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- Herausgeber: Crown House Publishing
- Kategorie: Bildung
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016
Primary school assemblies should be exciting and interesting. They should allow children to share in valuable learning experiences. Over his 30 years as a head teacher, Mike Kent has developed amazing assemblies that do just this, and he shares them in this new practical resource. Amazing Assemblies for Primary Schools consists of twenty-five very special teacher-led assemblies: ideal for teachers, head teachers and, indeed, anyone who is required to lead assemblies. The assemblies have been designed with the busy teacher or school leader in mind and are really simple to prepare. The detailed instructions outline the resources and preparation needed. Every assembly is straightforward and uses materials that are readily available in school. You'll discover how to fascinate a group of children using little more than a pair of scissors and a few sheets of paper. Just how strong is an eggshell? How can you pick up a bottle without using your hands? How can you make a coin move without touching it? The answers to these questions, and many more, are revealed in this amazing resource: take your children on a journey of hands-on learning and discovery. The tried-and-tested assemblies are ideal for presenting to large groups of children and all have an interactive element, encouraging children to participate as helpers. They cover a vast range of subjects, drawing cross-curricular links from across the primary curriculum. There are science experiments, art demonstrations, problems to solve, word games, maths puzzles, quizzes and much more. Each assembly centres on a theme, which can be developed in many different ways afterwards: follow-up ideas make it easy to explore the learning further. Children can try the ideas themselves in class or at home. Although the assemblies are primarily aimed at Key Stage 2, many are also eminently suited to Key Stage 1. Each assembly outlines the materials and preparation needed, gives step-by-step instructions for introducing and delivering the assembly and offers plenty of follow up ideas. Planning and delivering an innovative, child-centred assembly has never been easier! Amazing Assemblies for Primary Schools is an ideal practical resource for anybody required to take primary school assemblies.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A school assembly for primary children should be exciting and interesting; a time when children can learn, share and contribute to a valuable learning experience.
And that’s where this book comes in. Amazing Assemblies for Primary Schools consists of twenty-five very special teacher-led assemblies for head teachers, deputies, senior leaders or anyone who is required to lead an assembly with young children at short notice. All the assemblies have been tried and tested, they are all ideal for presenting to large groups of children in the school hall, and they cover a range of subjects. There are science experiments, art demonstrations with unusual materials, word games, puzzles, quizzes, mathematical trickery, even an extraordinary eggshell and a baffling banana!
All the assemblies are interactive, using between two and ten children as ‘helpers’. Each one also has a theme which can be developed afterwards in many different ways if children or teachers wish to take up the suggested ideas. The assemblies have been designed with the busy teacher in mind, and although extremely entertaining (and often quite amazing!) they are really simple to prepare. One, for example, doesn’t need anything more complex than a pair of scissors and a few sheets of paper, and yet it is guaranteed to fascinate the children watching it.
Once they have participated in these assemblies, it is very likely that the children will want to try the ideas in class or at home, which is a further bonus. Some of the puzzles, for example, can be made easily and will keep the children entertained and amused for hours. Some of the assemblies are more complex than others, so it is always worth rehearsing them before introducing them to the children, especially those involving experiments.
This is an ideal resource book for teachers and leaders in a primary school. All the assemblies are carefully described and the instructions for each are simple to follow. The text is fully illustrated with diagrams and pictures. I hope you and your children get a great deal of enjoyment from them.
Assembly 1
THE EXTRAORDINARY EGGSHELL
WHAT IS THIS ASSEMBLY ABOUT?
Ask anyone to name some fragile objects and an eggshell will probably feature somewhere on the list. In this session, you demonstrate that an eggshell is far stronger than anyone would believe!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Half an eggshell
Four shapes made from stiff card: a circle, a triangle, a square and a rectangle
A table
A pile of hardback books, roughly the same size (for the best effect, the books should be about 30 x 20 cm and about 1 cm thick)
A small block of wood, the same height as the eggshell half
If possible, a few pictures of bridges that show circular or triangular shapes in their construction
PREPARING THE ASSEMBLY
The eggshell will need to be prepared carefully. Crack an egg as evenly as possible and keep one half (save the other half if you want to do two demonstrations). Using a pair of scissors, trim around the jagged edge so that the eggshell sits neatly on the table. Make sure the whole edge is in contact with the surface so, if it isn’t, do a little more judicious trimming.
The shapes you will need should be constructed from stiff card. Insert brass fasteners that push through and fold back (as shown in Diagram 1) into the corners of the triangle, square and rectangle.
INTRODUCING THE ASSEMBLY
Part 1: Explain that shapes, as well as having different characteristics, have different strengths. Get two children to come out to the front. Ask them to face each other, hold their hands up and then link hands. They should now try to push each other backwards. The rest of the children should watch what happens to their feet. As the two children ‘dig in’ to avoid being pushed backwards, they will move their feet apart, forming a triangle with their bodies. If the children watching can’t see this clearly, explain what is happening.
Part 2: Show that you have made some two-dimensional shapes from some card. Grasp the sides of the square, and pull it into a diamond, showing that the shape can be changed or contorted easily. Do the same with the rectangle. Then show that this is not possible when you grasp the circle or the triangle. These are much stronger shapes, and for this reason are often used in building bridges where strength and stability is needed. Show any pictures or photos you might have.
Part 3: Explain that when a shape is curved and three dimensional it is even stronger. Show the eggshell and ask the children whether they think it is a strong object or a delicate and weak one. They will undoubtedly say it is a weak one. Now place the eggshell on the table and, to its left – about 25 cm away – place the small block of wood. Carefully rest the book on the wood and the eggshell, creating a ‘bridge’. Place another book on top of the first one and then a third. Ask the children how many books they think the ‘bridge’ will hold before the eggshell breaks and the bridge collapses. Most will probably say about seven. Add one book at a time, deliberately building up the tension. Everybody will be amazed at just how many books the bridge will hold.
AND FINALLY …
When the bridge eventually gives way under the strain, explain that it’s the shape of the eggshell that gives it its strength. Although the weight of the books is concentrated on one small area of shell, the curved shape means the pressure is actually distributed across a relatively large area. The eggshell is indeed very strong! Perhaps the children can design some other simple but strong bridges and bring them into another assembly.
