Stories for Assembly and the Classroom: Active Learning in Values Education at Key Stages One and Two

Synopsis

The importance of developing children's personal, spiritual and moral education has become a key inclusion in the modern school curriculum. Yet, for the busy primary school teacher, integrating values education into the average school day is a tricky and time-consuming task. This book is a resource for use in both the classroom and assembly, providing a collection of 15 original themed stories and activities, designed to develop key values and skills. Using the power of story, it stimulates reflection and discussion on a range of topics. The material is presented to maximise fun in learning, flexibility and coverage of National Curriculum guidelines for values education teaching. Each session contributes to key skills in English, whilst many of the activities involve use of co-ordination, numeracy and science skills. In addition, the stories are implicitly multicultural in flavour, giving a diverse and innovative feel to the book as a whole. With topical tales and photocopiable resources, this book is suitable for teachers at key stages 1 and 2, student teachers, headteachers and literacy co-ordinators.