Primary Schools Assembly 2017:

Brighten Up KS1

For teachers: If you are having a CAFOD visitor for Brighten Up, please let them know if you are planning to use this assembly with your students, so they do not repeat it.

For volunteers: Remember to check with your schools whether they are planning to run this Harvest /Brighten Up Assembly themselves.

Slide 1: Introduction
Good morning/afternoon everyone. Welcome to our CAFOD Brighten Up assembly. I am here with you today to think about how we can support CAFOD during this Harvest season this year.
[If you have not been to this school before or if you know they have not done much with us you may want to spend a little more time on our name and the logo using the CAFOD cards you have.] / Slide 2: Who can remind me what CAFOD stands for?
[Invite responses from the children.]
CAFOD works to help bring about a fair and just world. We walk alongside people in many countries sharing in their hope for a better future.
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We remember the words of the Gospel:
“I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full” John 10:10
We think of others who live in poverty and do not have enough food, wherever they live in the world, nearby or far away.
Today let’s think about how we can play our part to build a brighter world, so that we can all share in the Harvest and live life to the full.
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Meet Jacqueline. She is ten.
With your help, CAFOD have been supporting her family for many years.
[You may recognise Jacqueline, who features in the KS2 El Salvador Geography pack.]
[Click to reveal recent photos of Jacqueline.] / Slide 5:
We first met Jacqueline when she was two. Back then life wasn’t easy for her and her family. They barely had enough to get by. It was too expensive to buy the seeds they needed each year.
Over time, CAFOD’s partner trained Jacqueline’s dad, Fidel to grow his own seeds. The community also learned new farming methods which helped them.
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It takes time for people to grow their way out of poverty. That is why CAFOD have been supporting Jacqueline’s family for many years.
Now, even though Jacqueline’s family still have to work very hard, they are happy that they have what they need.
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CAFOD has been working in El Salvador for more than 40 years, helping lots of families across the country in many different ways.
CAFOD partners have been helping families to:
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Live in peace
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Grow enough food
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Set up small businesses to earn enough money for things they need
Slide 8:
With your support, families have been working their way out of poverty.
Slide 9:
Bit by bit, and with your help, families like Jacqueline’s can escape poverty and build a better, brighter future for themselves.
[Call ten to the front to help demonstrate this statistic.] / Slide 10:
Things are improving, but one in ten people in the world still live in extreme poverty – this means families do not have enough food and children miss out on school and achieving their dreams.
Slide 11:
That’s why we need you to Brighten Up– to build a brighter world and help more families around the world, so that we can all live life to the full.
Slide 12:
£1 buys one week’s attendance at a children’s club, safe from gang violence
£38 gives a family grains, vegetables, organic manure and livestock to start a farm
£105 buys chickens and materials to start a family business
Slide 13:
You can see lots of ideas in the photos but what can you do in school/class to Brighten Up? Use the bright colours of El Salvador to inspire you. Perhaps you could dress up in bright clothes or hold a bright cake sale.
How will you get involved and raise money this Harvest, to help build a brighter world?
[Invite ideas from the children.]
Slide 14: We are going to finish with a prayer, so let’s sit quietly for a minute. Close your eyes and think about one thing that has struck you from today.
Let’s pray together:
Loving God,
Help us to work together to build a brighter world,
where each of us can become the best person we can be.
Let us learn from communities around the world,
who are working hard to grow their way out of poverty.
We pray we may share generously all you have given us.
Amen
Thank you for inviting me in today. Tell someone at home something you have learnt today in assembly and thank you for helping CAFOD and our partners Brighten Up the world this Harvest. I would love to hear about anything which you do to support CAFOD.

Note: You may wish to use the colouring sheet below. Children could colour it in before to display during the assembly. Or it could be completed after the assembly. As they colour it in, encourage children to talk about what they can do to help build a brighter world for more children like Jacqueline.

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El Salvador colouring sheet

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