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  • beccabear67
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    In primary school we had some theater company give us all a performance of The Hobbit, everyone sat on the floor for that and the action was in the center of the gymnasium and not on the stage. Other times we had a much older students' choir in and I remember their Ticket To Ride was really stirring, and once we were bused to a school in the more upscale district which had a full theater and watched a performance of Here Comes Mister Jordan (aka Heaven Can Wait).

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  • George 1978
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    Originally posted by andrec View Post
    At junior school I recall that we were played Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong on one occasion for some reason, and Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris on another.
    More innocent times, I suppose? Classical music was played in the Infants; pop music in the Juniors.

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  • andrec
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    Yes, we sat on the floor during assembly at infant and junior schools, but we didn't have chairs at secondary school and had to stand the whole time.

    At junior school I recall that we were played Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong on one occasion for some reason, and Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris on another.

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  • Arran
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    Enter the hall early before assembly starts.

    Insert bromine capsules under chair legs in strategic locations.

    When kids sit on a chair with a bromine capsule it breaks and bromine fumes start filling the hall.

    It's pandemonium when hundreds of kids are trying to evacuate the hall whilst hundreds of kids are trying to enter!

    More often than not, the assembly is cancelled.

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  • George 1978
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    There was a nice difference of sitting on the dirty floor (Primary) and sitting on chairs (Secondary) - one preferred the latter.

    Sometimes, assembly was the only time that we ever saw the Headteacher aka THE BOSS (well, it felt like that, anyway).

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  • 80sChav
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    Par certain lessons Assemblie could be a great realise especially from Registration Time in Form room if it was Morning or Afternoon ones

    Yeah we had to look way smarter than normal and it felt great walking with in Form Ques with your Shirt out or Trainers on or Tie done thin - showing your Form was the best in that way as my 2nd Form Tutor did'nt care what we did tbh - he was just so easy going/never got mad or antyhing and it was great to to Assemblie and just have that Chill Factor you never got in the Form Room Time par for PCSE which was'nt a weekly class at my 2nd School compared to my 1st one. Did anybody else experience PCSE classes as so, being just 1-offs or shorter lessons?

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  • andrec
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    I can't remember for infants school, but at junior and secondary schools we had assemblies each morning that lasted 20 minutes. At secondary school we would sing a couple of hymns, say a prayer, and the headmaster or deputy would say a few words, read out any notices and so forth. There was one girl in my class who didn't have to attend assemblies for religious reasons - I think she was a Jehovah's Witness or something like that.

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  • 80sChav
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    Brilliant times = a total mash up to just act up en-route and chill with mates on way there and back, keep your Shirt un-tucked at the back etc

    One of the best parts of the school Day - more so as you met mates from other Forms in same Year en-route you my not often see so often

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  • George 1978
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    Re: Assemblies

    I always thought of assemblies a bit like going to church - you sat down and listened to the man at the front waffling on, and then you sung a hymn or two, and perhaps even prayed. No wonder that not many kids were fond of it, but I thought that it was better than sitting at a desk and doing work.

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  • Danniella
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    Re: Assemblies

    Originally posted by Donald the Great View Post
    Were boys and girls segregated during those assembly times Nugs?
    No Donny, i did attend an all girls school though, we travelled around a bit when my dad was in the army so i went to a few schools.

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  • Donald the Great
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    Were boys and girls segregated during those assembly times Nugs?

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  • Mulletino
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    odd, I'd replied to this yesterday but the post is missing! Oh well.

    Our assemblies were in the hall between all the classrooms. The Infants sat in the front rows on the floor with their legs crossed in "class lines", the Juniors sat in the rows behind on small chairs, they were the metal framed ones with grey plastic seats/backs with coloured plastic dots in the holes holding the back on, the colour denoted the size of the chair, i think white was the smallest then yellow then red.

    We mostly sang hymns and were updated about events etc, sometimes they'd show us movies (near end of term) like the Children's Film Foundation ones (Robbie's robot is the only one i remember), they all had the black and white intro of trafalgar square with all the pigeons taking off. One week the headmaster played us a record over the week, it was the War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne. It was so haunting to listen to as a child, but magical as I was really into science fiction and it was around the time Star Wars came out.

    I also remember one assembly where one kid (I remember his name but won't shame him here) wet himself, the kids sitting around him all shuffled out of the way till he looked like a lonely island in a sea of wee.

    This was the same assembly hall where we ate lunch, it had large black and white squares and was a cold tiled floor, not fun to sit on in assembly, the black squares were used for naughty kids to stand on, myself included.

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  • marc
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    Although I was never keen on assemblies, they didn't really bother me. I haven't got much recollection of assemblies in infant and primary (junior) school, I've got memories of them in comprehensive school.

    We would stand in lines in the first year, girls in front of boys for each class you were in. The first line was class 1/1, the second was 1/2 and so on until 1/8. This continued into the fourth year. In the fifth year, girls would stand on one side of the hall, boys on the other side.

    In the first year, I remember several children fainting, mostly girls. I remember one girl fainting directly behind me. She fell backwards hitting the floor with an almighty thud. She immediately came around and tried to get up. She must have been dazed badly. Trying to get back on her feet she again fell backwards, her skirt had rode up almost around her thighs. One memorable day.

    The fifth year assemblies were the most memorable. Herr Phipps, sorry Mr Phipps, the year head would come around inspecting us with his clipboard and pen. There would be several pages with names on going back two or more weeks. He would also listen to make sure everybody was singing. All he needed was a pair of jackboots, a black uniform with a skull and crossbones badge on a peaked cap, he would have been a fine example of a Waffen-SS senior officer.

    Another memorable assembly, again in the fifth year. The list of kids in for detention that evening was being read out. Approximately one third of the entire fifth year. My name was eventually read out. In the corner of my eye I noticed Herr Phipps coming towards me. He came right next to me, then growled, "That's you, nobody else!" It made little difference.....I still didn't turn up. The following day, my name and several other names were called out to remain after assembly. Another detention soon followed.

    There is one assembly in the forth year I wish I could have a time machine to go back to. Paying attention to the front, my friend standing next to me suddenly whispered in my ear, " I think Michelle Williams fancies you. She's been staring at you all through assembly." I looked in her direction, sure enough she was looking at me. There was nothing more at that time I could do. We were even in different classes. The sad part was, I was now going through a very bad time in school and had lost a lot of my confidence. I think that was the only assembly I really liked.

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  • George 1978
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    Also at Comprehensive School, we all sat in rows of chairs facing the Headteacher, Deputy Head or Year Head either on a lectern or on the stage. Better than sitting on the cold, dirty floor at the Infants and Juniors.

    Some of us (not me however) used to bring packed lunches to school in a container. We were listing to the Boss or whoever waffling on at the front, and we heard this noise. There was laughter in our row as they thought that someone had broke wind, but it was someone's crisps that went "pop" due to the airtight packet that it was in. A female teacher, obviously embarrassed said "boys!" to those who were laughing about it.

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  • George 1978
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    Originally posted by Arran View Post
    What? None of the teachers could play the piano!

    There was a time when the ability to play the piano was a great advantage when applying to become a primary school teacher.

    Some primary schools even had kids playing the piano in assembly because none of the teachers could or they weren't in that day.
    I know that the Headteacher could play the piano, and she did it on days when the professional pianist wasn't there. I doubt that the other teachers could - I don't think that it was a rule within their qualifications to be able to play the piano.

    At Comprehensive School, the Music teacher (for obvious reasons), and the Drama teacher (as he had an upright piano in his room) were two teachers who could play the piano - the music teacher played the piano for the assembly.

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