The BIG 5 Resources
Here you can access 120 Assembly and Lesson Kits.
Each kit comprises:
Assembly Screens
Silent Sitting Track
Lesson Plan and Screens
The BIG Song
My BIG Think Journal Page
The BIG Story
Assembly & Lesson Kits: Ages 5-7
Click on a The BIG 5 Value to access the kits.
Assembly & Lesson Kits: Ages 7-11
Click on The BIG 5 value to access kits.
The BIG 5 Training Films
The BIG 5 Assembly Film
A film of The BIG 5 Assembly in real time modelling key assembly rituals. Filmed with Y3-Y6 (Ages 7-11) in a one-form entry primary school in Tottenham.
The BIG 5 Lesson Film
A film of The BIG 5 lesson in real time modelling how to deliver key session rituals. Filmed with Year 5 (ages 9-10) at St Paul’s and All Hallows’ Primary School in Tottenham, London.
The BIG 5 Posters with British Sign Language films
Calendar of Events
Click on an upcoming event to see the assemblies and lesson kits for that day.
The BIG 5 Programme Maps
The foundation of The BIG 5 is that RSE knowledge is taught through a values-based, spiral curriculum and social and emotional learning skills are rehearsed explicitly through a set of rituals in each session. The BIG 5 programme provides content for two years for each key stage (60 modules each for Ages 5-7 and 7-11). Learners revisit the 2-year content in upper KS2 to continue developing and deepening their values-based SEL skills and PSHE learning. Learners are inherently progressing because the values and skills are applied very differently in Year 4 and Year 6, Year 3 and Year 5. The BIG 5 can be delivered flexibly to suit each setting
This programme overview map begins with inner values and skills that develop the self first, then moves to outward-facing values and skills linked to developing relationships with others and the world. Each term, BIG 5 Values are linked to your school values and key events such as Anti-Bullying Week or Safer Internet Day. The final half term in the Summer leaves space to blend your own factual RSE Sex education sessions (please note, we do not provide these) with The BIG 5 puberty sessions to ensure your pupils receive accurate information for safeguarding, but also that they have a safe space to explore what these changes mean to them. To end the year, there is time set aside for a whole-school social-action project.
The BIG 5 Social & Emotional Learning Skills (SEL skills)
BIG 5 SEL Skills for Ages 5-7
BIG 5 SEL Skills for Ages 7-11
Silent Sitting Tracks
There are 15 five-minute mindfulness tracks with one used at the start of a session, linking to its value. Outside The BIG 5 sessions, to help refocus each class for the afternoon, ask pupils to select a Silent Sitting track to be played after lunch. To support the mental health of your entire school community, ask the whole school to stop and join in – even office staff and visitors.
The BIG Sing
There are 5 Songs based on our 5 core values, written and performed by The BIG Thinkers band and suitable for all ages. Add actions or sign language, or your own school chant to the musical interludes.
My BIG Think Journals
Journaling is a rare opportunity for self-reflection. Journals can be printed off and bound to produce a book for each pupil to take through the school. At each child’s discretion, they can be personal or shared – but they are never marked.
Teacher’s Guide
A guide to all the elements of The BIG 5, including scripts to support you when starting out.
My BIG 5 Values Journey Assessment Sheets
Over time, My BIG 5 Values Journey sheets capture each pupil’s changing thoughts and ideas about each core value.
Before starting a new core value, ask pupils to complete in one colour, The BIG 5 Values Journey sheet for the relevant value. Once they have explored that value for a few weeks, ask them to reflect and add new thoughts in a different colour to show changes.
My BIG Feelings Compass
Each child should have their own My BIG Feelings Compass to refer to in each lesson. Cut out the front and back and stick them together. There is one compass for ages 5 to 7 and one for ages 7 to 11. They can also be used one between two.