:Why Play?
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8 
Focus: Staying healthy
Resources: Picture montage

Questions/instructions:

Look at the pictures of children playing and doing different activities.

Try to think of three good reasons why it is good for young people to take part in activities like these.

Write each reason in a box.

 
 
 

play montage
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% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8


general health benefits
(exercise, fitness, energy, concentration)
112 (78)
110 (94)
 
social benefits
(enjoying doing things with others, learning how to relate/work with others, learning how to win/lose, team building)
18 (24)
53 (50)
 
fun/enjoyment
71 (69)
62 (65)
 
learning new skills/trying new things
39 (63)
42 (57)
Strength of reasons:
very strong
1 (1)
6 (7)
strong
16 (18)
33 (50)
moderately strong
52 (51)
51 (34)
weak
31 (30)
10 (9)

Total score:
3
1 (1)
6 (7)
2
16 (18)
33 (50)
1
52 (51)
51 (34)
0
31 (30)
10 (9)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4

Year 8

Commentary:
The “Why Play” percentages are accumulations across three student responses. Percentages higher than 100 indicate that the total of the three percentages for that category of response exceeded 100. Year 8 students were much more aware than year 4 students of the social benefits of play. There were only minor differences between Pakeha, Mäori and Pasifika students. There was a small decline in performance for year 8 students between 2002 and 2006.
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