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1. The Three Key Principles
Choose from the following 4 activities or complete them all!:
Suggested Method:
Write the three key principles onto 3 large sheets of paper and arrange them in a large triangle around your room/space: Respect the interests of other people, Care for the environment and Take responsibility for your own actions.
Brainstorm examples of responsible behaviour, using local issues and the group’s own experiences. You could use the poster notes, photo cards or Know the Code! leaflet for help.
From the children’s brainstorm, state a responsible behaviour in the outdoors and challenge the children to go and stand by the key principle they think it most relates to. For example ‘walking around the margins of a field of potatoes and not across the field through the crops’ could be ‘Respect the interests of other people’. The children may think that some examples could fit under more than one key principle and may wish to stand midway between two or even three. The key with this activity is the discussion that arises; therefore, it is not vital that the children get the ‘right’ answer. Alternatively (or as well), get the group to move around between the three key principles. When you say ‘stop’ each person chooses a key principle and can be challenged to think of an example that relates to it. For example, if they stand at ‘Care for the environment’, they could say ‘I’ll clear up and leave no trace of my picnic site’.