KS1 Assembly pictures

  ‘Two are stronger than one’: Boston Marathon duo praised for helping struggling runner cross finish line | Boston Marathon | The Guardian What do you see in the picture? Where are they, what are they doing, what do you think the story might be about? The picture shows the finish line at the Boston marathon in the USA last week.  How long is a marathon? What do you think it feels like to run a marathon? A marathon is 26 miles. In the middle you can see Ajay Haridasse who got to the finish line but then stumbled and fell. He tried to get up but he couldn’t. Why do you think he couldn’t get up? Ajay tried to get up 4 times but each time he collapsed. He decided he would have to crawl to the finish line. He started crawling and lots of people ran past him, eager to get to the finish themselves. How do you think Ajay felt crawling along a road seeing others run past him?  Two runners decided to stop and help. Aaron Beggs from Northern Ireland appeared at Ajay’s...

  A wallaby lost her mother, so a woman carried her in a pouch for a year. - Upworthy What do you see in the picture, what animal is this? What do you think this story is going to be about? Lindsay Clarity has an Animal Rescue shelter in Brighton and Hove and the picture shows a baby wallaby. What is a wallaby? When Wallabies are born, they spend the first 9 months inside their mother’s pouch. After 6 months they will start to explore but will always return to their mother’s pouch for security. This Wallaby lost its mother. It kept trying to crawl in to other wallaby pouches but all the wallabies had a baby and it couldn’t fit in. What do you think Lindsay did? Lindsay made a pouch out of a blanket for the wallaby. Is a blanket enough? What else does the wallaby need to make it feel like it’s in a pouch? Lindsay carried the wallaby around everywhere she went inside the blanket. Why did she do that? Carrying the wallaby around gave her the warmth and closeness she needed to feel sec...

                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9vx1z4jkno?fbclid=IwY2xjawREXPlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJNazRnaVczUFRqa0VxdnNRc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkF7ptRrDj8w5V4EvUkPRctXPlLfnfl9jX2xSvg2dPlqJDtFG0nUXimOYHHW_aem_gwirNtDCQCx6wr5fom3geQ What do you see, what do you notice, what is going on here, what do think the story is? There are three clues to what this story is about - the pony, the bun and the mermaid - what are they? The photo shows an event in London called "Pints and Pony Tails" where 35 men are learning to style hair. Why do you think they want to do that? Looking at the photo, what are the men using to practice?  Why not practice on real children? Why not just practice at home? The founder of the event says, "It's Dads turning up who struggle with basic hairstyles." Why do y...