Features a new puppet friend to show that we have to make choices every day.

Making an effort

Assembly using a poem to encourage persistence.

Summer in the garden

Aims to identify the garden as a place where our five senses are restored.

Resurrection plus: Ties and scarves

Helps students to see how amazing the resurrection of Jesus Christ really was and how people felt when they heard the news.

What if world leaders were kids?

Examines world hunger via the ‘Enough Food For Everyone IF’ hunger campaign.

Authority

Helps the children to understand the nature of authority.  

Can I trust you? Father's Day (16 June 2013)

Examines how we learn to trust those familiar to us and whose love and care we have experienced for ourselves. 

Sunshine

Encourages children to think about the Sun and the effect it has on the Earth and see that they too can bring light and warmth to other people.

Urban refugees 3: Are you afraid of the dark?

Suggests how the children can shine as lights in the world.

Encourages pupils to see that our feelings can be affected by changes around us (SEAL theme 7: Changes).

Helps children to identify their talents and recognize the need to use them so that they can grow and develop.

Aims to communicate that God rejoices in our physicality. Good for sports day (Church school).

Relates how we feel when we lose a very good friend to when Jesus returned to heaven to build understanding of the Ascension. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

The ascension of Baha' Ullah (29 May 2013)

Understanding the basic beliefs of the Baha’i faith by looking at the life and death of Baha’ Ullah and thinking about our own behaviour and attitudes regarding others. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

Blending in

Considers the pressure to ‘blend in’ rather than ‘stand out and be different’.

Zartusht-No-Diso: Remembering the Zoroastrian prophet

Introduces this Zoroastrian festival and reflects on the teachings of Zarathustra. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

Pentecost (19 May 2013)

This assembly uses a remote-controlled car or helicopter to illustrate the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecost: The beginning of the Christian Church

Considers the coming of the Holy Spirit from Peter’s point of view and the beginning of the Christian Church. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).  

Pentecost power

Looks at the Christian teaching regarding the Holy Spirit and the meaning of the festival of Pentecost.  

Urban refugees 2: Lost in the crowd . . .

Using photographs of urban refugees to reflect on how it feels to be lost in a crowd.

Wesak: Buddhist celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha (25 May 2013)

Helps children know and understand key events in religious calendars. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

Tells the story of Pentecost and explores its significance.

Looks at the use of the sun as an image of life and promise, and considers the phrases, 'Do not let the sun go down on your anger'.

Values traditions and looks at how they are handed down from generation to generation.

Looks at the theme of commitment in every area of life. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

God

An assembly that uses a script to encourage children to wonder about the nature of God.

Urban refugees 1: If I were a photographer . . .

Looks at the award-winning photographer Andrew McConnell and his reasons for choosing to photograph urban refugees. It poses the question: how can we also use our gifts for good?

The frog that fell into the cream

Demonstrates the importance of perseverance, using the idea of making butter from cream (SEAL theme 3: Keep on learning).

Cats: National Pet Month (1 April-6 May)

Looks at the benefits of having pets in our lives, particularly cats.

Mahavira Jayanti: Jain festival (23 April)

Introduces the Jain festival celebrating the life and enlightenment of Mahavira Jayanti. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).  

Ridvan: The Garden of Ridvan's letters to a friend (20 April-2 May)

A script suitable for children of Years 3 to 6 to perform, explaining the origins of the Baha’i festival of Ridván. This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).

Turning over a new leaf in the spring: The shop owners who cried thieves 

A script suitable for children of Years 3 to 6 to perform, reflecting on the importance of telling the truth and turning over a new leaf, using an adaptation of ‘The Boy who cried Wolf’.

Wise or foolish: making choices Illustrates how making wise choices can affect our circumstances in life.

Tells the ‘story’ of St George and encourages children to think about their own ‘dragons’.

Reflects on how Mark changed as a result of getting to know Jesus.

Space video assembly 1: 'It won't fail because of me (4 min 35 sec)

‘It won’t fail because of me’ gives an introduction to the crew and mission of Apollo 11’s moon landing, with the challenges faced along the way.

Space video assembly 2: The Solar System (5 min 18 sec)

This assembly is mainly an introduction to the Solar System as a series of planets and other bodies.

Space Video assembly 3: Across the universe (4 min 40 sec)

This assembly takes a closer look at the Earth and its ability to support life in all its diversity.

Space video assembly 4: Spirit on Mars (4 min 40 sec)

This assembly gives an outline of the mission on Mars of two rovers: Spirit and Opportunity.

Space video assembly 5: A better Earth (4 min 14 sec)

This assembly begins with a brief history of how astronomy developed as a science and then moves into the words of Apollo 11 astronaut and moon walker Buzz Aldrin, who encourages us to continue to explore space.