ESMS is a non-denominational school based on Christian principles, which welcomes pupils of all religious persuasions and none. Joint Assemblies for Primary 6 and Primary 7 take place every week in the Tom Fleming Centre and we ask that children are particularly prompt on Assembly Day because Assembly starts at 8.45am. There are also weekly Primary 6 Year Group Assemblies. In both Assemblies, the children follow our varied ESMS Learning for Life curriculum. Class Teachers and other key adults take it in turns to lead Assembly.

Our Assembly topics in Primary 6 are as follows:

Term 1

  • Our School Values
  • International Day of Democracy
  • Sermon on the Mount and The Lord's Prayer (Christianity)
  • Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
  • Fairtrade Fortnight
  • Harvest
  • Black History Month
  • Online Safety
  • Global Citizenship Week (Martin Luther King)
  • Learning Differences

Term 2

  • Our School Values
  • Diwali (Hinduism)
  • Childnet Talk
  • Remembrance Day
  • Moral Stories
  • Anti-bullying week
  • Guru Nanak's Birthday (Sikhism)
  • Keeping Safe on the Streets
  • Advent (Christianity)
  • International Day of People with Disabilities
  • Hanukkah (Judaism)
  • United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Christmas (Christianity)

Term 3

  • Our School Values
  • Goal Setting
  • World Religion Day
  • Burns Poetry
  • Chinese New Year
  • Children's Mental Health Week
  • Lent (Christianity)
  • Bible Story - Jonah and the Whale (Christianity)
  • Peer Pressure
  • What is Humanism? (Humanism)
  • Holi (Hinduism)
  • National Neurodiversity Celebration Week
  • Online Safety
  • World Water Day
  • Parable - Zacchaeus (Christianity)
  • Easter (Christianity)

Term 4

  • Our School Values
  • Ramadan and Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)
  • NSPCC
  • Wesak (Buddhism)
  • Introduction to Hinduism (Hinduism)
  • World Environment Day
  • Online Safety
  • International Day of Play
  • Refugee Week
  • Moving on to Primary 7