School assemblies
Resources for themed Key Stage 1 and 2 assemblies

The Eighth Day - children's sketch (720.46 kB)
The earth is God’s gift to all of us, so living sustainably helps us to share responsibility for God’s creation. But we don’t always treat the Earth with the respect it deserves, as we can see with this sketch

Key Stage 2 assembly celebrating a day in the life of Thulani, a South African boy affected by AIDS, who attends the CAFOD-supported Tumelong Project.

Powerpoint which introduces and explains the idea of solidarity of working together for a common goal and taking action to bring about change
![Families at the Mar Garh camp, Afghanistan, received vital assistance from CAFOD and Islamic Relief [Marsha Pereira]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/afghanistan/two_afghan_women_child/3058-2-eng-GB/two_afghan_women_child_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Assembly: Turning the world upside down (38.50 kB)
Key Stage 1/2 school assembly focusing on refugees
![Families at the Mar Garh camp, Afghanistan, received vital assistance from CAFOD and Islamic Relief [Marsha Pereira]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/afghanistan/two_afghan_women_child/3058-2-eng-GB/two_afghan_women_child_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Assembly about refugees: KS2 (34.00 kB)
Ideas for creating a prayer focus, homily notes and prayers for an assembly or liturgy about refugees
![New wells and latrines have reduced infant mortality in the village of Maigiginya, Nigeria [Jon Spaull]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/africa/nigeria/boy_drinking_from_waterpipe/4670-2-eng-GB/boy_drinking_from_waterpipe_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Assembly: Making the world a better place KS2 (37.00 kB)
Explaining the eight Millennium Development Goals and how they can help to halve world poverty
![Drought-withered sunflowers in Zambia [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/africa/zambia/drought_affected_crops_landscape/227352-2-eng-GB/drought_affected_crops_landscape_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Environment assembly for KS1 & KS2 (33.50 kB)
Assembly on the environment for Key Stage 1 & 2, focused on growing plants and food.
A KS2 assembly that explains the causes and effects of unpayable debt on developing countries. Makes links to the Make Poverty History campaign of 2005.

Assembly: I've lost my home: KS1/2 (1.61 MB)
An assembly divided into different scenes. For each scene you will need to use a different group of children. We have numbered the readers for each scene. You will also need to have some children to mime actions


![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)

![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)



![Sok Chorn (10) and Khun Rany (16) fishing on the edge of the forest [Jim Holmes]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/cambodia/cambodian_boys_fishing/6252-2-eng-GB/cambodian_boys_fishing_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)

