Assembly: Marriage and children

Teacher notes

The assembly is most suitable for KS2- 4+, but is adaptable for a range of age groups. **Note**: In the film, new parents discussing marriage, family planning and contraception; arranged marriage, including those arranged for children outside their community; and the Awra Amba tradition of sexual abstinence before marriage. Mesgana is nursing her child in one scene.** **Lyfta core themes:** Relationships, Community and Citizenship. **Lyfta core skills and values:** Empathy and Understanding others, Healthy Living, Human Rights. **SDGs:** 1,5,11 **National Curriculum objectives:** KS2 PSHE: R3. to learn about marriage and civil partnership as a legal declaration of commitment made by two adults who love and care for each other, which is intended to be lifelong R6. to understand that a feature of positive family life is caring relationships; about the different ways in which people care for one another H33. to learn about the processes of reproduction and birth as part of the human life cycle; how babies are conceived and born (and that there are ways to prevent a baby being made); how babies need to be cared for. KS3/4 PSHE: H35. to learn about the purpose and importance of contraception R32. to understand the communication and negotiation skills necessary for contraceptive use in healthy relationships R35. to recognise the roles and responsibilities of parents in families R36. to learn the nature and importance of stable, long-term relationships (including marriage and civil partnerships) for family life and bringing up children. KS5 PSHE Contraception and parenthood: R25. to understand the importance of parenting skills and qualities for family life R14. to recognise the advantages of delaying conception, whilst acknowledging the changes in fertility with age.