NSPCC Whole School Assembly

This week’s Whole School Assembly was quite different, but in a good way. We had a special visitor- Reena from NSPCC (National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children). She had previously visited our school a few years ago with their mascot Buddy, who is in the shape of a speech bubble.  We talked about how it’s better to let your feelings out, and talk to others rather than bottle things inside. After, there was a sack and a couple of bricks. The bricks were equivalent to a child’s worries. We talked about all the worries a child could have and put the bricks inside the sack. At the end, it was quite heavy! Reena told us we would get back to the sack alter, so then we started talking about the 5 different types of abuse. These were: Neglect, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse and Bullying. After that, we went back to the sack. This time, we talked about the different people we can tell our problems to. One by one, we emptied the bricks as ‘we told our problems to another person’. Here are some different people you could talk to: Teachers; Friends and Parents/Carers. We then talked about how you could also talk to Child line (Phone Number: 0800 1111). After, Reena set us a task. Over the half-term, we have to get sponsors to donate some money towards the NSPCC. Whichever class that donates the most money, will get a certificate. Reena told us that she would come back on the 26^th of February to collect the donations. We then watched a video about a real-life experience of someone who called child-line.

By Reporters,

Tanvi and Pareesha