School Assemblies

July
August
September
October
Key Issues
Festivals of World Religions

July Assemblies - Primary

Title	Suitability
Peace Mahatma Gandhi - a role model for peace	Whole School (Pri)
Dame Vera Lynn A life well lived	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Keep on Singing! Singing is important	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Smile a Greeting A smile makes a difference	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Standing up for Good We need courage to stand up for our beliefs	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: a Beautiful World All things bright and beautiful	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: You Are Special Children are important	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Hope in a Hard Place Don’t give up!	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Facing Fear The story of David and Goliath	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Brighten with Kindness Being kind can have a great effect	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Can You Remember? What special memories do we have?	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: A New Adventure Moving to secondary school	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: In a Knot! How do we approach problems?	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Chase the Clouds Away Words and actions make a difference	Whole School (Pri)
A Bigger Picture Playing your part is more important than you might think	Whole School (Pri)
A Problem Shared . . . Sharing a problem reduces it in size	Whole School (Pri)
I Can Be Myself All different and all special	Reception / Key Stage 1
A Story of Two Houses The importance of building well	Whole School (Pri)
Pause for Thought: Always Hope Things will get better	Whole School (Pri)
Birds Are Singing Starting to understand one another	Whole School (Pri)
Smiles Matter Our words and actions can inspire others	Whole School (Pri)
Enormous Love Love cannot be measured	Whole School (Pri)

More from the archive...

You may find the following assemblies from our archive useful this month. To explore the archive yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
Happy Summer!	Whole School (Pri)
Unique Fingerprints Each of us has a unique identity	Whole School (Pri)
You Are Unique Each of us is special and unique	Whole School (Pri)

From the Culham Collective Worship archive...

You may find the following assemblies useful this month. To explore the archives yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
What Is Peace? An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri)
Wonderful Birds! An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri) - Church School

August Assemblies - Primary

Title	Suitability
Hope in a Hard Place Don’t give up!	Key Stage 2
Don’t Give Up! Good things come to those who work for it	Whole School (Pri)
A Message from King Canute The power of kings	Whole School (Pri) - Church School
Growing in Confidence Gaining confidence to grow in wisdom, knowledge and skills	Key Stage 2 - Church School
Stepping Stones Following and being followed	Whole School (Pri)
Two Very Different Brothers Forgiveness matters	Whole School (Pri)

More from the archive...

You may find the following assemblies from our archive useful this month. To explore the archive yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
Prayer-Planes Praying is important	Whole School (Pri)
Not the Same, but Different Being different is a great thing	Whole School (Pri)
Building on Firm Foundations Having a firm foundation in our lives is important	Whole School (Pri)
Light of the World The second in a series considering the ‘I am’ statements of Jesus	Key Stage 2
No One Is an Island We need one another	Key Stage 2
Ohana ‘Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten’	Whole School (Pri)
The Story of George Müller Trusting in God	Key Stage 2

From the Culham Collective Worship archive...

You may find the following assemblies useful this month. To explore the archives yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
A Face in the Crowd? An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri)
Blowing Bubbles An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Reception / Key Stage 1

September Assemblies - Primary

Title	Suitability
Golden Wonder Harvest and the wonder of the world	Whole School (Pri)
Wishful Thinking? A positive kind of hope	Whole School (Pri)
An Apple a Day . . . A Harvest assembly - What do our bodies need?	Whole School (Pri)
Autumn Changes In life, everything changes, but God is unchanging	Whole School (Pri)
New Challenges Making the most of every opportunity	Whole School (Pri)

More from the archive...

You may find the following assemblies from our archive useful this month. To explore the archive yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
Being Thankful Every Day Seeking things to be thankful for	Key Stage 2
Harvest (or Roald Dahl Day) Roald Dahl Day is on 13 September	Whole School (Pri)
Doors of opportunity Make the most of every opportunity! - Start of term assembly	Key Stage 2
Every Little Counts Kindness is important	Whole School (Pri)
A Packed Lunch! Something small can make a big difference	Whole School (Pri)
Lots of Apples! Harvest and body image	Key Stage 2

From the Culham Collective Worship archive...

You may find the following assemblies useful this month. To explore the archives yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
Choices, Choices An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri) - Church School
Autumn Leaves An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri) - Church School

Christian Festivals...

Selection for Harvest

Title	Suitability
Favourite Foods - A Harvest Assembly To recognize the different diets of living creatures and to be thankful for our favourite foods.	Whole School (Pri)
Harvest Thanksgiving To help children give thanks for their food - even if it isn't their favourite!	Whole School (Pri)
Food, Glorious Food To show the wonder of God's provision of food. To reflect on the need to share food around the world.	Whole School (Pri)

October Assemblies - Primary

Title	Suitability
Feelings Get Passed On! Our feelings affect other people	Whole School (Pri)
What About Praying? What does it mean to pray?	Whole School (Pri)
What a Wonderful World! Each person is a part of God’s creation	Whole School (Pri)
Having a Laugh! The power of laughter	Whole School (Pri)
Enjoy the Autumn Days Beautiful autumn	Whole School (Pri)
Unique! We are special	Whole School (Pri)
Changes Matter Changes affect our lives	Whole School (Pri)
Crossing Bridges Grasping new opportunities	Whole School (Pri)

More from the archive...

You may find the following assemblies from our archive useful this month. To explore the archive yourself, follow the "Find an assembly..." link at the top of the page.

Title	Suitability
Be Thankful We can be thankful for things every day!	Whole School (Pri)
Feeling Needed Everyone likes to feel valued	Key Stage 1
Keep Going! Perseverance is important	Whole School (Pri)
A Huge Measure! Some things are immeasurable	Key Stage 2 - Church School
Being a Friend An assembly in the ‘Hello, Scruff!’ series	Reception / Key Stage 1
How Do We Fit In? An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Key Stage 1
Discovering Treasure An assembly from the Culham St Gabriel archive	Whole School (Pri) - Church School

Christian Festivals...

Selection for Harvest

Title	Suitability
Harvest Thanksgiving To help children give thanks for their food - even if it isn't their favourite!	Whole School (Pri)
Food, Glorious Food To show the wonder of God's provision of food. To reflect on the need to share food around the world.	Whole School (Pri)
Favourite Foods - A Harvest Assembly To recognize the different diets of living creatures and to be thankful for our favourite foods.	Whole School (Pri)

Key Issues Assemblies - Primary

The assemblies in this section tackle issues or deal with important events that occur from time to time in the life of any school.

Title	Suitability
Watch your tongue! To show that once something has been said, it can never be taken back again.	Whole School (Pri)
Broken Friendships Matter Broken friendships affect everyone around us	Whole School (Pri)
Our Responsibility to the Earth The starfish story, retold	Whole School (Pri)
A New Beginning A new school year - a new start!	Whole School (Pri)
Reacting Well Control your anger or it will control you!	Whole School (Pri)
Solving Problems How do we solve our problems?	Whole School (Pri)
When Things Go Wrong Learning from our mistakes	Whole School (Pri)
Love Matters Love spreads around the world	Whole School (Pri)
To Forgive or Not? Forgiveness matters	Whole School (Pri)
How Are You Feeling? Our experiences can change our moods	Whole School (Pri)
How to Be Wise Think before you act!	Whole School (Pri)
Little Things Small acts of kindness can have a great impact	Whole School (Pri)
Wonderfully Made! Our bodies are amazing	Whole School (Pri)
Peace Symbols The International Day of Peace is on 21 September	Whole School (Pri)

Festivals of World Religions - Primary

Assemblies linked to the major festivals of world religions.

Title	Suitability
Al-Hijra To consider the meaning of ‘community’, and the beginnings of Islam.	Key Stage 2
Baisakhi: A Sikh celebration of commitment To value commitment.	Key Stage 2
Bodhi Day To look at how Buddhism began and understand that learning something new can change the way we think about things.	Whole School (Pri)
Bodhi Day How the Buddha gained enlightenment. How learning something new can change the way we think about things. The place of suffering in learning and growth.	Key Stage 2
Chinese New Year, or Yuan Tan Chinese New Year; new beginnings; looking forward to the future.	Key Stage 2
Divali: Festival of lights To reflect upon the significance of the Hindu festival of Divali.	Whole School (Pri)
Eid Ul-Adha - Muslim festival of sacrifice (15 October 2013) To consider the meaning of sacrifice.	Reception / Key Stage 1
Eid ul-Fitr To consider the meaning of the words ‘Eid ul-Fitr’ and thereby to understand something about the different facets of this Muslim festival.	Key Stage 2
Hanukkah To explain the festival of Hanukkah and to think about what a miracle is for us today.	Whole School (Pri)
Janmashtami: A birthday celebration To focus on the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, and the importance of welcome.	Key Stage 2
Magha Puja To look at the Buddhist festival of Magha Puja.	Whole School (Pri)
Mahavira Jayanti: Jain festival (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).	Whole School (Pri)
Maulid Al-Nabi: The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday The life of prophet Muhammad; believing; messages	Whole School (Pri)
Naw Ruz: 'The beginning of spring' (21 March) To explain the Baha’í Faith holiday of Naw-Ruz and to encourage understanding of different religious holidays.	Whole School (Pri)
Nov Ruz (usually 21 March) To introduce the Zoroastrian faith and its key festival of Nov Ruz (New Year).	Key Stage 2
Paryushan To consider the Jain festival of Paryushan.	Whole School (Pri)
Raksha Bandhan To reflect upon sibling relationships with reference to the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan.	Whole School (Pri)
Ramadan To consider how denying ourselves something we crave teaches us self-control and makes us more grateful for those things we take for granted.	Key Stage 2
Ramadan To understand this special time for Muslims, and think about what is important in life.	Key Stage 2
Ratha yatra: A chariot festival To focus on the Hindu festival of Ratha Yatra and celebrate a shared sense of community.	Whole School (Pri)
Ridvan: The Garden of Ridvan's letters to a friend To explain the Bahá’í faith holiday of Ridván and to encourage understanding of different religious holidays.	Whole School (Pri)
Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish New Year To learn about the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah and think about how different sounds make us feel different things.	Whole School (Pri)
Sukkot: The Festival of Tabernacles To help children learn about the Jewish festival of Sukkot, and think about thankfulness.	Whole School (Pri)
The ascension of Baha' Ullah To understand the basic beliefs of the Baha’i faith by considering the life and death of Baha’ Ullah and thinking about our own behaviour towards and attitudes about others.	Key Stage 2
The Baha'i Festival of Ridvan Themes: oneness of mankind, unity, global family, belonging	Whole School (Pri)
The Birthday of Guru Nanak The life of Guru Nanak; equality; leadership	Key Stage 2
The birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji: A Sikh celebration To celebrate Guru Nanak and his commitment to equality.	Key Stage 1
The Birthday of Haile Selassie Themes of celebration, remembering an important person, African culture, equality	Whole School (Pri)
The Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Death How the Buddha gained enlightenment; making discoveries, change, suffering	Whole School (Pri)
The festival of Vasant Panchami: A new beginning To celebrate new beginnings in life and learning.	Key Stage 2
The Hindu Festival of Divali Light; hope; new beginnings	Whole School (Pri)
The Hindu Festival of Ganesh-Chaturthi To learn about the festival, which celebrates the birth of Ganesh, the elephant-headed god, and focus on celebration, new beginnings, overcoming difficulties	Whole School (Pri)
The Hindu Festival of Holi The coming of spring and new life; good is stronger than evil	Whole School (Pri)
The Jewish Festival of Hanukah Standing up for what is important; overcoming difficulty; light	Whole School (Pri)
The Jewish Festival of Rosh Hashana To explore the roots and meaning of the festival and themes of Jewish new year, to think about new beginnings and the effects our actions have on others.	Whole School (Pri)
The martyrdom of the Bab (9 July) To look at faith in the context of the Baha’i religion.	Key Stage 2
The Muslim Festival of Eid-ul-Fitr Celebrating the end of Ramadan	Whole School (Pri)
The Prophet's Night Journey and Ascension To learn why Muslims pray five times a day and focus on prayer and reflection	Whole School (Pri)
The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi) Themes of loyalty, self-sacrifice, devotion, bravery	Whole School (Pri)
Wesak: Buddhist celebration Buddhist celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha (May)	Whole School (Pri)
Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement To learn about the festival of Yom Kippur and to think about its themes of wrongdoing and forgiveness.	Whole School (Pri)
Zartusht-no-diso To introduce this Zoroastrian festival and reflect on the teachings of Zaroaster.	Key Stage 2
Ganesh Chaturthi - Festival of the birthday of the elephant-headed god Considers how to overcome obstacles with reference to the Hindu god, Ganesha (SEAL theme 1: New beginnings). This assembly is taken from Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (SPCK, 2012).	Key Stage 2