KS1 Assembly pictures

                                            What do you see in this picture? What do you think it is about, what does it mean, why did someone create this art? This image was created by Fliss who is an artist at Fledgling Education.  What do you notice about the patterns on the schools? Do you recognise any of the patterns? Fliss used flags to make up the walls and windows in her schools.  What is a flag? Why do you think she used flags to make the walls of her school? Why didn't Fliss just use one flag? Fliss says, " I live my life in colour and this image is a celebration of that spirit. Can we continue to accept difference for the strength that it brings? It doesn’t have to divide us. Can we carry on shaping a future where every colour and culture has a place?” What does "Where every colour and culture has a place" mean? Do you recognise any of the flags? (the ...

  https://www.sportbible.com/football/england/chloe-kelly-england-winning-penalty-speed-933580-20250728 What do you see in the photo, where is it, what is happening, who are they? The photo shows the England team after they won the Euros this summer in the final against Spain. What game were they playing? What is this team called? The England women's team is called the Lionesses. They won in a penalty shoot out at the end of the game. What is a penalty shoot out? Are the Lionesses good at football? How do you know? They also won the Euros in 2022 and they are the first England team in football history to defend a major tournament title. What does that mean? How do you defend a title? When Chloe Kelly scored her wining goal, the speed of the ball was measured.  Can you guess how fast the ball went? Chloe Kelly's wining penalty was 110km/h. That's the fastest in the whole of the Euros 2025 but also faster than any goal in the premier league last season. According to TNT Sport...

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjem0vm8geo What do you see here? who do you think this is? what is their jo? There are clues in the picture to show what job they have. They are holding two things; one is about their job, the other is about the story here - which is which? This is Matt Smith, he is a butcher living in Clapham, London. What is a butcher, what does a butcher do? Which objects in the photo tells us Matt is a butcher? Why do you think Matt is holding a toy elephant? The elephant belongs to a three year old boy and it is his pride and joy. What does "his pride and joy" mean "? The boy dropped the elephant on a zebra crossing and didn't realise he had lost it till he got home. The boy's mum, Catherine, went out to search for the elephant but not find it. She posted a picture of the elephant online to ask if anyone has seen it. Matt had already found the elephant on the zebra crossing earlier that day and he put it in his shop window. Why didn...

  https://www.today.com/parents/family/bus-driver-saves-day-gets-pajamas-for-boy-rcna139017 What do you see in the picture? Who are they, where are they, what is behind them, what do you think their roles are in the story, what could this story be about? Larry Farrish Jnr. is a school bus driver in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He drives the bus to school every day and so he gets to know the children. Why/ how does he get to know the children? One day he noticed one of the boys, Levi, was upset.  Larry said, "Normally, when I pull up, he's standing there waiting for me with a big smile but on this day he was sitting on the ground with a jacket over his head." Why do you think Levi was doing that? How do you think Levi was feeling? What do you think Larry did? Levi got on the bus and Larry said, "Hey buddy, what's wrong?" Levi told Larry it was pyjama day today.... What is pyjama day? Why do you think Levi was upset? Levi told Larry tearfully that he didn't ...

                                 https://scoop.upworthy.com/young-girl-with-alopecia-wins-crazy-hair-day-at-school-now-i-love-being-bald?fbclid=IwAR0f1vLHj-oC5A7RmToMAGJGP_JnhZ48fY_pBXtBaRmF2ggTdc2zp63Pk6U Gianessa Wride is 9 years old and lives in Utah USA. When Gianessa was 7 she was diagnosed with alopecia.  What is alopecia? Alopecia is a condition that causes hair to fall out. A child with alopecia is not poorly, they just look different as most children have hair, but they do not. Lots of people have alopecia all over the world. How do you think Gianesa felt when she first started to look different at her school? Gianessa found living with alopecia difficult at first and her Mum was worried she would be bullied for being different. Why was mum worried about Gianessa being bullied? Would that happen at our school? One week, Gianessa's school decided to hold a  'crazy hair day'. What do th...

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gkdpegqkjo What do you see in the picture, what do you think this story is about? Daisy-May Demetre lives in Birmingham, UK. and her legs work in a different way -  How do Daisy's legs work? Daisy-May is an amputee. What is an amputee? Daisy has an interesting job, what do you think Daisy's job is? Daisy is a model. She has appeared in fashion weeks across the world and is about to model during Birmingham Fashion Week in September. What is a model?  Why might some people be surprised that Daisy is a model? Daisy-May says she wants to encourage amputees to be confident and "go for whatever they want" in life. "You're disabilities shouldn't define you, you can believe in anything." Why do you think Daisy-May says that?  Daisy-May says strutting on the catwalk was a statement to represent the "strength, beauty and power of being different" What does that mean? How can being different give you strength, b...