Ethos Education

Category Archives: Believing and Belonging


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Despicable Me 2: Share the love

Assembly Objective:

  • Why do emotions such as fear or happiness spread so readily? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about sharing love. (Particularly suitable for Valentine’s Day).

Film:

  • Despicable Me 2 (Universal, 2013) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2: A Bully Turned Friend

Assembly Objective: 

  • Can bullies become friends? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about how to treat our enemies.

Film: 

  • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013, Sony Pictures Animation) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Hugo: A Child Has To Belong Somewhere

Assembly Objective:

  • What would it be like to feel all alone in the world? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about what it means to ‘belong’.

Film:

  • Hugo (Entertainment Film Distributors, 2011) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Lego Movie: Love is all

Assembly Objective: 

  • What should we do when we worry about fitting in, being liked by people and being happy? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about the most important things in life, which can be summed up in one word: love.

Film:

  • The Lego Movie (Warner Bros, 2014, certificate U), click here to buy the DVD online.

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Frozen: Love Will Thaw

Assembly Objective: 

  • How can we deal with difficult emotions, such as fear? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that love takes away fear.

Film: 

  • Frozen (Walt Disney, 2013) certificate PG. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Frozen: Fixer-upper Families

Assembly Objective:

  • Why is it that we don’t always show love to those with whom we live most closely, in whatever form of family is our experience? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about ‘fixing-up’ our relationships by showing love to the people with whom we share our lives.

Film:

  • Frozen (Walt Disney, 2013) certificate PG. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Despicable Me 2: Help!

Assembly Objective: 

  • Who can we turn to when we need help? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about talking to parents, peers, professionals – and God.

Film: 

  • Despicable Me 2 (Universal, 2013) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Wreck-it Ralph: It’s in our code

Assembly Objective:

  • What makes us special? In this assembly, pupils will explore the Bible’s teaching that we are special because we were created with the capacity to love and to be loved.

Film:

  • Wreck-It Ralph (Disney, 2012) certificate PG. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Wreck-It Ralph: Don’t Label Me!

Assembly Objective: 

  • Why is it that some people seem to label themselves as ‘bad’, or get labelled that way by other people? This assembly will help young people to explore the Bible’s teaching that we are not limited by the labels that we, or others, place on us – and in particular that we can all become better people.

Film: 

  • Wreck-It Ralph (Disney, 2012) certificate PG. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Frozen: Ignorance is a risk

Assembly Objective: 

  • Why do we bother learning things? In this assembly children will explore the Bible’s teaching that ‘Wisdom brings strength, and knowledge is power.’

Film:

  • Frozen (Walt Disney, 2013) certificate PG. Click here to buy the film online.

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