1. Imagine… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 (Original Film)
(Lyrics)

2. and Succeeding Together
September 2017
Learning, Growing
and Succeeding Together

3. A value is a principle that guides our thinking and behaviour
Welcome to our ‘Values’ assembly
A value is a principle that guides our thinking and behaviour

4. Values Nomination WINNER!
Nominee: ______________________
Nominated By:__________________
What value has the person shown and how?

5. In SEPTEMBER we will be exploring the value of
PEACE

6. What do you think Peace is?

7. Peace Peace is the absence of: War Conflict (disagreements) Fear
Anxiety
Unrest (feel things aren’t right)
Injustice
Sometimes noise

8. Conflicts Conflict happens between: Different countries
Different communities
Neighbours
Families
Friends

9. Have you ever had a conflict with someone?
How did it make you feel?

10. Conflicts
Conflict can make people feel unhappy, fearful, angry and anxious. Conflicts can damage relationships and friendships.

11. Causes of Conflict Different opinions, values and beliefs
Real or perceived injustice
Real of perceived threats (fearful)
Emotions (angry, jealous, anxiety)
Not listening or compromising

12. The Consequences of Conflict
In the world there are many people living in countries at war this includes children.
This may cause them to:
Feel fearful
Miss out on parts of life that we take for granted
Have to fight
Get illnesses/ sickness
Lose family members
Die

13. True Stories (Kites For All)
Do you like to fly kites? How do you feel when you fly your kite?

14. True Stories (Kites For All)
Aymel: Aymel lives in Afghanistan which is a country that has wars and fighting. Aymel loves to fly his kite and lets it soar in the sky. His uncle told him he must be careful when he flies his kite. If he sees green and red lights in the sky he must go home. The lights are drones which can be dangerous. The drones can drop bombs and one even killed his dad. On March 21st in Afghanistan people fly kites in the sky and can make wishes. Every year Aymel’s wish is the same.

15. Aymel’s Wish
”That there will be peace and that I can fly my kite without being afraid”

16. Aymel’s Wish
To honour Aymel’s wish shall we as a school fly our kites on March 21st?

17. True Stories (Sadaku)
Sadaku was two years old when a bomb dropped in Japan.
She luckily survived.
When she was in Year 6 she started to get very sick and went to hospital.
The doctors said the bomb had made her sick and she wouldn’t live very long.
Her friend visited her with a gold crane. Her friend told her there was a story that if you make 1000 paper cranes you can make a wish.

18. True Stories (Sadaku)
Sadaku worked very hard and made 644 cranes but then she died.
Her family was happy she wouldn’t feel any more pain.
The cranes were given to all her friends at her funeral and they decided they wanted to get a statue of Sadaku as her death was so unfair. Donations came from school children everywhere.

19. True Stories (Sadaku) Written on her statue were the words:
This is our cry
This is our prayer
To create peace in the world.
Children across the world make cranes and write on their messages of peace. There are thousands of paper cranes at her statue.

20. How to Deal with Conflicts and Create Peace
Listen
Co-operate/ compromise
Look for a different solution
Count to 10 and stay calm
Find peace in yourself (mindfulness)
Be non-violent

21. Being Peaceful
True peace is not the absence of conflict… but the presence of justice.

22. True Stories (Mama Zeperata)
Lived in Kenya in a house with all her family.
One day a Big Man decided he wanted her house so he took it off her.
He knocked it down.
Mama Zeperata wanted to get her house back so she asked the Village Chief and the District Commisoner. But they wouldn’t help.
So she went to court and they said it was her house.
But the Big Man said “no”
The other villagers were angry and they decided to help her build her house again.
The Big Man sent the police to get it back for him.
They hurt the villagers and told them to leave,
The villagers were angry but they stayed calm. They told the police their story and explained it wasn’t right.
The police let them carry on building her house.

23. What would have happened if they were violent?

24. How to Deal with Conflicts and Create Peace
Inspire others through your work and your behaviour.

25. World Peace Day 21st September

26. International Peace Day
International Peace Day was founded by Jeremy Gilley in (1999). Peace Day aims to strengthen peace within and among all nations and people. It is a day of global ceasefire and non-violence. Last year around 16 million people are estimated to have behaved more peacefully on Peace Day. In South Sudan a coalition of partners led by the National Platform for Peace and Reconciliation launched 100 days of peace activism, with events all over the country.

27. Our Work So Far

28. This Year Walk to School (Thursday 21st September)
Dress in purple and blue and bring flags, banners and paper cranes if you wish.
Paper pinwheels
Each person in the school with make a pinwheel and decorate it with their messages of peace.
We will then place them on the field in the peace sign.
Your parents and family can see them at the end of the day. .

30. A quiet moment of prayer or reflection...
PEACE

31. A prayer for all of us Here in our school
Let us be peaceful at all times.
Let our rooms be full of happiness
and respect for each other.
Let love be in our hearts
With kindness and compassion for all.
Let us remember
In learning together,
We grow together
And succeed together.

32. Imagine… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8 (Original Film)
(Lyrics)