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Description

Recognise, discuss and understand bullying and its effects.(obstacles)

Resources

 A drum or something similar to make a clear sound.
 Items to use as obstacles, e.g. chairs, cutlery, tins

Instructions

Aim of Badge
To have a deeper understanding of friendship and how to conduct respectful relationships with others.

This Badge has 5 options of which 5 must be completed
The Obstacle
Introduction:
• Divide the room into two parts. Country A and Country B
• Ask the girls to stand along one wall.
• Leader sits down on a chair, (which is placed roughly in the middle of the room) drum in hand, with her back to the girls
• Tell the girls that the Leader lives in the very best country (A)
➢ It is everything anybody could wish for;
➢ it is warm and comfortable, about 25 degrees,
➢ you get lots of holidays,
➢ free ice-cream and constant attention to your needs
• The girls are told that they live in a country (B), which is
➢ cold, dark,
➢ the shops have nothing to sell
• They want to go to country (A) but to get there they must sneak in at night
• The Leader is not to hear them coming and they are not safe until everybody is across
• As soon as the Leader hears the slightest sound she will beat the drum.

• Even if someone has managed to get into country (A), everyone must go back and start all over again.
• When the Group has been successful once in getting across, the Leader puts an obstacle in the middle, for example, chairs in a mess, so that it will be harder to get into country (A). Now the girls have to climb over the obstacle or move it, without making a sound, to reach their goal.
• Once they have managed this the Leader can put things that rattle on top of the chairs, e.g. tins and cutlery. Arrange them so that they will fall down easily. Now the Group has to overcome this even more difficult obstacle, still being completely quiet, and the Leader sounds the alarm if she hears them.
• When the Group has managed this also, the Leader selects two or three girls to act injured who need help to get to country (A). Someone has only one leg and someone else has a broken arm. Depending on how it goes (some groups are successful, while others get discouraged), next time the Leader can give the Group a minute to plan how they think they could manage to get across.
Debriefing and Evaluation: Finish the activity by discussing:
How did it go? What was difficult?
How come it was easier some times and not others?
What feelings did the activity create?
Do you recognise the situation from somewhere else?
What would the real obstacles be?
Has anyone experienced wanting to get in somewhere but not being allowed to?



Acknowledgement/Source:
Health Promotion Pack 2003

Attachments/Template needed for activity? Yes

NOTE TO LEADER:
Beat the drum at the slightest sound from the very beginning. This will reduce speed and take away the feeling of competition. By the time you have put obstacles in their way and appointed girls to act injured, they are generally working well as a team and may need your support, so then you can be a little easier on them

Tags

• Healthy Friendship
• IGG
• immigration
• interest badge
• obstacles

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