KS1 Assembly pictures

  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...

  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...