: Jump, Jump!
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Approach:  One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Peer pressure. 
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer.
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Questions/instructions:
This activity uses the computer.
Click the Jump Jump button.
We will start this activity by watching a video. The video shows some children playing at a river.
Click the Play button.
Video script:
 Ray:        Ahhhh...
              Hey Davy, I bet you can’t do that.
Davy:      Of course I can.
Ray:       Go on then, prove it
Davy:      Here goes...
              Ah, no sweat, I’m going to do it again.
Ray:       It’s William’s turn now.
             Come on, what are you scared of?		 William:  I’m not scared.
Ray:       Then do it.
William:  It’s too high, I’ll jump more further down.
Ray:      No, it’s got to be from there.
Davy:     Don’t be a wimp.
Ray:      Jump, jump, jump!
Davy:    Jump!
 



% responses
y4
y8
William is being given a hard time because he doesn’t want to jump into the river.

1. If you were on the bank with William, what would you be saying to him?

2. Why would you be saying that?

3. What would you like to say to the boys who were calling out to William?		    
Strategies suggested:
give advice or instructions to help him to jump
33
27
try to get him to jump by being encouraging/supportive
19
18
try to get him to jump by joining in the teasing
1
3
tell him he’s right to make up his own mind
18
35
suggest he shouldn’t jump because it is making him uncomfortable
54
68
tell him not to jump in negative/critical way
0
0
tell him not to jump because of possible dangers
35
34
Helpfulness of responses to questions 1 and 2:
very helpful
2
.7
helpful
28
44
moderately helpful
62
44
not helpful
8
5
How helpful to William are the suggested comments (to the other boys) likely to be?
very helpful
2
7
helpful
30
47
moderately helpful
55
40
not helpful
13
6
Total score:




5–6
2
11
4
20
30
3
18
22
2
45
30
0–1
15
7
Commentary
Year 8 students were more inclined than year 4 students to support William in making up his own mind or sticking to his feeling that he shouldn’t jump.
 
 
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