Assembly: Festival of spring (Nowroz)

Teacher notes

This assembly is suitable for KS2/3. We will meet Malahat, an 11-year-old girl in Baku, Azerbaijan, who dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Malahat's family live in shared accommodation in a building designed for oil workers decades ago. She discusses her dream of a new home for her family. **Note on music:** The music played throughout Malahat's performances is called White Flower and a musical score/tutorial for this is here if useful: https://musescore.com/user/27725609/scores/7056828 **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 PSHE H25. about personal identity; what contributes to who we are (e.g. ethnicity, family, gender, faith, culture, hobbies, likes/dislikes) R7. to recognise and respect that there are different types of family structure; that families of all types can give family members love, security and stability, R8. to recognise other shared characteristics of healthy family life, including commitment, care, spending time together; being there for each other in times of difficulty. KS2 Citizenship to reflect on spiritual, moral, social, and cultural issues, using imagination to understand other people's experiences to think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs that differences and similarities between people arise from a number of factors, including cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity. KS2/3 RE RE objectives as locally decided by your SACRE, which is responsible for producing the locally agreed syllabus for RE: - An opportunity to compare and contrast special festival days, both religious and secular.