KS1 Assembly pictures

  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/09/sikh-soldier-becomes-first-to-wear-turban-for-trooping-the-colour What do you see in the picture, where are they, who are they, what are they doing? These soldiers are Trooping the colour. What does Trooping the colour mean? Trooping the colour is a royal British tradition, starting in 1748. The ceremony originated as guards prepared for battle, presenting their colours and flags so that soldiers would recognise them. Today the ceremony is used to celebrate the King's official birthday, this year on June 14th. What do you notice about the soldiers? How are they similar, how are they different? How is their headwear different?  Why does one of the soldiers have different headwear? Charanpreet Singh Lall was the first person to wear a turban in the trooping the colour procession. It was the first time in 270 years. Charanpreet says, "I hope that people watching, that they will just acknowledge it and that they will look at it as ...

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/07/24/boy-with-one-hand-met-soccer-player-with-same-limb-difference-photo-went-viral/ What do you see in the picture? where are they? how are the two people different and how are they the same? Joseph Tidd is a one year old soccer fan living in  Florida. Carson Pickett is a soccer player and the two have something else in common; they both have a different left arm. When Carson heard Joseph's family cheering her on at a match, she ran over and repeatedly touched Joseph's arm with hers. Why did she do that? How do you think Joseph felt?  It took a minute for Joseph to realise, then Joseph shrieked with glee.  Why did he react in that way? Joseph's Mum says he spent the whole car ride home looking at his arm and giggling; Mum says this is because "he knew he had a friend." Why do you think this made Joseph giggle? Mum says Joseph is fine about having a different limb. Kids used to grab his arm to look at it and he was ...

  https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/stunning-birmingham-pride-2025-pictures-as-celebrations-kick-off-in-city-centre/ss-AA1FoNgu?ocid=BingNewsVerp#image=19 What do you see in the picture? Where do you think it was taken, what do you think is happening? These photos were taken at Birmingham Pride on bank holiday weekend, 2025. Today Pride events are held in towns and cities all over the UK. There may be one in your town or a town near you. What is Pride? Who can celebrate Pride? Why do so many towns and cities hold Prides? Pride is about everyone knowing they belong and everyone feeling welcome in the place were they live. It's about different families. You can be who are are and you belong here. Your family can look different. In our town there are lots of different families and Pride is about all families feeling welcome. How are families different? Families might have a mum and a dad, they might have just a mum or just a dad, they might have two mums or two dads.  Is ther...

  BBC World Service - Witness History, The hippo and the tortoise What do you see in the picture, what do you think this story is about? In 2004 in Kenya, a tortoise called Mezea was brought in to a wildlife sanctuary. He was old, very big and had a big crack on his back so he looked different. No one wanted him as  a pet. Why do you think no-one wanted Mezea as a pet? How do you think Mezea felt? Mezea became quite popular in the sanctuary. Although he was very slow, he walked around and enjoyed people patting his shell.  In December 2004 a 2 month old baby hippo was found and people realised he was orphaned and alone. The hippo was rescued and brought to the sanctuary. The hippo was named Owen.  How do you think Owen felt when he arrived at the sanctuary? What did Owen need? When Owen arrived at the sanctuary he was terrified. Owen ran in and the first animal he found was Mezea the tortoise.  At first, Mexea was trying to get away from Owen, but Owen kept foll...

  https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-war/ve-day What do you see in this picture? What is happening, when do you think it was taken? Why are they so happy? Is this an old picture or a new picture, how can you tell? The photo was taken in London on 8th May 1945 which was VE day. What is VE day about? VE days stands for Victory in Europe day. 8th May 1945 was the end of World War 2; the end of 6 years of war that bought suffering to whole populations and countries; millions of people had their homes and families destroyed, millions died. When news broke of the end of the war, tens of thousands of people flooded on to the streets and rejoiced. Why do you think they were so happy? How did the war affect people in the UK? The photo below shows Prime Minister below addressing crowds at Whitehall, London.  What do you notice about the sign he makes? Why is he doing that with his fingers? Winston Churchill made a radio broadcast to the nation to welcome the news that War had ende...

  h ttps://abcnews.go.com/living/story/100-year-tortoise-1st-time-mom-4-baby/?id=120484449 What do you see in the picture? What do you think the story is, why do you think this made the news- what might be unusual about this story? Philadelphia zoo has welcomed four new baby hatchlings from a pair of tortoises. The babies are Galapagos tortoises and are an endangered species.  What is a hatching? What does endangered species mean? The mother is a first-time mum. The reason this has made the news is because she is over 100 years old. The mum is the oldest resident in the zoo and this is the first time in 150 years that the zoo has had tortoise hatchlings. The tortoise, called Mommy, has lived at the zoo since 1932 and is thought to be 97 years old. The father is called Abrazzo and is 96 years old. Do you think 97 is too old to be a mum? Mommy laid a clutch of 16 eggs in November last year and the zoo is hoping more of the eggs will hatch in the coming weeks. All the hatchlings ...