What makes a great assembly?
Put a teacher in a classroom and they do an amazing job teaching, no fears and no worries. Put them in front of a year group or whole school with staff present for an assembly and suddenly there are 100 butterflies in their stomach. Even worrying about falling up those three little steps to the stage becomes an issue!
Love them or hate them, assemblies are on the agenda! I might not be able to take away any potential trip hazards but I can provide a number of ideas that
Am on assembly rota so thanks for tips as they have confirmed my choice of subject matter – my WW1 grandfather
I’d like to attend that assembly!
Fab! Lovely to hear. I hope it goes well, let me know!
An interesting list which hits the spot Laura, thanks! I’d perhaps add a few more from my experience:
-You’ve aluded to it above but it’s perhaps worth putting it centre stage: Pupil involvement, they love answering questions, they love getting involved even more. This morning I had about 20 children at the front acting as geese flying in V formation, flapping their wings and honking…chaos but memorable!
-Use humour, staff love this, so do the young people.
-Don’t just speak to the children, the adults present should take something away too.
-I always leave it just a little underprepared (I never have a script as I think it stiffles delivery)…when there is a little room for inventiveness/adaptation/creativity on the day, the magic seems to happen.
-Take risks…it’s fun (but doesn’t always work but then hey, that’s life and pupils and staff get to see that you’re human too)!
Like I say, a great list…