Group Chat: nobody started it. Everybody joined in. A 15-minute PSHE assembly exploring what changes when a conversation moves online. A group chat turns on someone overnight. Nobody quite started it, yet everybody joined in.

Rather than focusing on obvious bullies, this assembly asks more uncomfortable questions. How does a group change the way ordinary people behave? When responsibility is shared across dozens of messages, who is really responsible?

It invites students to recognise situations they already know and leaves them with one quiet question to carry out of the hall: Next time you’re in a group chat, which part are you playing?

What’s included

• Editable PowerPoint assembly (approximately 15 minutes)
• Full speaker notes within the presentation
• Delivered as a standalone assembly, or as the introduction to the Group Chat series

Suitable for KS3 and KS4. No preparation required.

Part of the Group Chat series:
This assembly raises the questions.
The companion lesson explores why ordinary students become part of something cruel, using crowd psychology and shared responsibility to examine how group chats become bullying.
The companion discussion resource then asks students to apply that thinking through realistic scenarios where every choice has a cost.