Early Stage One - Email Tasks - Playground Rules


 Printout for teacher programs


 Playground Rules identified in this activity:
1. Be kind to everyone.
2. Put your rubbish in the bin.
3. Share with others.
4. Leave other people’s things alone.
5. Let everyone play in your game.


Teacher Instructions
1. Access the DET Portal by clicking on the link below:
https://portal.det.nsw.edu.au
2. Open your email account
3. Click on 'New' in the top left hand side
4. Click on the 'To' button, which opens the GAL - Global Address List.
5. Click in the Alias field
6. Type a 'tilde' (~) which is done by holding down the 'Shift" and Pressing the key above the 'Tab' key.
7. Then enter your school code next to the tilde.
8. Click on 'Find'
9. Select your class or tick the box next to it (Apple) from the list that appears below.
10. Click 'To' from underneath this window
11. Click 'Close'
12. Highlight all the text in the Email Task section below.
13. Copy and Paste this text into your email text window
14. Press 'Send' - the lesson will then go to all students in your class.


This means upto 30 emails will be returned to you - if you do not wish to reply to each individual email then repeat the steps 4-11 to send one email to email the whole class thanking them for their efforts.


 Email Task
1. Click on this link http://tlf.dlr.det.nsw.edu.au/learningobjects/Content/L949/imsmanifest.xml.html
2. Click on the arrow to begin
3. Pick a playground problem to solve by clicking once on it.
4. Click on the answer.
5. Pick another problem to find the answer to. 6. Keep going until you have finished the activity.


 Related COGS Activity
Problem–solving scenarios
• In small groups, have students examine problem scenarios that are relevant to the class e.g. there is only one blue crayon and two people want to use it; someone takes a ball from another in the playground. Ask each group to talk about the problem and role play how they would solve the problem. Each group performs their role play for the rest of the class. Use these questions again, to focus the students’ observation:
    - what do you SEE each person doing? -
    - what do you HEAR each person saying?
    - how do you FEEL about what is happening?


• Hold a class discussion based around the following questions: - how do you feel when someone does not share with you? What can you do? - how do you feel if someone is not being nice to you? What can you do? - what are some of the rules we have when we are working in groups? - what are some of the rules we have when playing in the playground? What can you do if someone is not following these rules?
(Literacy link: adjusts language to suit the purpose of a role play activity; uses focus questions to observe and respond to a role play)