Ethos Education


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Toy Story 4: How should we respond to feeling not good enough?

Assembly Objective:

  • How should we respond to feeling not good enough? This assembly explores different responses to self-doubt and references the biblical claim that God’s love is unconditional.

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Avengers Endgame: How can we face death with hope?

Learning Objectives:

  • Students reflect on their own reactions to human mortality.
  • To understand how the Bible gives hope to Christians facing death.

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The Measure of a Hero

Assembly Objective:

  • How does failure help us shape our futures? This assembly considers the idea that by failing, human beings learn from their mistakes and are able to succeed. It examines how shame over past mistakes can stop people living fully, and considers the biblical teaching on forgiveness and redemption through the story of Zacchaeus, the tax collector.

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Instant Family

Assembly Objective:

  • What does it feel like to be part of a family? No family is perfect, but part of the purpose of family is to teach us how to negotiate relationships in the wider world. The Bible uses the picture of a family to describe the church, and talks about how believers are adopted into God’s family. This is not a perfect family either, but it’s important for people who follow Jesus to know that they belong because God has chosen to include them.

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Smallfoot: Why is the truth so important?

Assembly Objective:

  • Why is the truth so important? This assembly asserts the importance of truth and references Jesus’ teaching in the Bible about the truth’s liberating power.

Film:

  • Smallfoot (Warner Bros, 2018) certificate PG, click here to buy the DVD online.

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Trip a Little Light Fantastic

Assembly Objective:

  • What difference can an individual make to someone else’s emotional and mental wellbeing? This assembly examines the idea that human beings have an opportunity to bring hope and joy to those around us and to impact the wider community through our actions and reactions. The Bible contains many references to light and darkness, and Jesus is described as the Light of the World.

Film:

  • Mary Poppins Returns (Disney, 2019, certificate U). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Zog: Can we tell a different story?

Assembly Objective:

  • Can we tell a different story about the world? This assembly challenges stereotyping in fantasy stories and offers the biblical concept of peace as an alternative to conflict.

Film:

  • Zog (Entertainment One, 2018) certificate U, click here to buy the DVD online.

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