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Enrichment Activities
Teachers' Sheet
Activity 8 A Leaflet For
Children
Activity 9 Wanted! Panel
Members
Teachers' Sheet
Enrichment Activities
Activity:
Activity 8 - A Leaflet for Children
Activity 9 - Wanted! Panel Members
The following activities are provided to offer
additional work should time allow.
Aim:
To consolidate pupils' learning about the
Children's Hearings system.
Materials:
A copy of Activity sheets 8 and 9 for each
pupil. A4 scrap and plain paper for each group. Large
sheets of paper. Access to a computer and a graphics
program or coloured pens/pencils. Examples of information
leaflets made from one sheet of A4 paper (tourist leaflets
are good examples to use). Examples of recruitment
posters/picture adverts from newspapers/magazines.
Method:
Divide pupils into groups of four or
five.
Allocate sufficient time for the design process which
may be spread over a number of days. It might be useful to
set a deadline for completion and allow pupils to manage
their time to complete the task. Activity 9 can follow the
same process. You could invite the local authority panel
chair, who you can contact via the Authority Reporter, to
visit to explain the role of panel members and the skills
that they need.
Activity 8 - A Leaflet for
Children
There are no leaflets about the Children's Hearings
system left in school for teachers to hand out to pupils.
The task for your group is to design a leaflet about the
Children's Hearings system which could be used by pupils at
your school. To keep the cost down, all the information
should fit on to one sheet of A4 paper.
You will need to think about three things:
1. the style of the leaflet - how you will use the sheet
of paper
2. the content of the leaflet - what you will put into
it
3. the layout and design of the leaflet - will you use
boxes/pictures/colour?
Planning your leaflet
1. Style
Each member of the group should take a piece of A4 scrap
paper and try folding it in a number of different ways.
Agree which way is the best for your leaflet. Remember that
it has to be easy to read!
You could fold the paper like this:
How have you decided to fold your paper?
How many sides do you have for your information?
2. Content
On your own, think about the three most important things
that you want other pupils to know about the Children's
Hearings system. Write them here.
Discuss your ideas with the rest of your group. List all
of the group's ideas on a large sheet of paper.
Can you think of any other information that the pupils
might need or is everything on the list?
3. Layout and design
Think about the layout of your leaflet.
Will you use a separate page for each piece of
information?
What drawings/graphics will you use?
Collect some information leaflets from the local library
to see how other people have designed their leaflets. You
can always copy a good idea!
Finally….
On a large sheet of paper list all of the jobs that need
to be done to turn your idea for a leaflet into a real
leaflet. Decide who will do each job - some may need one or
two people, others may need all of the group to be
involved. Think about who has the skills to carry out a
particular job.
GOOD LUCK!!
Activity 9 - Children's Hearings
System Poster
Each year the local authority advertises for new panel
members. The task for your group is to produce a poster
which will encourage people in your community to become
panel members. Think about:
- what the panel members do
- what skills they need to do this
- what makes their job good (
e.g. helping children and young
people).
When you design your poster remember to:
- give all the information that is needed
- use pictures and different colours
- try to arrange things in a bright and eye-catching
way.
Planning
1.In your group, discuss the information that needs to
be in the poster. Write down your ideas on a large sheet of
paper.
2. Now think about the size and shape of the poster, the
overall design, and the colours that will be used. Discuss
this in your group. You might like to try a number of
different designs and choose the best.
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