Use this PowerPoint to tell everyone in your school about your plans for Soccer Aid for Unicef Playground Challenge. It will help pupils understand why they are fundraising and inspire them to raise money when they take part in this year’s Playground Challenge, which is on Friday 14 June.   This ready-made assembly has been designed to be delivered jointly by the lead adult and pupils. Slides 2 to 5 are designed to be delivered by the lead adult; the remainder are for pupils. The notes are editable so they can be adapted to meet the needs of your school. The assembly will take around 25 minutes to deliver. A script for presenters is included in the Notes for each slide. Please feel free to use and adapt it to suit your needs. Useful supporting information for the presenter is in italics.

Start by explaining that you and the pupil reps/school council are going to tell everyone about the plans for the Soccer Aid for Unicef Playground Challenge, which will be taking place in school on Friday 14 June. Tell them that you are going to talk about why it’s important to get involved and the pupil reps are going to talk about their exciting plans for the event. Ask pupils: Where’s your favourite place? Can you picture it in your mind? You might be lucky enough to have lots of places you enjoy spending time. If you can’t choose, think of one of those.

Find the film at socceraid.org.uk/ schools-resources Now I’m going to show you a short film about two brothers called Ayas and Younus. They were forced to leave their home in Myanmar when conflict erupted and their parents were killed. Their grandmother took them to safety in Bangladesh, where they’ve been living in a refugee camp since August 2017. You’ll see in the film how important play is in their lives. They’re going to tell you about their favourite place. While you watch the film I want you to think about the Rights of the Child and which rights are hardest for Ayas and Younus to access. The film will help students understand how the money raised for Soccer Aid for Unicef Playground Challenge helps children around the world whose lives have been turned upside down. You should be able to stream the film directly from this presentation by clicking on the play button. Please make sure that external content is enabled. If you experience problems, you can download the film (or stream it) at socceraid.org.uk/schools-resources.   After watching the film you could discuss some of the issues raised. You could use the questions below as prompts.    Questions Which rights do you think might be hardest for Ayas and Younus to access? [Article 9: Children have the right to live with their parent(s) or a family who cares for them. Article 24. Children have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help them stay well. Article 27. Children have the right to food, clothing and a safe place to live, and to have their basic physical and mental needs met. Governments should help families and children who cannot afford this. Article 28. Children have the right to a good quality education. Article 31. Children have the right to play, rest and relax and to take part in cultural and artistic activities. Article 38. Governments must do everything they can to protect and care for children affected by war and armed conflicts.] Once pupils have identified rights that are difficult for the brothers to access, move on to the next slide, which provides a rights recap.

Article 28. Children have the right to a good-quality education. Article 9. Children have the right to live with their parent(s) or a family who cares for them. Article 24. Children have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment, and information to help them stay well. Article 27. Children have the right to food, clothing and a safe place to live. Article 28. Children have the right to a good-quality education. Article 31. Children have the right to play, rest and relax and to take part in cultural and artistic activities. Article 38. Governments must do everything they can to protect and care for children affected by war and armed conflicts. This slide provides a recap of the rights that pupils identified.  

Thinking back to the film, where are Ayas and Younus happiest? Why do you think they are happiest at the Unicef child friendly space? Around the world, poverty, hunger and disease are disrupting playtime for millions of children. But why is it so important for children to be able to access the right to play? Think about how important play is in your life. How do you feel when you play? What do you learn through play? Once pupils have finished reflecting on the Right to Play, hand over to the pupil presents to announce the Playground Challenge plans.

We’re going to tell you about how we’re going to help children like Ayas and Younus grow up healthy, happy and able to play. We are going to raise money for Soccer Aid for Unicef. Soccer Aid is the world’s biggest celebrity football match. Celebrities, sports stars and football legends get together to play an incredible football match and raise money for Unicef. It will take place on Sunday 16 June. We’re going to get involved in Soccer Aid by holding a Playground Challenge right here in our school on Friday 14 June. We’re going to design an obstacle course challenge that we all bounce, run, hop, climb our way around. There’s only one rule - we must include a football in our course.   Everyone in the school is going to take part and we’re going to try to raise as much money as we can.

Explain how you’ll raise money, for example: •        We’re each going to get sponsored to complete the obstacle course. •        We’re going to ask everyone to bring in a donation to complete the course and take part in Soccer Aid for Unicef activities. •        Each class is going to compete to see who can raise the most money/who can design the most creative challenge/who complete the course in the fastest time. You could share additional fundraising ideas, such as: a sponsored keepy-uppy challenge a bake sale beat-the-teacher penalty shootout paying to compete in a house football competition selling healthy drinks and snacks on the day. If you’ve set a fundraising target, you could tell students about it.  

£172 could buy a preschool-in-a-box full of toys, books and games £375 could build a whole community playground in Zambia Use your fundraising guide to help you set your goal and find out what your fundraising could buy. Here are some examples to get you started. As you saw in the film, the money we raise for the Soccer Aid for Unicef Playground Challenge will help Unicef change children’s lives. And that’s why we’re going to do our best to raise as much money as we can. £172 could buy a preschool-in-a-box. Unicef sends these to children who need them in some of the most hard-to-reach places in the world. They’re full of toys, games and books – 43 pieces in total. The cost includes the box. It’s made of metal and is strong so that it can survive a long journey from the factory. It’s a secure and safe place to keep all the toys so that children can use them every day for years.  £375 could build a whole community playground in Zambia so that 100 children can play. If we all got involved in the Playground Challenge, imagine what a difference our fundraising could make!

The best news is that every £1 we raise for Soccer Aid for Unicef until 23 July 2019 will be matched by the UK government, doubling the difference we make to children’s lives.

We could even win a visit to our school from the incredible football F2 Freestylers!   Competition details It’s easy to enter our competition to win a visit from the F2 Freestylers. Film it. Take a quick video of your Playground Challenge on the day – this can be on a phone. Share it. Post your video on Twitter tagging #PlaygroundChallenge @ThF2 and @socceraid. (You can also send your video to schoolschallenge@unicef.org.uk) Judging criteria. We’ll be looking for a school who: Shows creativity – from your challenge design to your fundraising plans. Champions inclusivity - get the whole school moving! (Teachers – time to take one for the team.) Shows commitment to defending play for every child – this isn’t about footy skills. Simply show/tell us how your school is playing and fundraising to change the lives of children all over the world. The visit will be take place on a mutually agreeable date. See www.socceraid.com/xxxx for full terms and conditions.

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