Refugee Week 2026 assembly
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Engage your students with this powerful Refugee Week assembly exploring the theme 'Courage' for Refugee Week 2026 (15-21 June).
Perfect for delivering during the week of World Refugee Day (20 June), this assembly helps students understand the courage of refugees and the strength that comes from working together to support refugees in our communities.
What's included
- A comprehensive PowerPoint presentation with 9 engaging slides featuring real stories, impactful statistics and discussion points
- Detailed teacher's notes with assembly script, discussion prompts and follow-up activity suggestions
- Carefully crafted content suitable for both KS2 and KS3 students (ages 7-14)
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How does this assembly help students learn about Refugee Week?
This engaging assembly helps students explore the 2026 theme 'Courage' through real-life stories and interactive elements. Students are encouraged to reflect on what community means to them and how collective action can support refugees and asylum seekers.
Through thought-provoking scenarios, students imagine the challenges of leaving their homes behind and consider what they would take with them. The assembly showcases inspiring stories of refugees who have enriched our communities and highlights how small acts of kindness can make a big difference.
Key topics covered include:
- Understanding the difference between refugees and asylum seekers
- Exploring the challenges refugees face, from language barriers to adapting to a new culture
- Celebrating the contributions refugees make to our society
- Practical ways students can support refugees in their community
- Suggested reading list featuring fiction and non-fiction books about refugee experiences
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Explore our collection of related resources:
- Discover our Migration Museum partner resources
- Try our English literature resources on Refugee Boy
- Use our historical role-play activity on refugees in Britain
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An extract from the script and notes:
Imagine that one day you need to leave your country because it’s too dangerous to stay there. You need to flee to an unknown land, where you’ve never been before. You don’t know the language, culture or people.
Ask: How would you feel if you had to leave your country?
Allow them time to discuss the question with the child/children next to them.
Ask: And what if you had to live somewhere like this?
Click to reveal an image of a refugee camp.
Refugee camps are temporary solutions where people can stay until they find a permanent place to settle. The aim of refugee camps is to offer short-term help and protection to adults and children who have had to leave their home countries.
However, while waiting for approval to live officially in a host country, asylum seekers may end up living in such camps for months or even years.
Ask: What would you miss? What would you like to have if you had to live here? What would you pack, and why? You can only take a few of your things with you, and you have to carry everything in a suitcase or rucksack.
