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Description

Stay healthy and happy by finding a balance between static screen and active green time in this fast paced game.

Resources

You will need
A4 paper
Coloured pens or pencils

Instructions

Before you begin
Print enough ‘Green time’ sheets for everyone. You could also use plain paper and ask everyone to create their own trees – they could draw or collage with natural materials.
Chat about screen and green
Everyone should think of activities they do that involve screens. It’s not just watching TV – gaming, watching films, and being online all count too.
Everyone should think of activities they do that could be considered ‘green time’. They should think about things that involve being physically active, being outdoors, or ideally both.
Everyone should chat about why it’s important to have a balance of activities. Why’s it important to have green time as well as screen time?
Play the game
Two people should volunteer to be ‘chasers’.
Two chasers is about right for between 15 and 20 players. If you have a different number of players, adjust the number of chasers.
Everyone else should move around the space as though they were enjoying ‘green time’. They should pretend to move in different ways – they could run, hop, skip, jump, or swim.
The chasers should try to catch and tag the players.
If a player’s tagged by the chaser, they’re on screen time. They should sit down and pretend to look at a device with a screen.
Everyone else should continue to move around and avoid the chasers. They should try to free the players on screen time by touching their shoulder (or saying ‘green’).
The person leading the game should decide when the chasers switch (or add more). Everyone should keep playing until they’ve had plenty of green time and are ready for a rest!
Green time at home
Everyone should take a ‘Green time’ sheet.
Everyone should track their green time over the next week. They should draw a leaf on their tree every time they spend an hour doing an activity that doesn’t involve a screen. It only counts if it’s not during school time, and it’s great if it can involve moving or being outside.
People could decorate the leaves to represent activities, for example, sketching blue waves inside a leaf they drew to represent an hour they spent swimming.
Next time everyone meets, they should bring their sheets and everyone should talk about how they got on.

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• Adventure - Outdoor activity
• Digital Citizen - Time online
• Physical Recreation - Attitude
• Skills - Activity