| Approach: |
One
to one |
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Level: Year 4
and year 8 |
| Focus: |
Rules |
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| Resources:
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Video
recording on laptop computer |
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| Questions/instructions: |
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This
activity uses the computer.
Let’s watch a news clip. It shows a school that has banned all drinks except
water.
Click the Water Only Kids button.
[TV news item; various scenes within the school]
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voice-over:
News Reader: Kids and water… at Oranga
Primary School it’s proving to be a great combination. Classrooms
here have become water-only areas and, for pupils, no other drinks
are allowed. The teachers came up with the idea to improve the
children’s health and promote learning.
Principal: We’ve had visitors to the school who have commented
on how calm it is around the school and we can attribute some of that to the
fact that children are not drinking so many sugary drinks during the day. And,
definitely for learning, we think it’s a great idea.
News Reader: If the children do bring other drinks to school,
they are given to teachers who return them at the end of the day as the children
go home but most of the pupils support the water-only rule.
Girl 1: If people drink juice sometimes people can get on highs
and then it starts problems but water doesn’t.
Boy 1: It should be a water-only school because it refreshens
your mind for learning and water’s really good for you. Also because it’s
got fluoride in it.
Boy 2: I don’t think it’s a fair rule. Fruit juice
isn’t so bad. It has Vitamin C in it and that’s good for you. Milk
drinks are good too. They are full of calcium, which makes your bones strong.
Boy 3: It’s not fair. The teachers are always
drinking tea and coffee, so why should we be stuck with just water? |
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%
responses
2009 ('05) |
y4 |
y8 |
1.
Try to give some good reasons why schools have rules that everyone
has to follow, like no skateboards at school.
|
|
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keep
children/people safe at school
|
71
(70) |
68
(75) |
to
help students learn better
|
11
(16) |
19
(16) |
| make
schools a better/happier place to be (fair, efficient, tidier, cleaner)
|
11
(23) |
27
(37) |
| to
control students who might otherwise cause trouble |
20
(27) |
26
(42) |
| Some
children and adults don’t agree that schools should make rules
like everyone only being allowed to drink water and not drinks like
fruit juice or coke. |
|
|
| 2.
Do you think schools should be able to make rules like this? |
|
|
| |
yes
and no |
12
(13) |
13
(16) |
| yes
|
64
(59) |
67
(69) |
| no
|
24
(28) |
20
(15) |
| 3.
What are your reasons for saying that? |
|
|
| Quality
of reasoning: |
|
|
substantial,
well-expressed general argument supporting view in question 2
|
2
(4) |
4
(2) |
| substantial,
well expressed argument specifically about “water only” rule |
13
(17) |
20
(39) |
| limited
argument |
59
(60) |
63
(52) |
very
limited or no argument
|
26
(19) |
13
(7) |
4.
Do you think schools could get by without having any rules at all?
|
|
|
| |
yes
and no |
3
(5) |
2
(1) |
yes
|
13
(8) |
6
(2) |
no
|
85
(87) |
92
(97) |
5.
What are your reasons for saying that?
|
|
|
|
Quality
of reasoning:
|
substantial,
well-expressed argument
|
8
(18) |
16
(25) |
limited
argument
|
61
(62) |
65
(69) |
very
limited or no argument
|
31
(20) |
19
(6) |
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Total
score: |
7–9
|
1
(3) |
2
(6) |
5–6
|
8
(18) |
20
(35) |
4
|
21
(24) |
25
(22) |
3
|
30
(29) |
31
(25) |
2
|
22
(15) |
14
(9) |
| 0–1
|
18
(11) |
8
(3) |
