A Yearful of Assemblies
By Eileen Jones
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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
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A Yearful of Assemblies - Eileen Jones
A Yearful of Assemblies
Eileen Jones
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© 2008 MA Education Ltd.
2012 digital edition by Andrews UK Limited
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Written by Eileen Jones
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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