KS1 Assembly pictures

                                  https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescue-dog-leading-19-buddhist-monks-on-2300-mile-peace-walk-across-the-us/ What do you see in the picture, who are they, what do you think they are doing and what do you think this story is about? The picture shows a group of 19 Buddhist monks on a peace walk. What do you think a peace walk is? Do you notice anything else on the walk with them? An abandoned dog has joined the monks. They have named the dog Aloka and he has walked with them for hundreds of miles. First across India and now they are walking 2300 miles across America finishing at Washington DC. Why do you think they are doing this?  Their goal is to promote unity and compassion. What is unity, what is compassion? A governor in Texas said, "When I heard about this 2300 mile walk, I was amazed. It really touches the hearts and minds of people." How can a walk touch heart...

                             https://scoop.upworthy.com/a-gay-penguin-power-couple-is-celebrating-their-third-anniversary-maybe-true-love-does-exist?fbclid=IwAR3EQ_yk85JCHwVWMTl0QJpH0LTW0B3xnWoXpHqFkQ1BOFJVxBMWC296M7A What do you see in the picture, what do you think this story is about? The photo shows two penguins and their their chicks who live in Sea Life in Sydney, Australia. This is is a penguin family. What kind of animal is a penguin? Where in the world do Penguins live in the wild? What is a family? The two boy penguins, Sphen and Magic got together in 2018. They wanted to be daddies together and they sat on a rock, taking turns to keep it warm, hoping it would hatch and give them a chick to look after. Why didn't the rock hatch? Keepers at Sea Life were watching Sphen and Magic trying to be a family with their own chick. The keepers thought they would be good daddies so they gave them an egg that anothe...

                https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-60235338 What do you see in the pictures? What do you notice? What do you think this story might be about? Lowri is 12 years old and lives in Cheshire, England. When she was 9, she wrote to Disney to ask if they could include a character in one of their films who wore glasses.  Why do you think Lowri wanted to see a Disney character wearing glasses? Why do you think there are not many main Disney characters wearing glasses? Lowri says she wrote the letter because she is the only person in her family who wears glasses. She says, "I felt a bit alone and didn't feel like I was beautiful enough." What do you think about that? Why doesn't Lowri feel beautiful? What would you say to her? A year later, In 2022, the film Encanto was released. The film has a main character called Mirabel, who is funny and brave,....and wears glasses. Why do you think Disney chose to include a funny ...

  https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zmqmrj6 What do you see in the picture, what do you think this is? What could this story be about? Last week some parts of the UK is had lots of snow; billions of snowflakes fell from the sky.  What is snow, where does it come from? Snow is made up of tiny water crystals that have frozen in clouds. When the crystals fall from the clouds, they bunch together and form snowflakes. What is another name for frozen water? Snow appears to look the same, When we look at snow falling we can't see any differences but in 1885 scientist Wilson Bentley attached a microscope to a camera and closely at snowflakes. William realised that... What do you think William realised? William realised that however many snowflakes were captured, none were exactly the same. They were all different. Why do you think they are all different? (Think about how they are formed) The shape of a snowflake is formed as it falls through the air. Even if two snow flakes fall s...

                                            https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/reason-liverpool-chippy-staying-open-33113618?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPLCw9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEew7TC1La-ny19AICsAstGmuPo0S6kGXAFv-xsKRAXlLZDyxKOIaaxWSH5z9M_aem_B4UEyNgTeFpkSaAEbE_5eQ#wgtl72e688ewrak95jxqqengyo7c8ga2r What do you see in the picture, where is this, what do you notice, what do you think the story is going to be about? In the picture you can see Mubinul  Hoque who owns Portland Fish and Chips in Brunswick, Liverpool. This story is about something that Mubinul and his team did on Christmas day.  What do you think they did? Mubinul opened his fish and chip shop on Christmas day and served free food for anyone who wanted it. Mubinul particularly offered his fish and chips to older people or anyone who was alone on Christmas day. People could...

                             https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2152331/sadiq-khan-new-year-eve-fireworks-eu What do you see in the picture, where is is, what is happening, what is the story about? On New Year's Eve many people across the world celebrated the start of 2026. Then photo shows the celebrations in London where there was a 15 minute firework display, the biggest in Europe.  Why do people celebrate a new year? Part of the London fireworks included a speech called, "This is what England means to me" Thinking about the title, what do you think was said in the speech? "When it's sunny, it's to hot. When it's cold, the weather's rubbish. England to me is a cup of tea. How many sugars? I'm sweet enough." Why do you think the author of the poem chose those opening lines? Have you heard anyone say, "I'm sweet enough" - what's this about? "England to me is Caribbean barbers with a sharpish trim.  It's...