Assembly Objective: 

• Are heroes just ordinary people choosing to make a difference? This assembly explores the biblical examples of ‘heroes of faith’.

Film: 

• Doctor Who episode Robot of Sherwood available on the DVD Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series (BBC DVD, 2014, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Assembly Objective: 

• Why do our words have a powerful effect? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about using words wisely, for good purposes.

Film:

• Anonymous (Sony, 2011, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Assembly Objective:

• Why does everybody need to feel loved, and to love ourselves? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that nothing can separate us from God’s love for us.

Film:

• X-Men: First Class (20^th Century Fox, 2011, Certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Assembly Objective: 

• How should we interact with other people? Is it enough for us just to do no harm to others, or should we also seek to do good for them? This assembly invites pupils to consider the Bible’s teaching about the ‘golden rule’.

Film: 

• Carnage (StudioCanal, 2011, certificate 15). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Assembly Objective: 

• In this media-rich world how do we make decisions about what we watch? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about the responsibility we have for what we think about (and, by extension, in this media-rich world, our responsibility for what we watch).

Film: 

• The Hunger Games (Lionsgate, 2012, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Assembly Objective:

• Do we own things only for our benefit, or do we owe a duty to the rest of society? This assembly reflects on the Bible’s teaching about justice in the distribution of the world’s resources.

Film: 

• The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros, 2012, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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