The assembly should be attractive, positive, encouraging and inspiring. Dr James Hemming, educational psychologist and BHA Vice-President. For this reason, we confine ourselves to a few suggestions only, many of which will be obvious to experienced teachers. The daily news can be a rich source of assembly themes. Good news about human achievement can inspire students.
Events often raise moral questions.
Issues of rights and responsibilities are ever present. Visitors can be refreshing, but need to be well briefed, and should be vetted for suitability - usually a role for the head. If you really want pupils to remember what you say in the assembly, it is worth getting notices out of the way first or delivering them in another way. Days to celebrate The anniversaries of famous people's births or deaths, or of historical events, can be used to introduce inspirational stories. You can use birthdays, yours or someone else's, or the school's, to reflect on new beginnings or on ageing.