Let’s Celebrate!
What have been your best moments?
by Hannah Taylor
Suitable for Whole School (Pri)
Aims
To encourage us to reflect on our achievements so far and set ourselves personal goals.
Preparation and materials
- You will need the PowerPoint slides that accompany this assembly (Let's Celebrate!) and the means to display them.
Assembly
- Show Slide 1.
Ask the children, ‘What is an achievement?’
Listen to a range of responses.
Explain that it is when we use skill, effort or courage to do something that makes us or others proud or makes a difference to someone else. Achievements can be big or small, personal or for the benefit of others. - Show Slide 2.
Ask the children to take a moment to reflect on some things that they are proud of achieving this year. How did they achieve what they did? How did it make them feel?
Encourage some of the children to share their achievements. - Ask the children to give some examples of people who they think have achieved something that they should be proud of.
Listen to a range of responses.
Explain that you are going to show the children some pictures of famous people who have achieved amazing things. - Show Slide 3.
The naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has won many awards, including a Champion of the Earth award from the UN Environment programme, for helping to protect the planet and nature. - Show Slide 4.
Footballer Jill Scott was part of the England squad that won the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022. - Show Slide 5.
Singer-songwriter Adele has achieved 16 Grammy Awards, 12 Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. - Show Slide 6.
Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds has earned many medals, including two golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, two more at the 2012 London Olympics and another one at the 2016 Rio Olympics. - Point out that all of these people worked hard to achieve their goals. Most importantly, they never gave up.
- Show Slide 7.
Ask the children, ‘What would you like to achieve?’
Listen to a range of responses.
Suggestions might include raising money for charity; improving our well-being by doing something that we enjoy; taking up a new challenge such as a marathon or a new hobby; lowering our carbon footprint; doing something outside our comfort zone; and supporting a friend or family member who needs some extra help. - Point out that sometimes, it’s the small things that we do that can make the most difference. Who knows where our small gestures could lead?
- Show Slide 8.
Read out the poem on the slide.
Autumn is round the corner.
We have so much we can achieve.
In order to do these things,
All we have to do is believe.
So hold your head up proudly:
We know that you’ll go far.
You’ll be a shining beacon,
Just being who you are.
Time for reflection
Ask the children to reflect on what they would like to achieve this year.
Encourage them to think about what they might do to help them reach their goals.
Pause to allow time for thought and then listen to a range of responses.
Prayer
Dear God,
Thank you for guiding us through the year:
For the friends we have made
And the things that we have achieved.
As we move towards another year,
Please help us to try hard and seek to do well in all that we do.
Please help us to think about others during this year
So that we can all move forward together.
Amen.
Song/music
‘A million dreams’ from the film The Greatest Showman, available at: https://youtu.be/pSQk-4fddDI (4.29 minutes long)
