Welcome
The Head, SLT, or educator who is leading the assembly welcomes the students by saying good morning. One can start the assembly with the sign of the cross or a minute in silence.
Introduction
Slide 1
Sometimes, when we look at the injustice, terror, violence, crime, and wars that plague the world, we feel we have no power to change the world.
Peace does not depend only on other people. We are also responsible to be peacemakers through our words, thoughts, actions, and reactions to the different people and situations we face daily. We bring peace when we respect every person’s rights and dignity.
Slide 2
Let us understand the meaning of peace by watching this video clip: (optional)
Reflection
Slide 3
The Maltese National Anthem has a message for everyone, regardless of nationality, gender, race, culture, or religion.
Slide 4
Our anthem is a prayer and a wish for peace for the Maltese and the whole world.
Slide 5
It is a song of appreciation for our islands’ history and natural beauty, for protection from wars and other disasters, and a prayer for the leaders of our country whose wise decisions will affect the whole world.
Slide 6-7
Finally, we pray for each person to be responsible for the well-being of others, to respect diversity, and, as Pope Francis told us during his visit to Malta, to be a peace laboratory for each other and for the whole world.
Prayer
Slide 8
Now let us stand and sing the lyrics of our National Anthem together.
(If possible, the lyrics of the Anthem with the meaning of the words in English on the interactive whiteboard, or the students can be given a template with the meaning of or a paraphrase of the words/lyrics.)
The leader of the assembly plays the National Anthem
More Activities and Resources
 Mother TongueThis prayer space will help us to understand the lyrics of the Maltese National Anthem so that we can pray for our country. |
Students can read about the Global Peace Alliance Campaign, which will be held on the 1st October 2022, from this website: https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/start-our-approach/youth/peace-poster
They can participate in the global peace festival by participating in a peace-poster competition or by creating these posters in art lessons and displaying them on boards around the school and on the school’s social media outlets.
Students can visit the Peace Lab at Hal Far to learn a lesson in empathy and understanding regarding the Malta immigrant population and to deepen their comprehension of the push and pull factors of immigration or forced immigration. This can be followed up by a class debate or linked to Geography, Religion, and Ethics studies. After the outing, students can prepare a project that will reinforce and integrate all information learned about the immigrants, including the results of questionnaires about different categories of people’s perceptions of the role and function of immigrants in Malta. Most importantly, the children can make their own judgments about the rights and wrongs of accepting these people in Malta and try to come up with solutions to some of the current problems.