Be Optimistic (assembly)

1. “Be Optimistic” assembly

This assembly has been put together by a Head of Year/Pastoral Leader and is designed to be delivered to a whole year group/house or used within tutor time/dinnertime club, or after school club etc.

Aims
To encourage students to:

• “Be Optimistic”, (by informing them of the benefits of having an optimistic outlook in life.)
• Increase your resilience.
• Take responsibility for your attitude to improve your experience of the world.

The first half of the assembly is based on an optical illusion and how you don’t see something how it is you see it how you are. It’s not logical, it’s pyscho-logical.

The second half of the assembly tells the story of a man with no arms and no legs and how he had a terribly depressed experience of life until he made the decision in his mind to be more optimistic and see the opportunity in every difficulty, as opposed to the difficulty in every opportunity!

The assembly has 19 slides and 2 video clips. It will last 15-20minutes, depending on how much audience participation you encourage. I have embedded the video clips and included the videos as mp4’s as part of the resouces you receive to link to so you don’t need to worry about your school’s internet connection letting you down in front of 200 students and 10 tutors! I also include the YouTube links and titles to the clips for your information, and incase the students want to watch them again at home.

This assembly forms a series of assemblies (10-15 in total- which I will be adding in the very near future) designed to build a positive year group identity, and to boost the resilience of the individual students, which is always the main aim of my assemblies.

Kindest Regards
Matthew Obee