Do not:
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Ask the most eccentric students in the school to come on stage and do anything they want to.
- Hide in your classroom and don’t come out.
- Invite pupils to perform ‘funny’ impressions of teachers.
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Attempt twenty minute game of ‘sleeping lions’
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Conduct the assembly in made up language.
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Invite a friendly chainsaw juggler to demonstrate his/her skills.
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Invite members of staff to participate in an impromptu ‘Cirque du Soleil’ performance.
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Put on a homemade indoor firework display
New covers for our plays for younger children
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In the last months we have been working on new covers for our playscripts. Here are covers for the scripts for younger children 4-9 years old.
Thanksgiving celebrations in the USA
Thanksgiving in the USA is one of the most important holidays of the year.
St Patrick’s Day 17th March – Bite-sized for KS1, KS2
By Robert Reed
St Patrick’s Day Parades
St Patrick’s Day originally celebrated the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – gothic story contest winner dismissed by British Critic
By Robert Reed
The novel Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley whilst on holiday visiting Lord Byron at his villa by Lake Geneva.
KS2: Everything you need to know about the Romans in 365 words!
By Robert Reed
Legend has it that Rome was founded by the twins Romulus and Remus on 21 April 753 BC.
Mary, Mary Queen of Scots, why did you marry Darnley?
By Robert Reed
Mary returned to her native Scotland in 1561 after the death of her first hubby King Francis II of France. On Saturday 17th February, 1565, she met Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley at Wemyss Castle. He had a twinkle in his eye and was a nifty dancer. They had things in common: both were tall, red-headed and first cousins. What’s more they both had a strong claim to the throne of England. Pretty much instantly Mary was
KS2 – Fun Facts on Vikings
By Robert Reed
Do you have a friend who occasionally loves to hop in a longship and go raiding? Perhaps, they also like jewellery, plaiting their beard, incredibly violent poetry and games of chess? If the answer is ‘yes’, possibly they are a Viking.
The Viking Age lasted for about three hundred years: from the 790s until the Norman conquest of England in 1066. As well as being skilled sailors and warriors the Vikings were traders, mercenaries, settlers and farmers.
They explored and colonised islands in the North Atlantic even reaching as far as Newfoundland in Canada. They had a profound effect on British and Irish history in particular. They traded along the Volga River and as far south as Baghdad.
Many of their exploits were recorded in Icelandic sagas and on rune stones. They were famous for ferocity in battle: the word berserk comes from the Norse habit of going completely loco in combat.
However, conversion to Christianity slowly curbed the Vikings of the more anti-social aspects of their behaviour, much to the relief of their neighbours.
Generally speaking, it’s probably best for your health to invite your Viking friend to join a yoga club, or maybe take up knitting.
Scripted for use in the assemblies, read about a funny Viking story Don’t Argue with Eric http://artdramascripts.com/ks2_playscripts/vikings.
The Ancient Greeks loved the theatre
By Robert Reed
In Ancient Greece huge stone theatres were built for audiences of up to 15,000 people.
Celebrate St Piran’s Day and the Cornish Piskies
By Robert Reed
Palm trees, surfing and people greeting each other with
