Creating Character support material

Support material

The following is a list of material for collective worship and a variety of subject areas. Some of the ideas can be used for more than one subject, and many can be adapted to suit other age groups.

Exploring values through collective worship

• Trouble at the theatre - a very noisy story about resilience
• Frank Foley: A different kind of spy - a story for collective worship about a British war hero who secretly showed amazing resilience
• Salt - a science-based idea, exploring the symbolism of an everyday chemical
• Breaking bad rules, but showing respect - how can we show respect for other people, if we disagree with them?
• Who should I trust? - exploring compassion, humility and trust through the story of Jesus and the Roman centurion's servant
• Creativity and compassion: Michael Faraday - how the famous scientist found Something where others saw Nothing
• Scallop shells and pilgrimage - using imagery associated with pilgrimage to reflect positively on the past year
• Under siege - based on Psalm 23, about coping with the feeling of being surrounded by enemies
• A firestorm of fury - an act of collective worship about respect, responsibility, keeping your temper and making peace
• Daniel's challenge - a no-rehearsal drama about teamwork, resilience, leadership… and food!
• Antoni Gaudi - what do you think you were put here on Earth to do?

Cross-curricular activities to explore character values

Literacy

• Thinking it through, working it out - using a classic Bible story about forgiveness to generate questions and discussion (suitable for KS2)
• Standing up (Zacchaeus) - a story about creating friendship, forgiveness and peace (suitable for KS2)
• The shepherd - understanding responsibility and self-sacrifice (suitable for KS2)
• The selfish giant - a story about creating friendship, forgiveness and peace (suitable for KS1 and 2)
• Breaking the rules (suitable for KS2)
• Taking responsibility for others - Kathy Germain and the food bank

RE

• Thinking it through, working it out - using a classic Bible story about forgiveness to generate questions and discussion (suitable for KS2)
• Standing up (Zacchaeus) - a story about creating friends, forgiveness and peace (suitable for KS2)
• The shepherd - understanding responsibility and self-sacrifice (suitable for KS2)
• Breaking the rules (suitable for KS2)
• Taking responsibility for others - Kathy Germain and the food bank

History

• The shepherd - understanding responsibility and self-sacrifice (suitable for KS2)
• Breaking the rules (suitable for KS2)

Drama

• The selfish giant - a story about creating friendship, forgiveness and peace (suitable for KS1 and 2)