School of Kindness
World Kindness Day - Virtual Assembly
9am

Assembly Time: 9am
Age Groups: Most suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2
Length: Approx 30 minutes
Workshop Host: Director of Kindness, Greig Trout.
Format: It is a live, virtual assembly held on Zoom Webinar (the children can see Greig, but he cannot see the children and they cannot see each other). Teachers can ask and answer questions on behalf of the children using the chat box.
Availability: We have space for approximately 100 schools on each assembly. Our assemblies tend to fill up very quickly, so please book early to secure your school’s place.
How many of our classes can join in? Feel free to have as many classes taking part in the assembly as you wish
Please note, your school may request to view the assembly on a maximum of 10 screens. If you require more screens, please enter the quantity you need during the booking process and we will email you to confirm whether we can fulfil your request).

What Happens in the Assembly?
Greig will share a lively presentation and ask questions along the way. The presentation will cover:

• What World Kindness Day is and why we celebrate it.
• What do we mean by 'kindness'?
• Why kindness is important, including the role it plays in creating strong, supportive communities.
• The science of kindness and the impact it has on our physical and mental health.
• Different ways we can show kindness, with an emphasis on empathy.
• Some age-appropriate examples of people our charity has helped.
• We will touch on this year’s Anti-Bullying Week theme ‘Make a Noise about Bullying.’
• We will set the children a kindness challenge, which they can complete after the assembly (or at a time to suit your school). This activity will be about spreading kindness to other people in their life / school using a printable ‘spreading kindness’ activity sheet that we will provide.
• At the end of the assembly, we will be launching our brand new Kindness Awards and letting you know how your school can get involved.

Resources Needed
We will provide a printable activity sheet to schools for the children to complete in their own time after the workshop.