Weekly Assemblies at Byerley Park Primary School
Mrs Dunn leads our 'Picture News' assembly every Monday morning. In these assemblies, children explore recent current affairs and spark their interest in the world around them. They are asked open questions with lots of meaningful discussion and debate.
Our 'British Values' play an important role in these assemblies with each assembly theme having a focus on either Democracy, Individual Liberty, Tolerance and Respect and Rule of Law.
Mrs Plumb leads a Tuesday 'Singing' assembly with an aim of singing together to create a sense of joy, security and positivity to help lift mood and foster a happier school environment.
It provides a healthy way for children to express their feelings, manage anxiety and build resilience. On a termly basis, song choices are selected by the children and cover a genre of different music styles from modern pop music to cultural sounds.
Why not take a look at our song choices for the Autumn term 2025: Autumn term 2025 songs
Why not sing along to one of our favourite songs?
Mrs Pattison leads our 'Story' assembly every Wednesday morning. These assemblies build foundational literacy skills, expands vocabulary and allows children to access more complex language than they can read themselves, improving comprehension and critical thinking and exposing them to new ideas, perspectives and cultural experiences.
These assemblies help to cultivate a lifelong love of reading for all of our children.
Our current text that we are reading is:
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Miss Taylor leads our 'Key Moments' assembly on a Thursday morning. This assembly explores and discusses important world days like:
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Mrs Pattison leads our Friday 'Celebration' assembly with the opportunity to recognise achievements and positive behaviours, fostering a sense of belonging and shared identity. We promote positive values like kindness and perseverance and motivate our students by providing a platform to showcase their successes and creativity. Children celebrating birthdays are invited to talk about their day before being a whole school birthday sing along. By celebrating accomplishments, both inside and outside school with our 'Star of the Week' and 'Presentation' awards and celebration of sporting successes. We reinforce school values, build confidence and encourage our children to aspire to future goals. Our British Value team captains announce the team point totals for the week before finding our which class wins the assembly star for the highest weekly attendance. |
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