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Give Great Assemblies

Plan assemblies that change how pupils think, feel or act, even if standing up in front of the whole school makes you nervous.

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Teachers who hold a class's attention all day can still dread their turn on the assembly rota. A hall full of faces, sound that may or may not work, and 10 minutes everyone expects to sit through.

Those 10 minutes can do a lot more. Decide the one thing you want pupils to think, feel or do afterwards, then plan backwards from it. Set the scene before anyone sits down, with music, a question on the screen or an intriguing prop. People remember the start and the end best, so keep the notices and the telling-off away from both, and finish on your key message.

You'll also find ways to bring pupils' own voices into the hall, and to give colleagues what they need to follow the message up in class. It's your assembly, too, so it's fine to do it your way.

Modules

12 modules
  1. 1Introduction1 min
  2. 2Get the basics right1 min
  3. 3Plan what you want pupils to feel, think or do2 min
  4. 4Set the scene as pupils enter2 min
  5. 5Start strongly4 min
  6. 6Do it your way …3 min
  7. 7…But lean too on what works well3 min
  8. 8Provoke thought and action2 min
  9. 9Make it about them too4 min
  10. 10Signpost sources of further support or learning4 min
  11. 11Go out with a bang not a fizzle2 min
  12. 12Wrap up2 min

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