparison to physical health conditions.
Assembly: Thinking traps
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-Assembly focus: Thinking traps. Assembly on thinking traps and how to avoid them e.g. black & white thinking, catastrophizing.
Assembly: Tiktok
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-Assembly focus: Tiktok. Assembly looking at the rise in popularity of Tiktok and how to use the app safely and responsibly.