KS1 Assembly pictures

                                    https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/09/16/same-sex-ice-dancing-team-breaks-new-ground-in-finland/ What do you see in the picture? Where are they? What sport is this, what do you notice about the two people? What do you think this story is about? The photo shows Millie Colling and Emma Aalto (both 19 years old) who are competing in Finland this year in the ice dancing championship. What is ice dancing? There is something different about this championship - a rule has been changed this year to allow something for the first time.  What rule do you think has been changed? This year for the first time ever, skaters can compete in pairs that are the same gender. What does that mean? Millie says she and Emma are best friends that want to skate together. Usually skaters have to be a man and a woman but this year skaters can be called Skater A and Skater B. Why do you th...

                                  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/29/southampton-bookshop-october-books-enlists-human-chain-to-move-to-new-store?fbclid=IwAR3rBnVJwORIgsQex1UppYr14d9Z3EkK_W9Gd3cyXwdNSlSWnqmbUMNu1s0 A community bookshop in Southampton had to move because the rent went up and they could not afford to stay in their building. They managed to raise funds to buy an old building 150 metres away but had to find a way of moving their 2000 books. How would a shop usually move 2000 books? The bookshop couldn't afford to rent a van so had to think of another idea. Looking at the picture, how do you think they moved the books?   The local community came to the rescue, lots of people turned up on the day and stood in a line stretching from the old shop to the new shop.  Once everyone was in the line, what did they do? A human chain from the old bookshop to the new bookshop passe...

     https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=33531 What do you see in the picture, what is this person doing, can you guess what this story might be about?  This girl has her hands in her pockets. Why is that a story? 8 year old Georgia is from Ipswich, UK and was shopping in Sainsbury's for trousers. She was shocked to find all the girls' trousers has fake pockets. What does fake mean? The pockets were all sewn up. It was like girls don't really need pockets. But when Georgia went in to the boys section, the pockets were real.  What do you think Georgia did? Georgia bought boys trousers instead. Is it ok for Georgia to wear boys clothes? Do girls need pockets? Do boys need pockets? Do you agree or disagree? Georgia wrote to Sainsbury's and received a reply thanking her for her letter and agreeing that girls needed pockets too. But the letter didn't say they would change the trousers. So Georgia started a petition at her school and sent it to Sainsburys. What is a pe...