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Unit Guides
Numbers 1 & 2 2020 #Buddyz on the beat
#cheka impilo
#cheka your happiness status
#cheka how to make a difference
#cheka how to have fun
Hi Buddyz!
Let’s get moving without delay!
#buddyzonthebeat2020
Contents
Use these words We are #buddyzonthebeat2020
to make a #buddyzonthebeat2020
Term 2 Terms 3 and 4
Boom, boom, boom. We are #buddyzonthebeat2020.
welcome song and dance for everyone. Being a Buddy on the beat is a Boom, boom, boom!
Have a happy year. Enjoy yourselves! treat We will have plenty of fun,
because each Buddy is special: challenges and opportunities Unit 1: Wellbeing is about ALL of me Unit 2: We can prevent many illnesses
We you all. that means you and me. to be an activist right here, Activity 1: Wellbeing is about ALL of me! ....... 2 Activity 1: We can wash harmful
The Soul Buddyz Club team Boom, boom, boom! this year. germs away!.....................................18
Activity 2: Tebogo’s story................................... 3
Change starts with us. We can make a difference Project: Be solution seekers.............................. 18
Boom, boom, boom! everywhere. Activity 3: Let’s get excited about exercise ...... 4
Earn 250 points
We’re going to cheka impilo in Boom, boom, boom! Activity 4: Me and my wellbeing....................... 6
Activity 2: Symptoms of TB.............................. 20
2020 Yay! Yay! Yay! Activity 5: My exercise plan................................ 6
Activity 3: TB can be cured............................... 22
to be healthy in all of our Project: Buddyz Dance Day .................................7
wellbeing! Activity 4: Let’s get our community
Earn 350 points
TB free!............................................ 24
Activity 6: Healthy foods.................................... 8
Unit Guide activity: Let’s get our
Activity 7: Buddyz become chefs........................9 community TB free.............................................. 25
Earn 250 points
Activity 8: When to worry about weight........ 10
Activity 5: HIV medicines can control
Activity 9: Buddyz, let’s be solution seekers....12
HIV, but not cure it.......................... 26
Activity 10: Tell the truth about fast foods!......12
Activity 6: Mama asks Noma for a chat........... 30
Unit Guide activity: Tell the Truth
Activity 7: Buddyz know how to
about Food ......................................................... 13
prevent HIV..................................... 32
Earn 250 points
Activity 8: Be kind to yourself. Be kind to
Activity 11: Healthy food choices are
others............................................... 33
in our hands.................................... 13
Unit Guide activity: Why be kind?................. 33
Activity 12: What snacks do you eat?................ 14
Earn 250 points
Activity 13: Research snacks sold at school....... 15
Project: #happychildren.................................... 34
Project: Get healthy snacks sold at school...... 16 Earn 500 points
Earn 350 points
Facilitator’s Guide .............................................. 38
Earn points for your club.....................................41
Published by the Soul City Institute for Social Justice Special thanks to Professor Susan Goldstein and
Adaptations and writing by Karen Hurt the following clubs for their help in reviewing
Design, layout and illustrations by Sally Whines the materials: Mthlavandlovu Primary School in
Proofreading by Leah Marais Mpumalanga and Inkatha ka Zulu Primary School
Photos by Soul City commissioned photographers in Gauteng.
Unit Guide
Wellbeing is about
1 ALL of me
Activity 1 Activity 2
Wellbeing is about us being well physically, intellectually, emotionally
and socially. Let’s explore more. Read and share your answers.
Not all is well with Tebogo
You have physical wellbeing You have intellectual Tebogo walked to school on Monday as usual. He walked faster. She did not want to be in Tebogo’s
when you are fit, and when you eat
wellbeing when you are: was feeling upset and angry. company all the way to school if he was going to
healthy foods.
• curious and ask questions ‘Papa promised to watch me play in my match on treat her badly.
»» What exercise do you
• keen to learn new things Saturday, but he didn’t,’ he told his friend Sophie At school, the teacher asked the class to hand
love doing?
• keen to read, when she asked him why he looked so cross. in their homework. ‘Where’s yours, Tebogo?’ she
»» What helps you discuss and asked. ‘At home,’ he said in a rude voice.
stick to an ‘I’m sorry,’ said Sophie. ‘That’s not nice to
debate.
exercise plan? promise and not do something.’ The other children looked at each other in surprise
»» What do you
and shock. Some shook their heads. Their teacher
»» What helps you love to ‘Not as sorry as I am,’ he shouted back. Sophie
choose healthier learn about? frowned. She pulled her shoulders back and was kind and they respected her.
food options?
»» What do you She decided to ignore his behaviour. She
love to talk would speak with him later.
about?
At break, Tebogo’s friends did not play
with him. This made him feel even more
upset.
When the school bell rang at the end
You have emotional You have social wellbeing when
you get on well with your family, friends, of the day, instead of going to soccer
wellbeing when have good teachers and other people you connect with. practice, he marched home.
self-esteem and self-confidence, and
when you are happy most of the time. »» Who do you enjoy being with most of He slammed the door when he got in.
»» What helps you have good self-
all? The windows of the house shook.
esteem and self-confidence? »» What helps you to
get on well
»» What things do
with people?
you like to do
that make
you feel »» How did Tebogo’s emotional wellbeing affect his social,
happy?
Let’s
intellectual and physical wellbeing?
»» What do you think happens next in the story?
chat »» Create a drama where Tebogo handles things in a healthier
way. Include these people in your drama: Tebogo, Sophie, the
teacher, some classmates and Tebogo’s father.
»» What have you learnt about wellbeing from this activity?
Activity 3 Let’s get excited about exercise
2.
Exercise 3. 4.
For our wellbeing, we builds your bones Exercise makes
When you
need to do 30 minutes and muscles. are fit, you feel you feel happy!
When you exercise,
active exercise every day. 1. It keeps your good about
your body releases
Exercise muscles toned. yourself.
keeps you natural feel-good
fit and hormones called
Let’s
healthy. endorphins.
chat
»» Look at the picture and
share your thoughts about 5.
what parts of wellbeing you If you exercise as
see happening with these a child, you are
Buddyz. likely to exercise
when you are an
»» Read and discuss what each adult. You’ll be
wellbeing circle says. fit all through
»» Create your own club your life!
wellbeing photo and send it
to us!
11.
Exercise helps
prevent some
harmful health
conditions, like
diabetes, heart
disease and weight
problems.
7.
In team sports,
you learn how to be a 6.
10. team player. You need You meet new
People who to be a team player in people and
play a sport 9. many of life, including make friends.
8. when you are an adult
sometimes get Exercise Exercise helps
opportunities gives you the and working.
you take your
to travel. opportunity mind off your
to learn new problems.
skills.
Activity My wellbeing
You need:
4 • Paper or cardboard,
like from a cereal rn 350 points
!
box. Project! Ea
nc e Day
Buddyz Da
• Things to decorate
your circle of
Tebogo’s wellbeing goals
wellbeing with.
Step 1
Read and discuss Tebogo’s goals in his circle of
wellbeing. Are there any more goals you would
add for him?
Step 2 Step 1
Make your own circle of wellbeing and
decorate it. Write at least one goal in each Discuss with your club facilitator
section. For your physical wellbeing, write a what you need to do, and who you
goal for exercise and for healthy food need to speak with, to organise a
choices. Buddyz Dance Day (BDD) for the
school.
Step 3
Step 2
Tell each other about your different goals.
Explain how each goal will help the Advertise the BDD with posters
different parts of your wellbeing. and announcements. Ask teachers
to encourage their classes to be
Step 4 excited about BDD.
Discuss practical things you can do to support Step 3
each other in achieving your goals.
Choose happy music to dance to.
Make up dance moves that go
with the music. Practise your dance
as you will perform it. And then
Activity 5 An exercise plan practise how you will teach it to
the school on BDD.
Send us:
1. Pictures and videos of:
We need to do at least 30 minutes of active
Step 4 (a) Your club practising for your Buddyz Dance
When Have a fantastic BDD! Remember Day
exercise every day. Active exercise is exercise that Friday
makes your heart beat faster and your body sweat.
Saturday to talk with the school about what (b) Posters advertising the dance day
Walk to school wellbeing is. (c) What happened at the event.
Sweep the yard
1. Have a Buddyz brainstorm to make list of (10 minutes)
examples of active exercise. Morning and (20 minutes) Step 5 2. A report that tells about:
Play catchers
2. Look at Nomvula’s exercise plan for two days. Walk the dogs with After your BDD, ask children and (a) What support you were able to get from
at break with the school.
Oupa teachers to tell you what they liked
After she has achieved each goal, Nomvula friends (b) How the Buddyz Dance Day was. Include
adds up how many minutes of exercise she did.
(20 minutes) most and liked least about the
(10 minutes) quotes from children, teachers, the principal,
If she achieved her goals, she draws a star on dance day. This will help you make
Basket ball and the other staff at your school about the
the chart. On Saturday afternoon, Nomvula Dance class it even more fun next time.
event.
couldn’t visit her friend because her friend practice
Afternoon (30 m (45 minutes) (c) What you would do differently the next
went to a wedding. inutes) time to make the event even better.
3. Make your own exercise plan for a week. Walk home (10 See page 41 for the contact person in your
Walk up 30 stairs
minutes) province to send your report in.
4. Chat about: to friend’s flat
»» Why it helps to have an exercise plan.
(5 minutes)
Goal 60 minutes
85 minutes
»» How you can help each other achieve your
exercise goal of 30 minutes a day.
Healthy food choices
keep our bodies and
Activity 7 Buddyz become chefs
minds strong
»» In groups, create a healthy meal plan for
Let’s special guests. Decide who you want to
chat
cook for, and what you want to cook. Do
»» Tell each other about a time when your guests have any special food needs?
Let’s you chose something healthy to eat
chat
instead of something unhealthy. Why
did you make that choice?
Step 1 Read the Healthy Meal Guide to help you create a
delicious, healthy, mixed meal plan for your guests.
Healthy Food Guide Step 2 Draw pictures of your ingredients for your main plate
of food and your pudding.
What is a healthy Step 3 Create a recipe for your meal. Draw pictures of your
meal. Write down the recipe. Explain why your meal is
eating plan? healthy, nutritious and delicious.
You have a healthy eating Step 4 Discuss how you can share what you have learnt with
plan when you eat three your peers at school and your family. For example, you
mixed meals each day. could make posters of your recipes to put up at school.
What is a mixed Photo by Pippa Hetherington / Africa Media Online
meal?
Healthy Meal Guide
A mixed meal includes
food from each circle in
the Healthy Food Guide. Who eats what?
It is healthier to eat You make a healthy meal when you:
• Pescatarians, vegetarians
unprocessed food. • Use only a little fat, sugar and salt.
and vegans do not eat
• Eat less animal fat in your meals. Remove the skin off any type of animal meat
What is unprocessed chicken and cut the fat off meat before cooking it. or flesh.
food? • Eat lots of fruit and vegetables, and eat nuts, beans • Pescatarians do eat fish
Activity 6 Healthy foods •
and lentils when you can.
Keep the skin on vegetables. It contains nutrients. •
and shellfish, like prawns.
Vegans do not eat or
Look at the picture of the Healthy Food Guide. Some of the food • Steam vegetables instead of boiling them. Steamed wear anything, such as
circles are bigger than others. This tells us which foods we need Unprocessed food has not vegetables keep in more nutrients than boiled ones. leather, that comes from
to eat more, or less, of in our daily healthy eating plan. been processed much. animals.
For example, wholemeal • Eat raw vegetables and fruit. Some nutrients are lost
1. Read the information about a healthy eating plan. when they are cooked. This means vegans do not
bread is healthier than eat eggs, dairy products,
2. Look at the sizes of the circles. Which foods do we need more white bread. This is • Make your own delicious sauces. Use ingredients such or anything with gelatin
of, and which do we need less of, each day? because it contains more as vegetables, herbs, flour, and spices that don’t have in the ingredients.
3. Why is it better to choose water instead of sugary drinks when fibre from the wheat salt. You can make delicious sauces with tomatoes. Gelatin comes from
you are thirsty? grains. We need fibre to Curry powders, paprika and nutmeg also flavour meals animal parts.
4. Share examples of refined and unprocessed foods. Which is prevent constipation. Fibre nicely.
better for you? is removed when white
bread is processed.
5. What might make it difficult for you to choose healthy foods?
Activity 8 When to worry about weight
Step 2 Sugar and salt
Read the speech bubbles one by one out loud. added to food is
In South Africa we have health problems that are often what makes
Take turns to say:
caused by being overweight (or obese). Many of our us overweight.
loved ones die from these conditions. Read about it. »» what health conditions the situation can cause
Step 1 Let’s »» what you think about what each person says
Go around in a Buddyz circle. Read each
chat »» what choices each person could make, or what
they could do, to eat more healthily.
Why worry about weight? paragraph and take turns to complete
each of these sentences until you have all Child
The World Health Organization shared your ideas. Father We love watching TV
(WHO) looks after the health of Child
the whole world. They say that
I feel so bad about buying after school. We eat
My dad often buys us fried chicken and chips for my snacks all the time.
at least 2.8 million people »» When I think of how many people
fried chicken for supper.
die each year from being 2.8 million people are, I think of ... children so often. But I work
overweight, or obese. We like it. It’s delicious. long hours and am too tired to
The illnesses that are caused by
Hint: Find out how many children go cook when I get home.
being overweight or obese are high to your school. Then do the maths to
Parent
blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, heart work out how many schools like yours
it takes to make up 2.8 million people.
We don’t have safe
disease and some cancers.
parks. I tell my children
Children who are overweight or obese usually become »» I think the reason why children who Nurse to stay inside.
overweight or obese adults. are overweight and obese usually stay Fatty already-cooked
Many people don’t know that they are overweight or they like that as adults is because ...
think that it is healthy to be overweight.
foods are quite cheap.
»» I think there is an increase in weight- That’s why people buy
What is your BMI? related health conditions around the Child them. Child
A healthcare worker measures world, and this is especially a problem I’ve learnt about healthy We love playing computer
your height and weight to calculate in South Africa, because ... eating and cooking. But my games. Sometimes we
your body mass index (BMI). Your BMI shows whether »» I think the problem of being grandfather will get angry with play for hours.
you are underweight, doing fine, or if you are overweight. me if I try to tell him about
overweight is worse in towns and
The healthcare worker will guide you on what, if anything, them.
you need to do around your BMI.
cities because ...
For you to do!
Find out your BMI at your local clinic, pharmacy or
doctor.
Child
Adverts make unhealthy
foods look very delicious
and then we want to eat
and drink them.
< 10 > < 11 >
Eat less sugar. It will make you
healthier. That’s why our government
Activity 9
brought in a sugary drinks tax. Unit Guide A
ctivity!
Earn 250 po
ints!
Buddyz, let’s be solution seekers Tell the truth
a bo ut food!
3. Take action! Here are some examples of things
you can do:
One of the solutions the government found to
• Make posters to put up at school that tell the Send us a report and pictures of your
promote people’s wellbeing, especially with
truth about fatty, salty and sugary products. mini action around food adverts. Tell
overweight health conditions, was to add
• Complain to the companies about their adverts. and show us what you did, and what
tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Let’s read about it.
You can look up their contact details on the difference you think you made.
internet. Send us your letters, text messages or
Challenge: overweight health conditions Did you know? voice notes of complaint and we will forward
them for you.
One solution to overweight health conditions What can Buddyz Clubs do? Sugary drinks have as much
• Encourage people to stop buying that company’s food.
The government introduced a sugar-sweetened Buddyz can: as 9 teaspoons of sugar in
drinks tax on 1 April 2018. The ‘sugar tax’, as many them?
• explain to friends, families
people call it, helps because:
Activity
and shopkeepers why the
•
•
fewer people will be able to afford the drinks.
sugary drinks are full of sugar and don’t serve
any purpose in your diet.
•
‘sugar tax’ is a good thing.
encourage people to
drink water instead of the
Did you know?
11 Healthy food choices are in our hands
• people will be healthier. sugar-sweetened drinks.
Most alcoholic Step 1 Draw a very big hand. Copy what Tebogo’s
• the Government won’t have to spend so much • invent recipes for naturally
different fingers have written on them. Ie
money treating sick people. flavoured water drinks drinks have a njo
that taste delicious but ya
• the sugar tax money helps government pay for
important services.
don’t have lots of sugar. lot of sugar in Step 2 Decorate each finger with the things that you va
rie
them. like of those foods. ty
of
foo
Step 3 Create a drama, dance
I eat v
d
1. How does the sugar tax work and why did government bring it in? or song with your big hand egetab
les and
drawings. Perform it for fruits
2. What do you think of the sugar tax. Why do you think that? every
and with Foundation Phase classes. day
3. What other foods, drinks and other items should be taxed a lot?
Why? Step 4 Take your picture
4. Come up with ideas for more solutions that will help people live a hand home. I eat beans, peas, lentils, and soya regularly My handful of
healthier lifestyle at home, school, work and everywhere. Explain it to your
family. Tell your healthy food
Activity
family what you have learnt
choices.
10 Tell the truth! about overweight
health conditions and
how making healthy
I eat chicken,
fish, milk, m e a t or e g g s whenever I can
ds
Fatty, salty and sugary foods are 2. Look at the adverts. Which one promotes wellbeing? food choices helps reduce them. y foo
unhealthy for us when we eat them sugarnd
Step 5 ya
often. Companies try to influence
Stick your hands up on a wall
a t t y , salt
f
at home. Make more big hands have reat.
people’s emotions with misleading
to put up around the school. I only special t
adverts just so they can make more as a
money out of us.
1. What emotions do fast food
companies that sell fatty, salty and
sugary foods use to try to persuade
people to buy their products?
< 12 > < 13 >
Activity 12 How healthy are the snacks you eat? Activity 13 Research snacks sold at school
We should only eat
Unhealthy snack unhealthy snack foods
foods can be yummy. Ask your chairperson to read out all the steps and then
A B as a special treat.
Not every day.
do them one by one.
Step 1
We are going to interview food sellers to find
out about the food that is sold at school. Most
schools only have three or four food sellers. How
many do we have in our school?
What questions should we ask the food sellers?
Let’s make a list of three or four main questions.
Here are some ideas:
• Which snacks do you sell?
• Which are the most popular?
• How much does each one cost?
Let’s choose one younger and one older Buddy to
interview each seller. Pairs will report back to the club. We
will bring all our research together to make a list of all the
snacks sold at school and their prices.
1. Help Sharon make healthy choices.
»» What snacks does Sharon have in picture A?
Let’s »» What do you think she is saying to herself when she looks at Step 2
chat
her choices? Buddyz 4 Life did research about snacks Food Mamthembu MamNanci MamJane
»» What snacks does Sharon have in picture B? at their school. Here is the list of snacks Seller
»» What do you think she is saying to herself when she looks at that they made. Now, let’s re-read the
Snacks Chips Vetkoek* Vetkoek*
her choices? Handful of Healthy Food Choices on sold Lollipops Sweet buns Sheep feet
»» Help convince Sharon to choose healthy snacks. page 13. Sweets Fried chips Chicken feet
Biscuits French polony Vetkoek with
• Which of the things on the Buddyz Chocolate Eggs eggs or French
4 Life list would be healthy food Apples Sweets polony and
Unhealthy snacks Healthy snacks choices? For example, chicken feet Bananas Drinks tomato sauce
2. Read the information about Peanuts Biscuits
Sugary cakes and biscuits Roast mealies are a source of protein.
unhealthy and healthy snacks. Drinks Crisps
• Which snacks on their list are not Ice Drinks
3. Make a list of all the snack foods Sweets and lollipops Chicken feet
healthy?
Buddyz in your club like to eat. Salty, artificially coloured Brown bread sandwiches, * We sometimes call this fat cake or magwinya
4. Add the snacks Buddyz in your food such as crisps with banana, peanut
club like onto either the healthy or butter, or boiled eggs
unhealthy list. Fried food like slap chips Fruit
Step 3
5. Explain why each snack is healthy
or unhealthy.
and vetkoeks Let’s look at our lists from our
research. Now we know!
Processed foods such Carrots
as polony and Russian • Which snacks are healthy? By doing research, we found out that some of
sausages Why? the snacks sold at school are healthier to eat than
others. Let’s see what we can do as our Getting
Peanuts • Which snacks are unhealthy? Healthy Snacks at School Action Project. Our goal
Why? is to get more healthy snacks sold at school!
< 14 > < 15 >
points!
Earn 350
Project! Step 3
hy
Get hea lt
We have done our research. Now We need to help learners understand
o l d at s choo l we are going to try to work with about healthy snacks. Here are some
sna cks s
the principal, teachers, learners ideas:
and food sellers to encourage • Put up posters around the school.
healthier snacks to be sold and We can make posters like these two
examples.
bought at school.
Step 1 • Perform a drama at school
assembly to explain why it is
We must ask our principal for permission to call a meeting with important to eat healthy snacks.
the food sellers at school. We will explain that we want to try to We can make it interactive. This
encourage them to sell healthier snacks. means asking the audience questions
and listening to their responses.
Remember to be respectful
The people who sell food at school
need our respect. They need to make
money to feed their families. They will
sell the things children ask for. This is Alert!
how a good business works. You will We need to be patient.
have to teach other learners about It may take a while to change
healthy and unhealthy snacks so they the type of food sold at school.
We need to keep explaining
will want to buy the healthy food. Then
why healthy food should be
the food sellers can change what they sold at school.
sell to a healthier style. It may take
some time to change things.
Step 2
If our principal agrees, we will call a meeting with the food sellers.
We will: Send us:
1. A report, with photographs if you can, to tell us:
(a) How your meeting with the principal went.
1. Explain that 2. Make copies of 3. Explain that 4. Ask the food sellers What did the principal say?
we do not want the healthy food we are going to to add more healthy
to stop their information in educate learners (b) How your meeting with the food sellers
snacks to their stalls.
businesses. this Unit Guide about healthy went. What did the food sellers say?
Show them the
for them to take snacks. information about (c) How did learners respond to the idea of
home with them. food in this Unit Guide. getting healthy snacks sold at school? What
did they say?
2. A report that tells us if anything changed as
7. Ask them to 6. Ask if they 5. Discuss the cost of buying a result of your project. Also explain what
meet us again are prepared to healthy snacks and how challenges you faced and how you tried to find
to find out how try some of the much the sellers will sell solutions to them.
much healthy food healthy snacks for them for. Will they make
they sold. one week. enough profit? Will learners See page 41 for the contact person in your
be able to afford them? province to send your project in.
< 16 > < 17 >We can prevent
Unit Guide
2
w?
Did you kno
many illnesses
Buddyz, we are going
to learn about different germs, Together, diarrhoea
and how they are passed on. We’re (running tummy)
also going to learn how to protect and pneumonia Covid-19: the virus that
ourselves from getting, or passing (lung illness) cause changed our lives this year
Activity
on, harmful germs. more than 20% of
1
We can wash
deaths of children
under the age of
Covid-19 is from a family of Corona
viruses. It has turned out to be
a very dangerous virus, as we all
harmful germs away five. Many of these
deaths can be
know. Covid-19 spread quickly
around the world.
Buddyz, explain what is happening
prevented simply The virus enters a person’s body
When we wash our hands with clean water and with Covid-19 in this picture.
by regular hand- through the mouth, nose and eyes.
soap for 20 seconds, we wash away some common,
washing with soap. Covid-19 can live on surfaces for
harmful germs.
several hours. You could have the
Be junior community health workers and share the virus on your hands and when you
good news about how handwashing with soap can touch your face, the virus can get
keep us healthy. into your body. That is why people
Solutions wear masks with three layers of
Step 1 Stand in a circle and pretend to cloth. That is why we need to wash
our hands for 20 seconds often
wash your hands so that you wash Cold, flu (including the Covid-19 virus), This is how we can prevent passing
and with soap. Soapy water kills
germs away. Step 3 pneumonia and TB germs are passed on, or catching harmful germs:
Covid-19.
on when we do things like this:
Make a Buddyz Beat the Germs,
Step 2 Did you all wash your hands
song and dance to go with the
Cough and sneeze without covering
our mouths.
Cough and sneeze into your elbow
or shoulder.
Lockdown!
like this? Always use To try to stop the virus spreading,
soap and correct way to wash hands. Kiss someone on the face or lips when Do an elbow bump, bow, do a toe-
water. sick. touch, or create another way to say our government stepped in with
a lockdown. We had to try to
Step 4 ‘hi’.
keep at least a 1.5 metre distance
Shake hands and then touch our faces. Stay a metre away from people when
Chat about what health conditions you are sick. from each other. We could not go
out except for essential things,
1 2 3 can be prevented when we wash Sneeze onto an object that somebody When you are sick, or have contact
our hands with soap before or after else picks up. with a sick person, try to avoid like groceries. We learned to
touching your nose, eyes and mouth. appreciate our essential workers,
doing certain things? Then read the After contact, wash your hands for 20
like nurses, nurse assistants,
Did you know? on page 19. seconds with soap.
hospital cleaners and doctors.
Share bottles, cups or eating utensils. Mark your own water bottle and
don’t share with others. »» How did you feel during
Share food, or feed a baby or someone Avoid sharing food when sick. the lockdown?
else when we are sick. Let’s »» What rules during the
Unit Guide A chat
5 6 ctivity! Gastroenteritis germs cause vomiting, How to prevent gastroenteritis: lockdown did you find
4 Earn 250 po
ints!
running tummy and stomach pains.
easy, and which did you
Be so lution s
The germs are passed on when we Wash your hands after doing these find difficult to stick to?
eekers!
don’t wash our hands after we do things:
things like this: »» Which of the lockdown
• go to the toilet health rules do you
• touch animals think we should always
• handle money, garbage or rotten
food practice?
Act out a solution to one of • change a baby’s nappy.
the health problems in the Gastroenteritis germs are passed on Wash your hands before doing these #Buddyzsaythankyou!
7 8 9 ‘Solutions’ table. Be polite and
7 when we don’t wash our hands before
we do things like this:
things:
Choose someone, or a place that
give facts to convince someone you would like to say thank you for
• prepare food and cook
to do things differently so as not • eat how they helped you, your family
to pass on their germs. Present • play with a baby or community during lockdown.
your acts to an audience at • help a baby, a person with a
disability, or an elderly person.
Give or send your letter to them.
school. Send us photos.
< 18 > < 19 >TB: Test, treat, cure and prevent
Activity 2 Symptoms of TB
Illnesses that can be passed on from one person to another are called The nurse is nice Maria and Papa learn about TB
communicable diseases. Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious communicable The nurse invited them to sit down in a small, private ‘Most people think you only get TB in your lungs,’ the
health condition. It can be cured. It can be prevented. office. nurse told them. ‘But, it is possible to have TB in any
‘Tell me why you are here,’ she said in a gentle voice. part of your body.’ ‘I didn’t know that,’ said Papa,
Read Maria’s story about having TB. And then discuss: scratching his head.
‘Because Papa said I must come,’ said Maria. The
1. What symptoms did Maria have that made her friend Boitumelo nurse gave a little smile. Maria had a TB skin test. If Maria had been coughing
Let’s
and her father worried about her? What symptoms did the for more than two weeks, the nurse would have told
‘You have a father who
nurse ask about? her to also have an X-ray to
chat 2. What do you think of how Boitumelo, Maria’s father, the nurse
cares about you,’ she
said. ‘He did the right
check if she had TB in her
and Maria’s brother, Joe, dealt with the situation? lungs.
thing.’ Maria glanced at
3. What do you think might have happened if Maria, her father Papa. He patted Maria’s ‘And now,’ said the nurse to
and brother did not go on treatment and stick with it? hand. Papa, ‘I need you to also have
a TB test. And please ask
‘What are your
Maria’s brother to come in for
symptoms?’ asked the
Maria is not the same as usual
a test, too.’
nurse. Maria looked
puzzled. Later, Maria’s father and older
‘Why aren’t you in your running shorts?’ Boitumelo ‘I’m so tired, Papa,’ replied Maria. ‘I just want to go lie brother, Joe, had spit TB tests.
‘Tell nurse how you are
asked Maria after school. They did cross-country down.’ They also tested positive for
feeling,’ said Papa.
running together. TB. They all went to the clinic
‘You only eat a tiny amount of food at meal times. Your ‘I feel very tired all the together to learn about the
‘I’m too tired to run,’ replied Maria with a sad sigh. ‘I’m lunch box is still half full when I open it to wash it,’ said time,’ said Maria. ‘I don’t treatment so that they could be
even too tired to walk home. My rucksack feels like it Papa. ‘Something’s not right.’ He put his pliers in his even go to cross- country cured.
weighs a ton.’ toolbox, dusted his hands off and closed the box. He anymore.’ Her eyes
‘You keep telling me about removed Maria’s rucksack from her back. welled up with tears.
feeling tired and weak,’ ‘Come,’ he said. ‘After I’ve washed my hands, we’re Maria gets her mojo back
‘It’s okay, Maria,’ said the nurse. ‘I’m here to help
said Boitumelo. She put her going straight to the clinic.’ you.’ Maria did have TB. She started treatment and stuck
arm around her friend’s ‘I’m too tired,’ said Maria. to it for 6 months. She had to miss school for two
‘Maria has lost weight,’ said Papa.
shoulder. ‘What’s going weeks. After that the TB medicine stopped her from
‘Jump on my back,’ said Papa. ‘I’ll give you a ride.’ ‘I don’t feel like eating like I used to,’ said Maria. ‘And
on?’ passing the TB on to other
‘Just like when I was little?’ said Maria. last night, I got very sweaty, like I had a fever. Am I people. Her teachers
Maria shrugged her
‘Yes, just like that,’ said Papa, with a smile. going to die?’ helped her keep up with
shoulders and sighed.
‘Well,’ said the nurse with a smile, ‘We are all going her schoolwork. And, you
‘I don’t know,’ said Maria.
to grow old and die eventually. But you are going to be will be happy to know, she
‘What if I never have energy again?’
alright. I think you might have TB. So I want you to is back to cross-country
‘You must tell your father,’ said Boitumelo, in an urgent have a TB test. If you do have TB, and you stick to running with Boitumelo.
voice. ‘Please, tell your father.’ your medicines exactly how I tell you to, you’re going And, she loves eating all of
to be doing cross-country running again soon.’ her food.
Maria’s father gets worried Maria wiped away the tears running down her cheek.
Maria’s father was mending their garden gate when ‘Thank you,’ she said. ‘I was so worried. Now I am
she arrived home. feeling much better.’
‘Why aren’t you at cross-country running, Maria?’ he
asked. ‘You’ve missed it for three weeks now.’
< 20 > < 21 >Activity 3 How to pevent TB TB is a harmful
germ called a bacteria.
Here, let me give you some
TB can only be cured when people stick with
facts about TB.
the full course of treatment that takes 6
Step 1 Signs of TB:
months.
• Very tired all
Make a list of the signs of TB that you learnt from Maria’s the time
TB can be cured. But if we don’t stick to our
•
story in Activity 2. treatment, we can spread it to other people
•
• and we can get even more sick and even die.
Step 2
Read about how TB is passed on.
TB facts
How TB is spread • TB treatment usually lasts for 6 months.
We must only stop treatment when the • Sometimes, when people start to
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by germs that are nurse or doctor says we can. They do feel better, they stop taking their
spread from person to person through the air. These tests to check that the TB is gone. medicine. This is dangerous. TB germs
germs are spread when a person with TB coughs, • People stop being infectious within two will grow and you will remain sick for
sneezes, speaks or sings. TB usually affects the lungs. weeks of starting treatment. a longer time. The TB germs may also
But it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the become resistant to the medicines you
• A person with TB can protect
brain, the kidneys, and the spine. are taking and you may need new,
themselves and prevent spreading it to
others by taking their treatment as the different medicines to kill the
TB can be latent or active. Read about this on page 24. health worker says they must. This is TB germs.
called adherence. • All newborn babies get immunised
TB tests are free at clinics and so is the medicine. from TB with a vaccination at baby
• There can be side effects to TB
treatment, such as rashes, nausea and clinics.
vomiting. Stick to your treatment.
And contact your health worker
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
immediatelty if you experience any side
effects.
Germs can travel
through the air
and into your Step 4
body through Reminder:
your mouth and 1. Get into groups of five. Each of you takes on one Monday 8am
Tuesday 8am
nose. of these roles: Maria, Boitumelo, Papa, Joe and the Wednesday 8am
nurse. Make a drama to show how the characters can Thursday 8am
Friday 8am
encourage and support each other to stick to their TB Saturday 8am
treatment. While you create your drama, think about: Sunday 8am
• Ways to remember taking TB medicine correctly.
• How not to stigmatise (be horrible to) anyone
about having TB.
Step 3 • How to make people feel okay about having
1. Read the information about sticking to treatment on TB and how to encourage them to take their
the next page. medicine.
2. What new knowledge did you learn about today? 2. Present your adherence (sticking to treatment) drama
to the whole club.
3. What questions do you have about TB? Where can you
get more correct information from? 3. Maybe you can present your dramas to other children
at school?
< 22 > < 23 >Activity 4 Let’s get our community TB free!
Step 3
TB can be cured. TB can be prevented. When
all of us practice healthy hygiene actions Find out what a Buddyz Club did about TB.
all of the time, we will help to prevent TB What is latent TB?
and other harmful germs, like colds and flu, Latent TB infection is when
from being passed on. When we understand The Ditlhake Buddyz in Koffiefontein decided to take action
a person infected with TB
latent TB, we will realise that these hygiene bacteria does not feel sick around TB. They discussed what to do. They chose to spread
actions are important for ALL of us to practice and has no symptoms. This five important messages:
ALL of the time. It’s important that we share means the TB bacteria are
what we learn in our school, family and inactive in their body. When #Cough into your elbow
ur hands
communities. they are inactive the TB
bacteria do not multiply or #Always wash yo
Step 1
cause the person’s immune
#Open your windows to let germs fly out #Love and care for
system to be weak. A person
with latent TB cannot
people who have TB
Read about latent TB. Chat about this: what does
the information make you think about, and want spread TB germs to other
to do? people.
However, if these bacteria
Step 2 become active, they will
multiply and the person will
Read the information about how to prevent get sick with TB.
TB from being passed on by following healthy
for a test
hygiene actions.
#Go to the clinic
have TB
if you think you
Healthy hygiene actions
Here are some things we should all
all the time:
• Wash our hands often.
• Cough and sneeze into our elbow, not onto our hand.
• Try to sneeze, cough or spit into a tissue or toilet Be junior community health workers and spread
y!
Unit Guide Activit
paper. Throw the used tissue or toilet paper into a bin. information about TB so that:
• Cover your mouth and turn your head away from Earn 250 points! • E veryone knows the facts about how TB is spread
and about latent TB.
oo l
people when you cough, sneeze or spit.
Let’s ma ke o u r sch
• Keep windows open so germs can blow away. Fresh air • People know how to prevent it.
free
a nd com mu n ity TB
and sunlight will kill TB germs. • People go for a test if they have any symptoms for TB.
• Keep windows open in taxis, trains and buses to ensure • Everyone knows that they must stick to the treatment
good air circulation. all the way through or they won’t be cured of TB.
• If you have a cough, cold or flu, cover your mouth and • People are kind to each other and support those of us
nose. Wear a mask when you are in a crowded place. with TB to stick to our TB treatment.
Send us a report to tell us what you did.
< 24 > < 25 >When those of us with HIV stick
to our treatment, we can live
healthy lives Communicable health conditions
Tuberculosis (TB) is chronic because it lasts a long time, and
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is chronic because it
Activity
cannot be cured. TB and HIV are health conditions that are
5 HIV medicines can control HIV, communicable. Communicable means that you can pass them
but not cure it
on to other people if you have them.
People who live with chronic (lifelong) illnesses, such as
diabetes (sugar), high blood pressure (BP), and HIV, have
to take medicines throughout their lives. These conditions
can be treated, but not cured.
HIV can be controlled but it cannot
Step 1
Read the information on these pages.
be cured
HIV is a virus passed on through certain body fluids. We will
discuss these in a later activity. HIV can be tested for, and treated,
but it cannot be cured. There is not yet a vaccination for HIV. HIV can be brought
under control through HIV medicines called antiretrovirals (ARVs). The medicines
What are chronic health conditions? stop the virus from increasing in your body and making you sick.
Chronic health conditions are serious health conditions that ARVs can make the HIV undetectable in a blood test, even though the virus is still
either last for a long time, or forever. Diabetes (sugar), heart there. We know the virus is still there, because when people who stop taking their
problems and epilepsy are examples of non-communicable ARVs go for a test, the HIV shows up again.
chronic health conditions (NCDs). You cannot pass them on,
and you cannot catch them from someone. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): for people at high risk of
getting HIV
Pre means BEFORE. With PreP, the second P stands for taking a prophylaxis (a
preventive medicine), such as antiretroviral (ARV) medicine, to prevent getting HIV.
See, the word prevent also has pre in it! So does the word prepare. Which means
to be ready before something, such as, prepare for a test.
PreP are ARVs for people who don’t have HIV, but are at risk of getting it.
Someone who is in an abusive relationship is at high risk of getting HIV. They can
go on PreP.
Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP): emergency medicine
PEP is for taking emergency medicine AFTER having a high risk HIV contact. The
word post here means after. For example, a health worker can take PEP after they
have accidentally pricked themselves with a needle. Rape survivors should also
take PEP to prevent getting HIV from the rapist. People must start PEP within 72
hours after the incident happened.
< 26 > < 27 >ARVs keep us strong
Zoxo’s HIV story
Step 2
‘I once did a very risky thing that I regret,’ said Zoxo. The health care worker told Zoxo to stay calm.
The CD4 cells in our immune system are important because they help ‘I went to a party, drank alcohol, danced and flirted with
fight off harmful germs. The HI virus targets and kills CD4 cells. ‘You will start on antiretroviral medicines,’ she said.
a person at the party.’
‘Take them exactly as we tell you.
• Look at the picture to understand how ARVs work. The next thing Zoxo Do not ever stop taking them. You
• What happens to the HIV when people living with HIV take ARVs? remembered was waking up next will need to get them from the clinic
• How do ARVs help build a strong immune system again? to the person he had flirted with. every month or so.’
He’d had sex without a condom.
The nurse gave Zoxo a double
He couldn’t believe it. He knew
thumbs-up. ‘On ARVs, you will live a
that he had put himself at risk of
long and healthy life!’
How ARVs reduce the amount of HIV in our body HIV and other infections.
Zoxo started taking them
‘After a few weeks, I knew I
immediately.
HIV had to have an HIV test and
test for sexually transmitted
infections,’ said Zoxo. ‘The test
6. When a person
takes ARVs and came back positive. I was so
sticks to the angry with myself.’
treatment, the
1. Healthy ARVs reduce the
2. HIV attacks 3. HIV 4. HIV destroys 5. HIV finds
amount of HIV
Zoxo’s ARV story
CD4 cell the CD4 cell increases and kills the more CD4 cells
and they can
CD4 cells to destroy
have healthy CD4
cells again
A few weeks after the party Seven years later
Zoxo starts taking Zoxo starts to get sick and doesn’t get well
Step 3 Read Zoxo’s story on the opposite page and then discuss ARV treatment now again. He gets TB. Zoxo’s immune system
the following points: that he knows, from is getting weaker.
the tests, that he is
• Zoxo’s general wellbeing, and his attitude to having HIV.
Eight years later
HIV+. Zoxo’s immune
• Zoxo’s immune system, including his CD4 count. system is strong.
The CD4 count is the amount of protector cells the blood has. The Zoxo isn’t living a normal life anymore. He is weak
lower the count is, the weaker the immune system. and sick and unhappy.
Five years later The HIV does not
• Zoxo’s HIV viral load
Zoxo is taking ARVs respond to ARVs
The HIV viral load is how much of the HI virus is in the blood. The
exactly how the nurse when Zoxo tries to
higher the HIV viral load is, the more HIV there is in the blood.
told him to. He is fit go onto them again.
• Zoxo’s adherence to (sticking to) ARV treatment, and how the and healthy all this Zoxo is ill most of the
ARVs helped his viral load go down. time. time. He wishes he
om
nd listened to the nurse.
Co
Six years later Zoxo goes back to
Step 4 Zoxo gets tired of taking ARVs. He thinks he is
the clinic. The nurse
Safe sex is welcomes him back.
Make a drama, a dance or a song to explain to other cured of HIV. He stops taking ARVs. Zoxo’s immune
children why those of us living with HIV must stick with our sex with a system is getting weak.
He starts TB treatment and he goes back onto
ARVs. Slowly, Zoxo is recovering.
ARV treatment forever. condom.
< 28 > < 29 >Activity 6 Mama asks Noma for a chat
Discuss these questions:
1. How did you feel and what did you think about when reading the
Let’s
‘Noma, come,’ said Noma’s mother, patting the sofa. ‘Do I have HIV?’ asked Noma. story?
She handed Noma a cup of rooibos tea and a chocolate
chat
‘No, darling, you don’t have HIV,’ replied Mama. ‘When 2. What do you think about Mama telling Noma that she is HIV
biscuit – Noma’s favourite. ‘I’d like to chat with you
I was pregnant with you, I went for an HIV test and
about something.’ positive?
that is how I found out I have HIV. The nurses and
‘Sure, Mama,’ said Noma, who loved a special biscuit doctors looked after me very well. They started me 3. How did Noma feel after Mama told her?
treat. on ARVs to prevent me passing HIV on to you during 4. Why is it important that Noma respects her mother’s request about
my pregnancy, your birth and sharing the information about her HIV status?
‘Noma, you have heard about
when I breastfed you. I have
HIV, haven’t you?’ asked 5. Why must Mama always take her antiretroviral medicines every
been taking my ARVs ever
Mama. day? This is called adherence to medicines. Read the information in
since then.’
‘Yes,’ replied Noma. ‘We Activity 5 if you need to remind yourself.
‘Mama, I’m so glad you’ve
learn about it at school. 6. What will make it more difficult, and what will make it easier, for
told me about having HIV,
Why?’
said Noma. She and Mama Mama to remember to take her ARVs every day?
‘I have HIV,’ said Mama. hugged.
Noma tilted her head on one
‘I’ve told you that I am
side, listening carefully.
HIV+,’ said Mama. ‘If you
‘So long as I take my decide you would like to talk
antiretroviral medicines to another person you trust Create your own circle of trust
every day,’ said Mama, ‘I about it, please tell me first.’ It can be very difficult to decide who you can trust with
will stay healthy and fit, just important information. Use a circle of support to help
‘I will, Mama,’ replied Noma.
as I am now.’ you decide who you can trust.
‘Thank you for trusting me.
Noma also thought about how You don’t have to hide your
healthy her mother was. medicines anymore. I can
They went jogging every help you remember to take
Saturday morning. Noma them every day.’ 1
found it difficult to keep up with Mama’s pace. I trust
‘Oh, that makes me feel 5 someone
Noma thought about how, in the mornings, very happy, my darling!’ said
who... 2
through the doorway to Mama’s bedroom, Mama and she gave Noma a I would
she often saw Mama climb on a stool to get big bear hug. stop trusting I trust
something from the top cupboard. Once, Noma someone them
‘Now, how about another who... because...
asked her about it. illustration
chocolate biscuit,’ said Mama Who do I
Mama had looked startled and said, ‘Oh, it’s with a wink.
trust?
where I keep my vitamins.’ 4 3
‘Do you keep your antiretrovirals in the top What What
cupboard in your room?’ asked Noma. information I information I
‘Yes, you clever little detective,’ laughed Mama. cannot trust can trust them
them with... with...
< 30 > < 31 >Activity 7 Buddyz know how to prevent HIV Activity 8 Be kind to yourself.
Be kind to others.
HIV can live in your body fluids: blood, semen (in
boys) and vaginal fluids (in girls), and breast milk. Protection during blood
The semen and vaginal fluids are passed on if you It is everyone’s duty to encourage and support
transfusions those of us who have to take medicines every day.
have unprotected sex. When people living with HIV
Be kind
When people lose a lot of blood, Adherence to our medicines helps us live normal
take antiretroviral medicines (ARVs), they protect like in a car accident, or after a bad
themselves from getting ill and they protect others and healthy lives, just like everyone else.
injury, they might need a blood
from getting HIV from them. transfusion. The South African Before you speak
National Blood Service (SANBS) 1. Why it does not help anyone to look down on
Step 1: Let’s know the facts about HIV checks all blood that people donate (stigmatise) people with chronic health conditions? Before you speak, let your words
to make sure it does not have
Know your facts about how HIV is passed on, and 2. Why does it not help a person to have self-stigma pass through three gates.
viruses and germs in it.
how it can be prevented. Discuss each paragraph. because of having a chronic health condition?
At the first gate, ask yourself,
Explain the reasons for each point to each other to 3. Create a drama with a ‘be kind’ message to present at ‘Is it true?’
make sure you understand the science an assembly. Use these points to help you plan your
behind HIV prevention. presentation. At the second gate, ask yourself,
Protection for moms and babies • Present information about a chronic health ‘Is it necessary to say this?’
When pregnant, and when giving birth, condition and how it should be treated. At the third gate, ask yourself,
Protection from blood spills
women living with HIV should take ARVs to • Make it clear that the health condition is normal, ‘Is it kind?’
HIV lives in cells in your blood. If someone gets hurt
protect their babies from being born HIV+. and nothing to stigmatise anyone about.
and bleeds, even if they are your best friend, ask – Sufi saying
them to press a clean piece of cloth against their Babies of HIV+ mothers are given ARVs at • Reach your audience’s hearts, so they care and want
wound. Then get help. birth to prevent any HIV from their mother’s to do something positive to support those of us
People who need to touch the wounded person, blood growing in their blood. Mothers living with chronic health conditions.
such as first aid helpers, must wear latex gloves for continue taking ARVs for the rest of their
lives. • Show a positive way to encourage and support a
protection. person with a chronic health condition.
Important: We must think of all blood as being Good news! These days, because of ARVs,
very few babies are born HIV+.
• Remember, it is always best to ask a person
infected. We must not touch someone else’s blood,
no matter who they are. HIV can’t get through your
what kind of help they would like before doing
Breastfeeding a baby is safe for an HIV+ something for them.
skin unless you have a cut. mother as long as she doesn’t give her baby
OR
anything else for 6 months, not even water.
Make posters about being kind to put up around your
school.
Protection during sex
People who have sex should always use
om NEVER share these things
condoms with every sexual partner. They y!
Co
nd
can prevent passing on, or getting, HIV Do not ever share things like Unit Guide Activit
in this simple way. Condoms also protect injecting needles, razor blades and Earn 250 points!
people from sexually transmitted infections, toothbrushes. They can get blood
Why be kind?
hepatitis and unplanned pregnancy. on them. If HIV-infected blood gets
into the other person, they could get
infected with HIV.
Step 2: Lights, sound and drama action!
Send us poems you have written, and that you
In small groups, imagine you are the first aid team at school. Create asked children at your school to write, about
an imaginary situation where someone injures themselves. They are this topic: Why be kind?
bleeding badly. Show how you will handle the situation by being kind You can send the poems on voice notes and
and caring to the patient and protecting yourselves from HIV. email or send them in another way to us.
< 32 > < 33 >po ints!
Project! Earn 500
#ha ppych ildren Step 3
Explain about different parts of wellbeing to the Children have the right to:
children who say yes to an interview. You need to • Be loved and cared for
remind yourselves about children’s rights. Read
This year, we learnt about wellbeing. • Be respected and listened
the rights and discuss how each one is linked to
We know that our physical, intellectual, to
children’s wellbeing and happiness. Remember,
emotional and social wellbeing go together. with each right we also have responsibilities with • Be protected
We also know that being happy is part of how we behave. Talk about this too. • Education
wellbeing. In this project, your club will find
ways to spread happiness among children at
your school. Remember to ask your principal’s Step 4
permission to do your project.
1. Read the example.
2. Decide how many, and which grades, of school
children you want to interview. You need
Step 1 to interview enough children to be able to Grade R: 10 children (B
1. Make a Buddyz circle. give weight to your research findings. In the ruce and Sibongile)
example, they plan to interview 80 children Grade 1: 10 children (K
2. Each Buddy takes a turn to amal and Hlengiwe)
altogether.
complete this phrase. In the first Grade 2: 10 children (R
School happiness survey
time around the circle, link your 3. Arrange yourselves in pairs made up of an ixile and Amogelang)
response to physical wellbeing: older and a younger Buddy. When you do the Grade 3: 10 children (K
Thank you for agreeing to do the happiness
survey. interviews, take turns to take notes and be
atlego and Sibusiso)
I feel happy when… We hope the results will help everyone know
what to do the interviewer. Grade 4: 10 children (W
3. Then go around the circle three
to make our school a happier place to learn
and play.
andile and Anelise)
You do not have to give your name.
4. Plan your survey work: Grade 5: 10 children (B
more times for each of these: ongi and Mpho)
(a) which pairs will do which surveys?
4. I have intellectual / emotional / I am a girl
Grade 6: 10 children (P
social wellbeing when...
boy I don’t want a gender label (b) where and how will you do the surveys? eter and Ona)
I am in Grade I am
(c) when will you have all the surveys Grade 7: 10 children (T
years old
completed?
anita and Lelethu).
What exercise would you enjoy having at
school?
Step 2
Interview each other using the Step 5
School Happiness Survey. Then make
Before you do the interviews, decide on your
copies to do interviews with more
What would help you learn better at scho club’s interviewing rules. Here are some examples:
children in your school. Keep copies ol?
of all your survey forms so that
you can show them to the school
governing body.
Interview rules
What would help you to be happier socia
lly at school? • We will listen to and write down what children have to say
without discussing, judging, or changing what they say.
• We won’t argue with each other during the interview.
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