School Assembly
During my assembly, I talk about the importance of physical literacy, resiliency, kindness, and self-awareness. Physical literacy involves having the skills, knowledge, and confidence to participate in physical activities, which is essential for a healthy lifestyle. Resiliency is the ability to bounce back from setbacks and challenges, which is key to success in life. Kindness is an important quality to cultivate as it helps to create a positive and supportive environment in which everyone can thrive. Finally, self-awareness is essential to understanding ourselves, our motivations, and our emotions, and helps us to make informed decisions and live fulfilling lives.
My main takeaway from the assembly is the phrase “Best Effort Always,” which encourages everyone to give their best effort in all aspects of life, whether it be in academics, sports, or life.
My core messages are: Physical Literacy, Resiliency, Kindness, and Self-Awareness. My assembly combines the four core messages with frisbee demos and games. At the end of every assembly, I challenge students to start a Frisbee Club, which I will support. During the frisbee demo, I show them a trick shot that is hard, and I usually fail multiple times before finally making the shot.
Core Messages
The core messages that I will share with your students and staff:
- Physical Literacy: The importance of trying/doing multiple sports/activities.
- Kindness: Focus on pro-Kindness rather than anti-Bullying.
- Resiliency/Growth Mindset: Learning from failure, and valuing practice.
- Self-Awareness: The value of being YOUR best vs being THE best.
Literacy Development
Character education through whole person literacy development:
- Physical: Frisbee Workshops
- Emotional: Resiliency & Kindness
- Textual: The Davy Rule children’s book
Experience and Background
Since I started speaking in schools in 2013, I have been to 475 schools, spoken to more than 150,000 students, and have run more than 7,000 frisbee workshops. I have met thousands of principals, gym teachers, EA’s, and classroom teachers. I have been in schools that are the best in their district and schools that are near the bottom. I have been in schools that are low income/high needs and schools that are extremely well funded.
As such, I have a broad range of experience and I know what works and what doesn’t work. My approach is simple. Focus on the desired behaviour and minimize the time spent on the undesirable behaviour. My presentation, frisbee workshops, and any additional time spent with students and staff will focus on virtues like Kindness, Resiliency, Acceptance, Determination, Empathy, Patience, Sharing, Friendship, Effort, Self-Discipline, Self-Awareness, and Perseverance.
My goal is to reinforce messages and ideas that are already being taught, by putting my own spin on it, helping both students and staff get back to what is important by realizing that it’s easy to get caught up in social media and comparing ourselves to others. That’s why it’s important to focus on being YOUR best vs being THE best.
Sample Schedule for a Full-day Booking:
- 8:45-9:30: Full School Assembly
- 9:30-10:00: Frisbee Workshop 1
- 10:00-10:30: Frisbee Workshop 2
- 10:30-11:00: Frisbee Workshop 3
- 11:00-11:30: Frisbee Workshop 4
- 11:30-12:00: Frisbee Workshop 5
- 12:00-12:45: Lunch
- 12:45-1:15: Frisbee Workshop 6
- 1:15-1:45: Frisbee Workshop 7
- 1:45-2:15: Frisbee Workshop 8
- 2:15-2:45: Frisbee Workshop 9
- 2:45-3:15: Frisbee Workshop 10
*minimum of 30 minutes per workshop with 30-40 students. Goal is to have every student attend the assembly and participate the workshops.