Assembly Rota - Workington Academy

Week Beginning	Theme – all themes should link to the 3 R’s.	Lead	Form Time PD Link
1^st September	Welcome Back – Core Values	MBE + DoL	3 R’s NIOS
8^th September	Behaviour for Learning and Success	BHE	Trusted Adults
15^th September	Not in Our School Launch 2025	KKI	NIOS – school pledge.
22^nd September	Student Voice/Democracy – British Values + Responsibility	MRE	Personal responsibility
29^th September Year 11 + Year 9 – UTC assembly.	Responsible learners	BSI	School Council Elections
6^th October NB – No assembly on Wednesday due to the React Engineering Presentation and No Assembly on Thursday due to the Maths challenge	Black History Month	MHO	Black History Heroes
13^th October	British Values	LMT	British Values – Rule of Law, Tolerance, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect, Democracy – Session 1
20^th October	Respect	DoL	British Values – British Values – Rule of Law, Tolerance, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect, Democracy – Session 2
27^th October
3^rd November NB – Year 11 Assembly – Gen 2 – Rachel Mirfin	Remembrance	MBE	Why we remember?
10^th November	Anti- Bullying Week	BHE	Anti Bullying Week – link to NIOS
17^th November	Resilience DoL	KKI – form time input YGT assembly	When things go wrong, what can we do?
24^th November	Alumni	AMC	CEAIG drop down week – facilitated by AMC
1^st December	British Values + NIOS	MRE	UK Parliament Week
8^th December	Human Rights Day – link to British Values	LMT	Human Rights – link to NIOS
15^th December	Rewards	DoL	Review of the Term
Christmas Holidays
5^th January	Resolutions – Being the Best you Can Be.	DoL	Setting resolutions
12^th January UTC assembly y11 Monday	NIOS – Protected Characteristics and Respect	MHO	Protected Characteristics – what respect looks like
19^th January	The power of words – NIOS link	BHE	What does your communication say about you?
26^th January	International Holocaust Remembrance Day	KKI	Lessons from the Holocaust – link to NIOS
2^nd February	World Cancer Day	MBE	Healthy living
9^th February NB – 13^th Year 8 Assembly with Gen 2 Rachel Mirfin	Online Safety Day 2026	DOL	Online Safety
16^th February	HALF TERM
23^rd February	Alumni	AMC	CEAIG drop down week – facilitated by AMC
2^nd March	Options Week Assemblies World Book Day	Year 9 Team + identified staff EHE	Reading for Pleasure.
9^th March	International Women’s Day	BSI	Female role models
16^th March	Role Models	KKI	Spot Light ‘Role Model’
23^rd March	Rewards	DoL	Review of the term
Easter Holidays
13^th April	Re-SET – Core Values	BHE	New term – making it count
20^th April	DoLs	‘We are Workington Academy’ – Belong!	What being tolerant/intolerant says about you!
27^th April	‘You Said, We Did’	MBE	Stewardship
4^th May	‘You Belong’	KKI	Celebrating Differences – link to NIOS
11^th May	Mental Health Awareness Week	BSI	Strategies for positive mental health – revisit wellbeing week 2025
18^th May	Alumni	AMC	CEIAG drop down week – facilitated by AMC
25^th May	HALF TERM
1^st June	Pride – how it started	LMT	History of Pride
8^th June	Pride – how it’s going	BSI	Pride in 2026
15^th June	RSE Day 2026	KKI	Healthy Relationships
22^nd June	World Refugee Day	MHO	Refugees – current issues
29^th June	Wellbeing Week Prep	KKI	Wellbeing week sign up and prep
6^th July	Wellbeing Week	KKI	5 ways of wellbeing
13^th July	Rewards	DoL	Year in review