KS1 Assembly pictures

  On 31st July 2015 164 members of the international skydiving team broke the world record for skydiving formation, over Illinois USA. This was their 13th attempt to build a shape resembling a giant flower. The previous record was 138. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/jul/31/world-record-skydiving-formation-in-pictures -What is happening in this picture? - The skydiving team are an "International" team, what does that mean? - How did the team make this happen? (working together) - Do you think anyone on the team said, "I'm not holding his hand because we are a different religion," or, "I'm not holding your hand because we are from a different country". Did anyone say, "We have skin that is a different colour so we can't hold hands"?  - What was the consequence when everyone worked together? - This was their 13th attempt. Why didn't they give up after 10 attempts; they must have been thinking, 'this isn't possi...

  https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/mum-bristol-asda-films-boys-7345655?fbclid=IwAR1c1Q65dnoWoClgNhbXEdR0nQ4z5et-BjURD5z-PCGVu5LOSC9JuUgL0fU Ernie is 10 years old and lives in Bristol. Ernie uses sign language as one way to communicate with his mum and dad and twin brother. When shopping in Asda over summer, Ernie stopped at a video screen at the entrance to the store, showing a man using sign language to welcome visitors. In the video the man signs, 'welcome to the store, we hope you enjoy your visit and if you need help, just ask one of our colleagues.' Ernie loved the video and stood next to it copying the signing. Mum says, "It was at my son's eye level so caught his attention and he was copying it - you can see on the video how happy it made him; he was beaming. It was really sweet and Ernie loved it! I guess the main reason for having screens like that in the store is to make things accessible and inclusive... and it worked!" "It's a b...