## Story time: listen and read

## Input information

Today, it’s your turn for playground duty. What do you usually do? Sip your tea or join in a football game?

Read this article about playground duty: https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/playground-duty-are-you-patroller-or-present

Step 1: Read the text. Look up the words you don't understand.

Tip: fill in a Frayer Model for new words:

Frayer Model for new vocabulary

important words | Do you have these roles or subjects at your school?
SMSA | School Meals Supervisory Assistant
SLT | Senior Leadership Team
PSHE education | Personal, Social, Health and Economic education. It is a school curriculum subject in England that helps children stay healthy, safe and prepared for life

Step 2: Make a Venn Diagram about Patrollers and Presents:

What does a Patroller do, what does a Present do and what do they have in common?

Step 3: Can you describe your experience with doing playground duty? Are you more of a Patroller or a Present, do you tend to patrol and observe, or do you prefer to be fully present and engaged. Why and how?

Use phrases such as...

- In my experience…
- I have noticed…
- I have tried out…

## Vocabulary You’re lucky when there are no conflicts when you’re on playground duty, but often there are. Make your own mind map. Think of the words you need for each of these tasks: Sources of conflict on the playground (taking turns, not getting a turn, sharing the equipment, changing the rules to gain, differences in play style, accidental physical contact, feeling excluded, not being a good sport) Strategies for solving the conflict (identifying the problem, summarising, sorting out, acknowledging, encouraging, active listening, taking perspectives, developing solutions, implementing rules, mediation, punishing, discouraging children from breaking the rules, having a watchful eye) Strategies for preventing conflicts from happening (establishing rules, enforcing rules, (self) regulation, boundaries, reflection, pre-empting problems, core values) Which of these concepts is new to you? Which are familiar? Make notes for yourself, or find examples for each of these concepts.