: New Kids at School
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8 
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Focus: Relationships
Resources: Picture, recording book

Questions/instructions:

Show picture.
Imagine that the people in this picture are going to join your class. They have just moved to your town and they don’t know anyone at your school.

What kinds of things could you do to help make them feel welcome in their first few weeks at school? Think about it for a minute then I’ll ask you to tell me five important things you could do to help these new people in your class.
Allow time.

New Kids picture


% responses
2006 ('02)
y4
y8
1. What are some of the important things you could do to help new class mates feel welcome?

Record answers, abbreviating where appropriate. Read aloud while recording. Where two or more ideas are given together, suggest that they be written separately.
New Kids Plan
   
Top left circle:
clearly important thing to help
96 (99)
95 (95)
Top right circle:
clearly important thing to help
94 (97)
97 (92)
Bottom right circle:
clearly important thing to help
89 (90)
93 (88)
Bottom centre circle:
clearly important thing to help
88 (84)
90 (89)
Bottom left circle:
clearly important thing to help
91 (89)
90 (88)
2. Now decide what you think is the most important thing on your list and I’ll put a tick beside it.
Most important thing:
offer practical information/directions etc.
26 (25)
14 (7)
help them with class routines/class work
7 (3)
3 (1)
offer involvement in play/sport activities with you at school
14 (12)
20 (14)
do things with you outside of school
1 (0)
0 (0)
talk to them (about each other)
4 (1)
10 (7)
introduce them to others
10 (9)
18 (19)
be nice/kind/friendly/help them (general thing)
33 (40)
31 (48)
any other response
5 (10)
4 (4)
3. Why do you think that is the most important thing?
 
not marked
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Total score:
5
71 (67)
74 (68)
4
20 (25)
18 (20)
3
5 (7)
7 (10)
0–2
4 (1)
1 (2)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
Students enjoyed very high levels of success with this task, with only minor differences between year 4 and year 8 students.
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