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    A Yearful of Assemblies
    A Yearful of Assemblies
    A Yearful of Assemblies
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    A Yearful of Assemblies

    By Eileen Jones

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    This is an exciting book on Assemblies throughout the Year that meets the needs of today's teachers and children.
    The book suggests ways to use modern resources, such as an Interactive Whiteboard and the Internet; yet it retains the basic need to engage children's interest and provides a spiritual dimension broad enough to be inclusive.
    It recognises the cultural diversity of modern primary schools by taking a global approach to subjects and making use of modern themes and concerns.
    It helps teachers buisier today, who need to take assembly regularly and want a supply of relevant material.
    - Suitable for KS1
    - With plans for Assemblies
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Allen Group
    Release dateJul 13, 2012
    ISBN9781909102682
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      Book preview

      A Yearful of Assemblies - Eileen Jones

      A Yearful of Assemblies

      Eileen Jones

      Published by

      Hopscotch, a division of MA Education,

      St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road,

      London SE24 0PB

      www.hopscotchbooks.com

      020 7738 5454

      © 2008 MA Education Ltd.

      2012 digital edition by Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      Written by Eileen Jones

      Book designed and illustrated by Emma Squire, Fonthill Creative, 01722 717057

      All rights reserved. This resource is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed upon the subsequent purchaser.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except where photocopying for educational purposes within the school or other educational establishment that has purchased this book is expressly permitted in the text.

      Every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright of material in this book and the publisher apologises for any inadvertent omissions. Any persons claiming copyright for any material should contact the publisher who will be happy to pay the permission fees agreed between them and who will amend the information in this book on any subsequent reprint.

      Introduction

      Assembly is a grand get-together, a time when you and the children celebrate being a community. Rightly, it commands a regular timetable slot, yet its very frequency places heavy demands on you, the teacher. Each of these meetings requires a theme. Current happenings in your school provide some material, but inevitably you find yourself looking for new ideas. So a gap opens between the number of get-togethers and your stock of material.

      This book aims to fill that gap and provide you with fresh inspiration. Following the chronology of the year, dates are pulled from the calendar, and their significance explained. They are linked to facts that will interest children in this age group: birthdays of writers they have read; information about countries they have heard of; historical events discussed in history lessons; festivals celebrated in their town; celebrations by children in other parts of the world. The book points you in the direction of new themes and it reveals new possibilities for making your assemblies relevant to what is happening in the rest of the curriculum. As for the children, it opens their eyes to a wider world beyond school and home.

      For each month, there are suggestions about how you could use the calendar links to help you create an Assembly. Each month provides at least one easy-to-follow, fully planned and resourced, ready-to use Assembly. Each Assembly plan explains what you will need, what to do beforehand, and what to say to the children. It supplies poems, stories and accounts to read, and songs to sing. In addition, each has a practical follow-up, so that Assembly time forms an integral part of school life, with a clear link to the curriculum.

      Yet factual information, follow-up ideas, and curriculum links are merely part of the picture. Assembly suggestions and plans are there to be followed, but, with confidence, you will adapt them: you will replace a song here by one there or a personal favourite; an idea that works well, such as the express train of Assembly 6, will become a favourite way of transporting the children’s thoughts to a different time or place; the children’s reaction to your simple disguise as Alexander Fleming in Assembly 13 will prompt you to use the same device for an Assembly of your own planning; their response to acting as living portraits in Assembly 7 will make you try a more interactive approach in another Assembly.

      In short, this book will continually re-stock your inspiration store. In so doing, it will keep Assembly an exciting, enjoyable and rewarding time of the day.

      How to use the calendar

      Make the calendar page work for you. Your school has its own special occasions to remember. Enter these on the calendar.

      The page is also photocopiable, allowing you to make calendar changes each year. It will mean that variable dates are always entered correctly and special annotations can be added and removed. It will mean that occasions only relevant to this year are entered for only this year. For example:

      A school red letter date: the school’s tenth birthday

      A town celebration: the town is granted the status of a city

      A national event: the opening of the Olympic Games in your country

      The calendar will let you see at a glance what is happening each month; what is relevant to your children; and what will inspire them and you. Enjoy using it.

      January

      Diary Dates

      VARIABLE DATES:

      Pongal

      Pongal is a popular harvest festival of Southern India. Pongal falls in mid-January every year and marks the beginning of Uttarayan – the sun’s journey northwards.

      RED LETTER DATES:

      1 New Year’s Day (Assembly1)

      6 Epiphany (Assembly 20)

      18 Birthday of A. A. Milne (Assembly 2)

      OTHER DATES:

      5 Twelfth Night

      This is the twelfth day of the Christmas period. Traditionally, people take down their Christmas decorations now. Superstition says that it is unlucky to still have decorations up after Twelfth Night.

      12 Birthday of Charles Perrault

      Perrault was an important writer of children’s fairy tales. Born in France in 1628, his tales included Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella.

      27 Birthday of Lewis

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