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Teacher: Dominique Vandevorst

Use

of

bad and offensive language in break time at AIS.Slide2

Investigation into primary years students’ use of bad and offensive language in the playground as it relates to sharing break time with middle year students and work to improve primary students’ language use in school.

Are primary year students using bad and offensive language at break time?

How have they learned bad and offensive language use?

What can be done to improve primary students’ language use in school?

Needs assessment presentation

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All students

Parents\ carersTeachersTeacher assistants

CoordinatorsHead

Stakeholders:Slide4

Relevant facts:

Break time 1: 10.05am to 10.25am

Break time 2: 12.10pm to 12.30pm

Both breaks are shared break times for all primary and middle year students

Age range is between 5 years of age to 16 years of age.Slide5

Students were given a questionnaire with 5 open ended questions and 2 multiple choice questions.

The questions were regarding the use of bad and offensive language at break times.

Student questionnaires were given in class time for students to fill out and were collected by class teachers.

All questionnaires were anonymous.

Students’ questionnaires were then tabulated and summarized. Data collection method:Slide6

Data was collected from 50 primary year students.

Half of the students indicated that they used bad or offensive language sometimes

during break time. The majority of students said they had learned bad language from other students and almost half specified they had learned bad language from

older or middle year

students. Most of the students using or hearing bad language felt bad, guilty or sad. Three quarters of students made suggestions for what could be done to stop bad and offensive language in break time.

Findings and summary of data collected

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Goals:

Short term goals:

Stop bad and offensive language use in the playground during break time.Long term goals:

Change school culture so that bad and offensive language is not an acceptable option to communicate or express oneself during break time.

Change school culture so that student’s voices are heard regarding bad language issues.Slide8

Request principal change break time schedule so primary and middle year students have separate break times.Investigate language policy and code of conduct at school.

What are the consequences for bad \ offensive language use at school?Implement strict sanctions and consequences program for bad\offensive language use.Active reward system for positive and appropriate language use at school.

Action plan:Slide9

Students will learn to help out and make others and themselves

feel good about themselves by using spoken language in order to become

bucket fillers instead of

bucket dippers.

What is Bucket Filling?Actions or words that show that you care about someone. Saying

or doing something

kind

. Using names with

respect

. Giving sincere

compliments

. Showing respect to others. The language of bucket filling has become synonymous with being kind and thoughtful.

What is Bucket Dipping?

Making fun of someone.

Saying

or doing

unkind

things. Failing to show respect or being intentionally

disrespectful. This is a partial list of ways in which it's possible to dip into another's bucket. Another is bullying, the behavior that has become the essence of bucket dipping.

Bucket fillers: http://www.bucketfillers101.com Slide10

Summary:

From this investigation it is clear that students are effected and would like to see something done about the bad and offensive language use at AIS.

Long-term interventions are required to change students’ bad language use during break time. A possible intervention could

be bucket

filler program.The school needs a stronger language use policy during break time with consequences and sanctions which is followed up tightly by all AIS staff in partnership with parents \ carers. Slide11

Questions?