Ethos Education


Hoppers: Knowing Means Belonging

Assembly Objective

This assembly uses clips from Hoppers to help pupils explore what it means to belong and why knowing people’s names matters. Through the story of Mabel entering a new community, pupils are encouraged to reflect on how they can help others feel welcome. The assembly links this to the Bible, where Christians believe that God knows each person by name and values them.

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Hoppers: Why Rules?

Assembly Objective

This assembly uses clips from Hoppers to explore why rules exist and why they matter in different environments. Through the story of Mabel entering a new community, pupils will be encouraged to reflect on how rules can feel restrictive but are often necessary and to introduce the idea that different communities may need different rules.  They will also be encouraged to recognise that rules help keep people safe, create fairness, and enable communities to live well together. This assembly links this to the Bible, where Christians believe rules are part of how God guides people to live well with one another.

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A Minecraft Movie: Creativity for Good

Assembly Objective:

This assembly uses A Minecraft Movie to help pupils explore creativity, how it can be encouraged or damaged by the words and actions of others, and how it can be used either positively or negatively. Through contrasting characters in the film and three Bible passages, pupils are invited to reflect on how they treat other people’s talents, and how they can choose to use their own creativity to help rather than harm. Continue reading


Freakier Friday

Assembly Objective:

What can younger people do when they feel powerless to make changes? As teenagers, we don’t always make wise decisions. Sometimes, though, we know the right and just actions to take, but don’t have the power to enact change. This assembly invites students to consider how God views them, and to reflect on how they can lead well through their actions and behaviours. Through a letter written to a young Christian leader, students will be challenged that youth is not a barrier to effecting change. Continue reading


Lilo & Stitch

Assembly Objective:

What difference does love make? This assembly explores the idea that the capacity to love others is what makes human beings different from other creatures. Through some verses from Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth, pupils will consider how love is lived in practice and how love is the defining characteristic of who God is. The assembly will encourage pupils to think about ways to love others through acts of service and everyday kindness, and to consider what love looks like in practice. Continue reading


Moana 2

Assembly Objective:

Want to be in our team? This assembly explores how the church is made up of diverse people with different skills who share a common vision and purpose. Using biblical teaching about how a body contains many parts, all of which are necessary, the assembly encourages good teamwork and respect for difference. Continue reading


Harold and the Purple Crayon: Who Made You?

Assembly Objective:

What is God Like? This assembly explores the question of the existence of God, and considers a biblical view of God’s character as the creator of all people who loves each human being on the planet. Continue reading


Title: The Fall Guy

Assembly Objective:

How do we deal with broken relationships? When other people hurt us we can choose to forgive them, or to take revenge. This assembly invites students to consider how Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness can restore relationships and free people from bitterness. Continue reading


Wish: What is Prayer?

Assembly Objective:

What is prayer? This assembly explores the concept of God as a Father who loves his children and who wants the best for them. It examines the idea that prayer is a means of communicating with God rather than a set of wishes that may or may not be granted on a whim. It gives space for pupils to reflect on how they view God and prayer. Continue reading


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Assembly Objective:

Why do we need other people? This assembly examines the idea that human flourishing requires more than the basics of survival and, from a biblical perspective, explores Jesus’ teaching on how love for other people is a demonstration of the church and a sign of good community.  Continue reading