KS1 Assembly pictures

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLE5EAteXZE A video has gone viral of turtles helping each other. One turtle in on his back, clearly in trouble and not able to flip over. Gradually, the other turtles in the pool swim toward the flailing turtle and manoeuvre it so that it can swim upright. The video in the link above is just 16 seconds long but has been viewed millions of times over the weekend. - what animals do you see in the photo? - do you notice anything different about the turtle in the middle? what has happened? - why is the middle turtle in danger? - what are the other turtles doing? - why do you think the other turtles save the one in distress? - what does this show about animals? - why do you think the video has gone viral? - what can we learn from the turtles in this video? - why is this video about No Outsiders? No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat www.no-outsiders.com   

  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-29834704 The photo shows a statue in Birmingham City Centre called, "A real Birmingham family.". Ask children to describe the family and ask who are the people in the photo. The people standing behind the photo are the family used for the statue and the sculptor, Gillian Wearing, who stands in the middle. The two woman depicted in the photo are sisters, Roma and Emma Jones and their children, Kyan and Shaye. Gillian said she wanted to show that the idea of what makes a family isn't fixed. She liked how the sisters spoke of their closeness and how they supported each other. The statue got lots of people talking on social media about their own families and what families looked like: "No such thing as a "real" family. A family can be a anyone, it's who you love and look after and cherish that matters, whether that be Mum and Dad and children or 2 dads and children or just a loving couple with no children. ...