The focus of this assembly is about perseverance. The first clip is taken from the film 'Catch me if you can'. It takes a scene where someone describes two mice falling into a bucket of milk. Once drowns but the other tries so hard to get out that it churns the milk into butter and walks out the bucket. The next clip is taken from 'Educating Yorkshire'. It shows a young man with a speech impediment trying to talk through some work and getting frustrated. The next clip is one of him speaking in the Year 11 leavers assembly. The next section shows Andy Murray getting upset after losing the Wimbledon final followed by the moment he won Wimbledon the following year. I then go on to talk about how in these situations both people went on to be successful by not giving up and persevering with the challenges ahead of them. This then links in to the challenges that the students will face this academic year. The assembly finishes with a quote by Gary Player who once said “It's funny but the more I practice, the luckier I get.”

Learning Objectives: Identify key influences for physical activity. Describe opportunities for physical activity. Explain the sports participation pyramid. Describe a number of key physical activity initiatives.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Explain the effects of altitude on the respiratory system. - Identify how altitude training may positively and negatively influence performance.

A Level Exercise Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - To define the terms ‘energy’, ‘work’ and ‘power’. - Identify examples of potential, chemical and kinetic energy. - Introduce ATP.

A Level Exercise Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Describe different types of training used to develop aerobic capacity. - Explain the energy system and the foods fuels used during aerobic work. - Detail the physiological adaptations that take place after prolonged periods of aerobic physical activity.

A Level Exercise Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Define and describe the link between aerobic capacity and VO2 max. - Describe the methods of evaluating aerobic capacity.

Learning objectives: - Critically analyse a number of Ergogenic Aids. - Discuss the use of cooling aids to reduce core temperature and aid recovery. - Outline the use of training aids to increase resistance.

The Anti Bullying assembly focuses upon key facts that have been taken from the 2016 Anti Bullying survey. It opens on a video that centers around cyber bullying and the impact that this can have. It them moves onto key facts taken from the survey that will be quite shocking such as 50% of students said that they had been bullied at some point during their school life and also that 19% of the 8550 students who took the survey are bullied on several occasions during a school week. The assembly then focuses on what we can do as a community to challenge bullying and finishes with a recent advert anti bullying advert that uses a rock, paper and scissors fort where the scissors protects the paper, the paper protects the rock and the rock protects the scissors. This advert recently won an Oscar and is very powerful.

A GCSE Physical Education lesson based on body types. This is based on the Edexcel exam board. Learning Objectives: - Learn to describe the different somatotypes - Explain why different somatotypes are suited to different sports - Learn how to measure somatotype

A GCSE Physical Education lesson on the Respiratory System. This is based on the Edexcel exam board. Learning Objectives: - Describe the respiratory system. - Explain the effects of exercise on the respiratory system - Understand how recreational drugs affect the respiratory system.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: Label Muscular System Diagram. Revisit the locations of the muscles in the body. Identify the muscles used for specific exercises.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Identify and describe linear, angular and general motion. - Relate linear, angular and general motion to different types of sporting situations.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Provide an overview of the aerobic system. - Introduce the function of the cardiovascular system. - Identify the internal and external structure and of the Heart

A GCSE Physical Education lesson on the Skeletal System. This is based on the Edexcel exam board. Learning Objectives: - Understand the functions of the skeletal system. - Identify the ranges of movement at joints during physical activity. - Understand the effects of exercise on the skeletal system.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Identify the anatomical position. - Introduce anatomical terms of location. - Discuss the joint actions possible at synovial joints.

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Define a warm up and cool down. - Analyse the effects of a warm up and cool down on skeletal muscle tissue. - Discuss different bone disorders, joint stability and posture and alignment.

This assembly focuses on the issue of bullying in schools. I used the situation taken from I'm a celebrity Ge Me Out Of Here last year when Jimmy Bullard made a series of nasty comments towards his 'friend' Jake Quickenden. The theme is based around the question 'is banter actually a form of bullying?' The opening part of this assembly requires a banana and a roll of selotape. I open then banana and ask someone to selotape it back together. The intial message is once you have done or said something to someone, you can try to fix it or put it right but often, that relationship may never be the same. Just like the selotaped banana!

A GCSE PE lesson on the cardiovascular system. This lesson is based on the Edexcel exam board. Learning Objectives: - Learn the immediate and short term effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system. - Learn the long term effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system.

A GCSE Physical Education lesson on the Performance Enhancing Drugs. This is based on the Edexcel exam board. Learning Objectives: - Know about the different categories of drugs - Explain the impact of performing enhancing drugs - Explain the effects of smoking and alcohol on general health

A Level Anatomy and Physiology lesson. Learning objectives: - Complete an analysis of joints in relation to joint stability. - Identify the reasons for poor alignment and posture.