World Cup Assembly by Musicline
• Suitable for KS2 and KS3 age 7 to 14 years; either teacher led or years 5/6/7/8 led.
• Aim: To celebrate the World Cup finals in 2018
Preparation and materials
None, but you might like to consider World Cup images, posters and You Tube videos to accompany this presentation.
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Welcome the children and explain that the assembly is to celebrate a very important event; the F.I.F.A. World Cup finals of 2018.
The tournament starts on 14th June 2018,finishing on 15th July 2018.
Explain that it is the only football tournament that welcomes every football playing country in the world.
For the first time ever, all 210 FIFA nations entered in 2015 in the hope that they could qualify for one of the 31 available places.
Only one place was reserved and that was for the host nation.
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Where is the World Cup being held this year?
Is it ……… (Ask for a show of hands for each country shown)
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Brazil?
England?
Spain?
France? Or…..
Russia?
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The answer is RUSSIA. Well done if you were correct.
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FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
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The building you are looking at is St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square.
What do you know about Russia?
Possible Topics: Size, Climate etc.
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Where is Russia?
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Map of World showing the size of Russia.
Russia is the largest country of the world.
It is twice as large as the second largest country which is Canada.
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See how tiny Great Britain, the United Kingdom appears compared with Russia.
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It’s a long way from Russia to the UK.
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Vast areas of Russia, especially Siberia are practically uninhabited but Russia still boasts a population of around 144 million people.
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Although Russian is the most widely spoken language, over 100 other languages are spoken by over 160 different ethnic groups.
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Moscow is both the capital of Russia and its most populous city with over 12 million inhabitants. The second largest city, St Petersburg has just over 5 million inhabitants.
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This is Red Square in Moscow in the winter. Some of the lowest temperatures ever recorded have occurred in Russia and minus 70.0 C is not unknown.
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Siberia is where over minus 70.0 C has been recorded.
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This is a picture of the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow which will stage the World Cup Final on Sunday, 15th July, 2018. Its seating capacity is over 80,000.
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Temperatures can soar to 45.0 C in parts of Russia during the summer.
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Do you recognize any of these world famous football stars?Hands up for answers or write the names of the stars down…….12 in total and see how many you get right.
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How many did you recognize?(The names will appear)
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Where did it all begin?
The World Cup has been going on since 1930 when Uruguay won the first final.
The game was played at Rio’s “Maracanã” stadium and nearly 200,000 people were present; a world record for a football match attendance.
But there was a smaller international football tournament that was held around 20 years earlier: It included club sides from around the world and so it was actually the very first ‘World Cup’
Do you have any idea who might have won it?
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West Auckland – A lowly, amateur team from a small,coal-mining town in County Durham were asked to take part when the English Football Association refused to enter a professional club.
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Completely against the odds, they won the tournament in 1909, beating some of the top teams in the world.
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Two years later they were invited back, as champions. They went on to beat the mighty Juventus 6-1 in the final and were awarded the ‘Sir Thomas Lipton trophy’ to keep forever.
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Does anyone know which year it was when England won the World Cup?
That’s right; it was in the Summer of 1966.
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Can anyone name any of the players?
In 1966 one player – “Bobby Charlton” – was so famous that the two words of his name were the only English words that some foreign visitors could speak and understand.
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Who will win this year?
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Point to each team in turn…..hands up for answers.
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Can England do it again?
Let’s hope that whatever happens, the World Cup in Russia 2018 will be a brilliant festival of skill, excitement and fair play. New heroes will emerge and many players and fans will be disappointed but, as in all our lives, if you give it your best shot you can achieve amazing things.
Remember, “The World is at your Feet’ so ‘Go for Goal” in everything you do!
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Final image, ‘Go for Goal’.