sciennes mlk p4-7 assembly 13.1.17
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Sciennes PrimaryAssembly P4-P7
Friday 13th January 2017
MLK Day Monday 16th January
Sciennes ValuesRights RespectingHonestyQualityEqualityKindnessGood mannersForgivenessCo-operationCitizenship
Everyone has the right to feel safeEveryone has the right to learn
Dr Martin Luther King JrMLK Day
Monday 16th January 2017
Born on 15th January 1929 in Atlanta, USA.
He loved to play football, baseball and the piano and he loved to read.
Martin Luther King Junior
SEGREGATIONWhen Martin was young there were laws
that kept white people and black people apart.
Martin worked very hard at school and won prizes for
making speeches.
Martin decided he wanted to change the laws that treated
black people unfairly. He became a church minister.
He studied hard and went to
University when he was only fifteen.
Martin married Coretta Scott.
When he graduated from
university he became Dr King.
In 1955 a black woman called Rosa Parks was arrested.
Dr King helped Rosa Parks. He organised a boycott.
Martin Luther King
admired Ghandi
who had led
peaceful protests in
India.
Dr King organised marches and protests.
He travelled to many cities and towns to make speeches about
treating people fairly.
Dr King often broke
laws that were
unfair to black
people.
He believed
in peaceful protest but was arrested
manytimes.
Even when he was in
jail, Dr King wrote books and letters to try to get
laws changed.
I HAVE A DREAM
Dr King gave this very
famous speech to
250 000 people at the
Lincoln Memorial in
Washington on 28th August
1963.
“ I have a dream that little black boys and
little black girls will be able to join hands with little white
boys and girls and walk
together as brothers and
sisters.”
WE SHALL OVERCOMEDr King received the Nobel Peace
Prize
He led a campaign to allow all black people to be able to
vote.
MLK believed in equal rights for everyone. People all over the world remember
him on his birthday 15th January.
Martin Luther King“I Have a Dream”
50 years on… do you treat everyone equally?
How Will You Make a Difference in 2017?
Nicky P7A
Catherine P6A
Catherine P6A
Sciennes Comedy Festival
£500!
£5000!
Thank you, P2 Dad Mr Colin Sim!
BE ON TIME BY TEN TO NINE
What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?
Danika’s First Novel!
What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?
Rose Green Pencil Winner!
What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?Jo-Jo and Hannah
Gymnastics
What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?
Bronze Water Polo Medal for Ali!
What have you done today that makes YOU feel proud?
Gold Judo Medal for Fraser!
Sciennes SongIn the year of 1892Our school first opened its doorsAnd the girls and boys from all aroundThey arrived in hordes and hordes
CHORUSAim high – let your ambitions flyAlways be the best you can beBelieve • Achieve in all you doAnd happy you will be
From slates and chalks and inks and nibsTo whiteboards, computers and pens.You never know what your future will bringBut friends will still be friends.
CHORUS
Our school it is a happy oneFor children and adults tooAnd so it will continue onAs each person begins anew
Words by Mrs FordMusic by Mrs McVicker
School EventsMonday 16th Martin Luther King Day
Mon 16th P7 Sportshall Athletics Final
Thurs 19th P6/7 Cross Country Trials
Thank you for taking part in the Pupil Health and Wellbeing Questionnaire
This week’s house pointsTantallon Lauder
Sienna
Grange