1. Playground Challenge Primary Assembly
Teachers’ notes
You can customise slide 4 with your school’s chosen date for the Playground Challenge.
You can customise slide 5 with the amount you would like your pupils to donate.
You can customise slides 6 and 11 with your school name or year group.

2. Teachers’ notes
Ask:
Do you recognise any of these faces?
Top left to top right the celebrities are: Mo Farah, Usain Bolt (both athletes), Robbie Williams (singer), Gordon Ramsay (chef)
Bottom left to right: Will Ferrell (actor), Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson (both singers)
What do you think they might have in common?
Every one of them has either played in a Soccer Aid match already or will be competing in Soccer Aid 2018 at Old Trafford on 10th June 2018!
Does anyone know what Soccer Aid is?
(Let children answer/guess and then move to next slide to introduce the video)

3. Teachers’ notes:
(Play video- Captains Robbie Williams and Usain Bolt introduce Soccer Aid 2018 and talk about how it is working with Unicef to change the lives of children acorss the world.)
Ask:
Can anyone tell me who the captains of the two teams are? (Robbie Williams and Usain Bolt)
If you had your own football team – which one would you pick as your captain? / Who do you think will win the match?

4. What is it? When is it? Why is it happening? How can we get involved?
The biggest charity football match between 2 teams of celebrities and footballing legends!
When is it?
The Soccer Aid for Unicef match takes place live at Old Trafford and on ITV on Sunday 10 June.
Why is it happening?
To raise money for Unicef’s life-saving work for children around the world.
How can we get involved?
We will be putting on our very own Playground Challenge on [YOUR DATE HERE]
Who can play?
All of us!
Teachers’ notes
Explain:
Celebrities like Usain Bolt and Robbie Williams will be battling it out in the big match on Sunday the 10th of June
But the most exciting part is that WE can get involved to!
We will be joining schools all over the UK and tackling our own Soccer Aid Playground Challenge on Friday the 8th June. (Note: Edit [YOUR DATE HERE] depending on when your school wishes to take part)
And all of us can play!

5. £[insert amount] Teachers’ notes Explain:
Tell pupils that they are going to be joining the likes of Usain Bolt and Robbie Williams to raise money for Soccer Aid this year by tackling their own playground challenge right here in school
Their task: To design a football-themed obstacle course in the playground/hall/field and make it as creative and as challenging as they can
The rule: The obstacle course must be completed with a football – whether that ball is bounced, dribbled, kicked, carried or thrown through the course
Pupils will bring in _________ (insert £1 or £2 depending on your preference)
The school could be organised into teams – e.g. classes/year groups/houses – and complete their obstacle course in a relay format racing against the clock.
Whichever team gets the fastest time will be crowned ‘Soccer Aid School Champion.’

6. [INSERT NAME OF SCHOOL]
Teachers’ notes
Before showing this slide, customise [INSERT NAME OF SCHOOL] to your own school name.
Explain:
Your Soccer Aid Playground Challenge will help Unicef all children across the world and keep them safe
This means that the money you raise will help these children too
Unicef is a children’s charity that fights to protect the rights of children all over the world
Tell pupils to stand up / put their finger on their nose if they think they have rights (All children should stand up or put their finger on their nose!)
Ask:
Does anyone know what is meant by rights?
Can you think of any examples of rights a child should have? (‘Rights’ are things every child should have or be able to do.)
All children have these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what their parents do, what language they speak, what their religion is, whether they are a boy or girl, what their culture is, whether they have a disability, or whether they are rich or poor.
These rights are listed in something called the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child and almost every country has agreed to them.
The money we raise will help Unicef make sure all children across the world have:
an education
a safe place to live
help if they are hurt
a roof over their head
Read the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child in Child Friendly Language:

7. Teachers’ notes
This is Raheema. Raheema lives in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.
Ask:
Has anyone heard of Bangladesh? Where in the world would we find Bangladesh? (Bangladesh is on the continent of Asia.)
Stand up / put your finger on your nose if you think Raheema has the same rights as you (All children should stand up / put their finger on their nose – even though these countries are very far away from us, all children in the world have the same rights)
Explain:
Unicef works to protect the rights of children like Raheema…
Raheema is from the Rohingya, a group of people in Myanmar (Burma) – a country also in Asia.
Raheema and many other children who have recently had to leave their home because it was not safe
Raheema didn’t choose to leave her home in Myanmar – she had to.
Her dad was left behind. They don’t know where he is or what has happened to him.
It took about 7 days for Raheema and her family to travel from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The journey was difficult and dangerous – they even had to hide in along the way.

8. Teachers’ notes
Explain:
Every child has the right to an education that can help them to use and develop their talents.
Raheema was at risk of losing out on this right in the refugee camp.
The camp was very busy with lots of other children and families who had also had to leave Myanmar.
Raheema wasn’t able to carry her own books from her home in Myanmar.
Ask:
How do you think Unicef helped Raheema’s continue her education? What sorts of things does she need to be able to learn? (e.g. books, people to teach)
Unicef have made sure Raheema’s right to an education is met by providing her and the other children in the camp with textbooks, classroom kits and a Unicef Child Friendly Space.
The Unicef Child Friendly Space is a place where children can go to learn (a bit like school!) except these spaces are often in places like big tents

9. Teachers’ notes
Explain:
Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
The Unicef child friendly spaces don’t just provide a space for children to learn – but also to play and bring a bit of normality back into their lives.
They can escape the crowded and cramped refugee camps and take time to relax, talk about their experiences and make new friends.
It also means that while they are playing, whoever is looking after them has a chance to do important tasks like earning a living or collecting water or medicine.
Ask:
How might you feel if the playground was taken away or became too dangerous for you to play in?
Why do you think playing is important?
By fundraising, we can help make sure children like Raheema have a safe space to play and have fun.

10. Teachers’ notes
Explain:
Every £1 the school raise for Soccer Aid will be matched by the UK Government. UK aid has an amazing effect on the lives of millions of children like Raheema and helped to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty. The funds students raise will quite literally change lives.
Ask:
Has anyone fundraised before? What does the word ‘fundraising’ mean? (Literally raising funds - or money!)
What could we achieve if we work together as a year group? As a whole school? As a wider community?
Encourage pupils to refer to the fundraising targets on the board – could they work together as a school to raise just over £1000 for a child friendly space? Or perhaps, they could protect children’s right to health by raising funds for a water pump.

11. [NAME OF SCHOOL/YEAR] Teachers’ notes
Before showing this slide, you could customise ‘NAME OF SCHOOL/YEAR’ as appropriate

12. Teachers’ notes
While you may want to touch on these points in assembly, the Primary Classroom Activities presentation contains classroom resources to get pupils designing their obstacle course and brainstorming fundraising ideas.