Forgiveness KS1&2 Assembly Letting go: learning to forgive
Oasis 9 Habits KS1&2 Assembly Forgiveness Letting go: learning to forgive Length: 15-30 minutes Aims To understand more fully what forgiveness means To discover how we can show forgiveness and to recognise the impact being forgiving has on others To have opportunity to consider how faith and belief in God impacts people s sense of forgiveness This assembly has been written for KS1&2 to help children think about how we learn to forgive as part of the development of the habit of forgiveness. Importantly, this assembly may raise pastoral issues so we suggest it is shared with appropriate staff in case children wish to discuss issues that it raises. Resources A selection of either pictures or examples of broken things that can be fi xed as well as the resources to fi x them. For example: - A sock with a hole in (needle and thread) - A book with a ripped page (sellotape) - A mug with a broken handle (superglue)- keep away from children! - A bike tyre with a puncture (puncture kit) Let it go video from Frozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvtzgwywvo A balloon 3
Content 1.Things do break! Sometimes things get broken and they need to be fixed. This is just a normal part of life. Can you think of any things that get broken? Now show photos or actual examples of broken things that can be fi xed; A sock with a hole in (needle and thread) A book with a ripped page (sellotape) A mug with a broken handle (superglue) A bike tyre with a puncture (puncture kit) Sometimes friendships can get broken too. People can say and do things that cause upset and a friendship can break down. But these friendships can be made better again but sometimes it needs people to not only say sorry but also to forgive one another. Ask Can you think of some things that might cause friendships to break? 4. How do we forgive? Forgiveness doesn t mean that what has happened is ok and it doesn t mean pretending that it never happened. Remember that things like bullying are not acceptable, so if you are being bullied, you must tell an adult that you trust and it will be dealt with. Forgiveness doesn t always happen immediately. It can take time and needs to be thought about as it is your choice. But if you want to forgive someone it is a way to make you feel better if you are feeling cross or angry, and it could also repair or fix a friendship. Sometimes it can be really helpful and important to speak to an adult in school who can help you think more about these things. 5. Balloons Hold out the balloon and start to blow air into it. Then explain that forgiving someone can be like blowing into an imaginary balloon. As you blow, you blow in all your thoughts, like feeling cross or angry or embarrassed or disappointed about what has happened. Examples could include; Now lay the balloon to one side and invite the children to imagine blowing up an A disagreement in the playground or when someone says something nasty or mean to you. imaginary balloon themselves and blowing in all the things that have made them feel angry or cross or hurt. Lending someone a toy or a game and they break it Then invite the children to imagine tying a knot into the balloon. Someone ruining someone else s work that we can hold onto the balloon which is like not forgiving or we can let Leaving someone out of a game or a friendship group it go when we are ready and watch it disappear. The key ingredient to fixing broken friendships is saying sorry and forgiveness. Forgiveness is when we decide to stop feeling angry or resentful towards someone who has done something to us, whether on When we let our anger go like this it can help if we imagine saying something like, I do not like or appreciate your words or actions but I am willing to let it go because it doesn t help me to hold onto these feelings. purpose or by accident, that has caused us to feel hurt inside or physically hurt. Ask When we do this, how do you think it might help us to feel? 4 5
6. Challenge and Reflection Remind children: When we forgive someone it might make the person who has done something wrong feel better but the really important thing is that it will make you feel better too. As the students leave the assembly play Let it go to help them refl ect on their new understanding of forgiveness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvvtzgwywvo Prayer God Help us to be good friends to those around us Help us to forgive others and to get rid of feelings that make us feel sad Amen. 6 7 7