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Assembly: Inequality and exploitation
-Assembly resource including a script
-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: Social media
-Assembly resource including a script
-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Social media and the difference between Instagram and reality
Assembly: Integrity and courage
-Assembly resource including a script
-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: Resilience and hard work
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: Body image
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: Representation and diversity
-Assembly resource including a script
-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: Kindness and compassion
-Assembly resource including a script
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: Oversharing, social media and digital fingerprint
-Assembly resource including a script
-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
-Assembly resource including a script
-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Stereotyping. Assembly focusing on the impact of stereotyping with Anthony Joshua and Greta Thunberg used as examples.
Assembly: courage and forgiveness
-Assembly resource including a script
-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Courage and forgiveness, tells the inspirational story of Louis Zamperini
Pastoral/PHSE/Tutor time/Assembly activities SOW
An excellent bundle of 17 pastoral time activities, each activity is up to date, engaging and involves some form of student led discussion/task. These have been designed to be used weekly for 17 weeks and should take 20 minutes, all PPTs are neatly presented and require very little photocopying.
Designed for use in a faith school, each presentation has a prayer at the end which can be used/removed if needed. Could easily be adapted into assembly PPTs if needed.
Pastoral activity contents:
A fresh start
Self esteem
Behaviour
Healthy diet
Revision techniques
Mental health
John Henry Newman is canonized
Antibullying week
Remembrance day
Body image
Teamwork
Self-awareness
New year’s resolutions
Sign language
International women’s day
World environment day
A year review (for final week of term -linked to week 1 activity)
Careers day enrichment activity
Careers day enrichment activity booklet. Designed for Y10 enrichment week with a focus on career prospects, electronic booklet contains instructions activities and questions for pupils to answer whilst working at laptops/computers. This activity booklet should occupy 2-3 hours of classroom time but you could pick and choose activities to suit the duration of your session.
Assembly: Our place in the modern world
-Assembly resource
-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: Talents and practise
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: British science week
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: Mental health
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-Assembly focus: Thinking traps. Assembly on thinking traps and how to avoid them e.g. black & white thinking, catastrophizing.
Assembly: Soft skills, manners and body language
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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: Resilience and adapting to change
-Assembly resource
-Optional prayer at the end
-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.