School life is free of major responsibilities and is more about self-development, bonding with friends, and identifying your talents. It is said that good friends and healthy activities make school days the happiest days of our lives.
Ask members if they agree with that sentiment?
Do they have happy memories of school?
What is different between then and now in terms of schooling?
Think about ...
- Ink pen versus biro
- Learning how to write versus learning how to type
- Working it out versus calculators
- Chalk board versus powerpoint
- Walking to school versus the school run
- Playing outside versus sat in front of an x Box
As this is more of a discussion-based CST activities session, encourage members to reminiscence and story-tell as you work through these slides. For example, ask members how to play the games or describe how objects worked.
Take care though and know a little about your members' lives before proceeding. Some may have had less happy school days. They may have been bullied or abused or life at home may have been difficult.
PS If you are broadcasting, if you click on the first picture a slider show will open.
If you are doing handouts, for me taking screenshots works best.
Idioms
Let's start with some idioms. Ask members to complete these well known phrases together, by way of a shout out ...
Put your thinking cap ON
Draw a BLANK
Back to BASICS
Pass with flying COLOURS
As easy as ABC
CopyCAT
Eager BEAVER
Show of HANDS
Learn something off by HEART
Times TABLES
BookWORM
The school of hard KNOCKS
A for EFFORT
Play HOOKY
School of THOUGHT
Text BOOK
Can't teach an old dog new TRICKS
BrainSTORM
Fill in the BLANKS
Learn the ROPES
Teach someone a LESSON
A fast LEARNER
In one ear, out the OTHER
Make the GRADE
Eleven PLUS
Teacher's PET
In The Playground
Name these ten school ground games?
Can anyone think of any others (for an extra point)?
Remember warm milk at break time?
What alternative was sometimes provided?
School Items
Name these items?
Can anyone think of any others (for an extra point)?
What was your school 'Tuck Shop' like?
What were your 'go to' treats?
How much pocket money did you used to get?
Sports Day
Name the sport or the sporting equipment?
Can anyone think of any others (for an extra point)?
What was your favourite school dinner and pudding?
What was the one meal you hated?
In The Park
Name the playground ride?
Can anyone think of any others (for an extra point)?
What was your favourite comic? What was your favourite comic character?
Movies & TV
Complete the movie titles:
'Tom *****'* ****** ****' (1951)
'The Belles Of ** ********' (1954)
'To Sir **** ****' (1967) Song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1qmmMwc9M
'The Prime Of **** **** ******' (1969)
'K**' (1969)
'Goodbye ** *****' (1939)
'Billy ******' (2000)
'G*****' (1978) Song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0DfsCzfq4&t=50s
'Harry ******' (2001)
Name the TV shows?
'G***** H***'
'B**** G****'
'The I*********'
Video Break
"Am I bovvered?" Lauren's French O'Level - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1zK8zRCPo
"Shut up!" Vicky's GCSE in History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVwtJyTDMwc
Songs
Complete the song titles and name the artists or bands?
'Wonderful *****' - S.C. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w
'The L****** S***' - S. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnlIHaAkuTU
'Schools Out *** ******' - A.C. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oo8QzDHimQ
'Another ***** ** *** ****' - P.F. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY&t=116s
'I Don't **** *******' - B.R. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kobdb37Cwc
'A**' - J.F. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aSjHnbw18
Can anyone think of any more?
Practical Activity
As this CST activities page is about a celebration of our younger selves, maybe wrap a tub of 'Celebrations' in layers of paper and play a game of 'Pass The Parcel'.
In The Playground
Jacks
Hide and seek
Conkers
Ring a ring of roses
Hula hoop
Blind man's bluff
Skipping
Leap frog
Marbles
Hop scotch
School Items
School bell
Pencil sharpener
Ink well
Chalk board
Daps or Pumps
Satchel
Cap
Shorts (whatever the weather!)
Exercise book
NHS glasses
Sports Day
Rounders
Wheelbarrow race
Sack race
Three legged race
Egg and spoon race
Apparatus
Gym bench
Horse
Gymnasics
In The Park
Roundabout
Swings & See saw
Rocking horse
Slide
Climbing frame
Witches hat
Movies & TV
'Tom Brown's School Days' (1951)
'The Belles Of St Trinians' (1954)
'To Sir With Love' (1967)
'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie' (1969)
'Kes' (1969)
'Goodbye Mr Chips' (1939)
'Billy Elliot' (2000)
'Grease' (1978)
'Grange Hil'
'Byker Grove'
'The Inbetweeners'
Songs
'Wonderful World', Sam Cooke
'The Logical Song', Supertramp
'Schools Out For Summer', Alice Cooper
'Another Brick In The Wall', Pink Floyd
'I Don't Like Mondays', Boomotwn Rats
