: Playground
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8 
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Focus: Community rules
Resources: Picture

Questions/instructions:

The picture shows a school playground. The school wants some rules for the playground.
It is important that the rules help to make the playground a safe and happy place.

Write four playground rules on the noticeboard.

Playground Rules
Playground picture
 
% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8
How many of the rules focused predominantly on social/emotional well-being, rather than physical well-being?
4
0 (0)
0 (0)
3
1 (2)
2 (1)
2
9 (7)
13 (15)
1
25 (35)
30 (25)
0
65 (56)
55 (59)
Overall merit of the set of rules for making the playground a safe and happy place:
excellent (four strong rules)
2 (5)
10 (3)
very good
16 (8)
38 (20)
good
33 (34)
35 (31)
fair
39 (38)
15 (38)
poor
10 (15)
2 (8)
Total score:
4
2 (5)
10 (3)
3
16 (8)
38 (20)
2
33 (34)
35 (31)
1
39 (38)
15 (38)
0
10 (15)
2 (8)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4

Year 8

Commentary:
Most of the rules at both year levels focused on physical well-being, rather than social and emotional well-being. Year 8 students averaged substantially higher than year 4 students.
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