Hello Wales! VotesforSchools is working alongside UNICEF UK to find out your views on a law that the Welsh government wants to change. Primary If you want more lessons like this you can find out more about VotesforSchools here or head to slide 24.

Today we are focusing on your right to be protected and safe! ©VotesForSchools2018 Starter: Healthcare Safety and protection Safety and protection Today we are focusing on your right to be protected and safe! Pair Activity (5 mins): Each picture is a clue for something you need to grow up healthy, happy and safe. Can you guess what you need? Click for answers… A place to live An education Image Source 1-iStock 2-https://pixabay.com/en/dentist-cartoon-doctor-robe-1396765/ 3- https://pixabay.com/en/cartoon-game-home-house-hut-2030057/ 4- https://pixabay.com/en/red-apple-food-isolated-health-3186556/ 5- https://pixabay.com/en/girls-children-kids-friends-young-462072/ 6- https://pixabay.com/en/mom-son-teddy-bear-love-hug-1363914/ Reference 1- Healthy food Did you know? You have a right to all of these things and 54 rights in total! The government has to protect your rights as much as they can to make sure you are healthy, happy and safe. Rights: Things you should be able to have or do. Time to relax and play

Should smacking your child ©VotesForSchools2018 Should smacking your child be illegal? Image Source 1-iStock Reference 1- This topic is about the use of physical punishment. If you need more guidance on the issues this topic raises or you want to speak to someone, go to the final slide.

Our learning journey for this week! Why are we talking about this? Parenting through the ages Can smacking be reasonable? Is the law fair to you? Image Source 1- Reference Vote! ©VotesForSchools2018

Why are we talking about this? ©VotesForSchools2018 Why are we talking about this? Scotland is in the process of changing its law. A parent or carer in England and Wales can physically punish their child (e.g. smack them) as long as it is ‘reasonable.’ This is what the law says. Ireland got rid of it in 2015. The Welsh government wants to get rid of this law so that physical punishment of children is always illegal. They want parents to use other ways to discipline their children because children are meant to be protected and safe. Question (3 mins) Is it ever OK to smack someone? Hand up vote. Yes No Maybe Reasonable: Sensible and fair based on good judgement. Physical punishment: A punishment that is meant to cause pain, e.g. smacking.

A punishment that is meant to cause pain, e.g. smacking. ©VotesForSchools2018 Why are we talking about this? Today, we are working with UNICEF UK to find out if you think the law about ‘reasonable’ punishment needs to go. If it did go, any physical punishment of a child (e.g. smacking) would become illegal all of the time. The results from your vote and any comments you send us will go straight to the Welsh Government, who really want to hear your thoughts. This is a chance to make a big difference to a real law! At the end of the lesson you can either share your thoughts directly with the Welsh consultation or email them to us at: rrsa@unicef.org.uk Images: 1- Unicef 2- https://twitter.com/welshgovernment Physical punishment: A punishment that is meant to cause pain, e.g. smacking.

Why are we talking about this? Our learning journey for this week! Why are we talking about this? Parenting through the ages Can smacking be reasonable? Is the law fair to you? Image Source 1- Reference Vote! ©VotesForSchools2018

Parenting through the ages ©VotesForSchools2018 Parenting through the ages Over the years parenting has changed and the rules have changed too! Pair Activity (5-10 mins) The government makes laws all the time to help keep you safe. Draw a timeline like the one below. Guess when these laws were made and plot them on your timeline. Law: A rule that everyone must follow. Adults can’t smoke in public places Children must wear seatbelts in cars Teachers can’t physically punish children Children can’t watch unsuitable films Images: 1- http://www.carseatsak.org/Links/index.cfm?fuseaction=FitInstallation 2 -https://pixabay.com/en/smoking-ban-shield-cigarette-1503076/ 3- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBFC_PG_2002.png 4- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBFC_U_2002.png Films- 1983 School physical punishment – 1987 Seatbelts – 1989 Smoking – 2007 1950 2018 2000 1960 1970 1980 1990 Go to the next slide for answers…

Do any of these dates shock you? ©VotesForSchools2018 Parenting through the ages - answers Law: A rule that everyone must follow. Children can’t watch unsuitable films Children must wear seatbelts in cars Teachers can’t physically punish children 1983 1989 Adults can’t smoke in public places 1987 Do any of these dates shock you? 2007 Images: 1- http://www.carseatsak.org/Links/index.cfm?fuseaction=FitInstallation 2 -https://pixabay.com/en/smoking-ban-shield-cigarette-1503076/ 3- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBFC_PG_2002.png 4- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BBFC_U_2002.png Films- 1983 School physical punishment – 1987 Seatbelts – 1989 Smoking – 2007 1950 2018 2000 1960 1970 1980 1990

Why are we talking about this? Our learning journey for this week! Why are we talking about this? Parenting through the ages Can smacking be reasonable? Is the law fair to you? Image Source 1- Reference Vote! ©VotesForSchools2018

Can smacking be reasonable? ©VotesForSchools2018 Can smacking be reasonable? Given time out Sent to your room Put on a naughty step Talked and explained to Individual Reflection (3 mins) Here are some examples of punishments that are not physical and don’t involve smacking. Have you heard of these different kinds of discipline before? Given a stern look Warned Images: 1- Had something taken away e.g. TV time Discipline: Training people to obey rules and punishing them for bad behaviour. Physical punishment: A punishment that is meant to cause pain, e.g. smacking. Told off

Group Activity (5-8 mins) ©VotesForSchools2018 Can smacking be reasonable? 1 Group Activity (5-8 mins) Imagine you are a parent. Discuss in groups what you would do in each of these 3 situations to change your child’s behaviour and let them know what they are doing is not OK. Write notes on what you would do. Your child bites another child in the park. 3 2 Your child keeps saying a rude word that you have told them to stop saying. Your child refuses to eat their dinner and throws it on the floor. Images: 1 -http://parentsforhealth.org/help-with-fussy-eating 2- http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/toddler/development/little-nippers-stopping-your-toddler-from-biting-20120606-1zw7h 3- https://pixabay.com/en/photos/shout/ Tip! Stuck for ideas? Use the bubbles from the previous slide!

Class Reflection (5 mins) Would this be a good thing? ©VotesForSchools2018 Can smacking be reasonable? S&C: Is it fair to make one rule about physical punishment? Class Reflection (5 mins) Reflect on the activity you did. If the parents of these children smacked them, would this be reasonable? Vote yes or no for each one. YES / NO YES / NO If the law changes in Wales, smacking would be illegal and parents could be in trouble for doing it. Would this be a good thing? What if a child was about to touch a hot stove and the parent smacked their hand away? Images: 1 -http://parentsforhealth.org/help-with-fussy-eating 2- http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/toddler/development/little-nippers-stopping-your-toddler-from-biting-20120606-1zw7h 3- https://pixabay.com/en/photos/shout/ 4- https://pixabay.com/en/emoji-face-crying-sad-2838557/ 5- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twemoji2_1f621.svg 6- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emojione_1F613.svg 7- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emojione_1F633.svg 8- https://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/6144729060 References: 1- YES / NO Reasonable: Sensible and fair based on good judgement. Children say physical punishment can make them feel sad, angry, embarrassed and confused. YES / NO

Our learning journey for this week! Why are we talking about this? Parenting through the ages Can smacking be reasonable? Is the law fair to you? Image Source 1- Reference Vote! ©VotesForSchools2018

Group Activity (4-8 mins) ©VotesForSchools2018 Is the law fair to you? 1 A child smacks another child for calling them a rude name. Group Activity (4-8 mins) Imagine these three things happened at your school. What you think should happen to the people in bold? Choose from the options underneath or write your own. 2 An adult smacks another adult in an argument. Ignored Images: 1- https://pixabay.com/en/hand-grey-ignore-sign-symbol-27250/ 2- https://pixabay.com/en/speech-icon-voice-talking-audio-2797263/ 3 Reported to the police A parent smacks their child for not handing in their homework. Told off/ spoken to Find out what would happen on the next slide under the current law…

Is the law fair to you? 1 3 2 Child smacks child Parent smacks child ©VotesForSchools2018 Is the law fair to you? S&C: Are adults setting a bad example by using physical punishment? 1 Child smacks child 3 Parent smacks child Number 1 would be dealt with by the school. It would be unacceptable. Number 3 would be reported, but the parent could say that the smack was reasonable. 2 Adult smacks adult Number 2 would be reported to the police. The adult could go to prison for this. Told off Ignored Images: 1- https://pixabay.com/en/school-building-education-property-295210/ 2- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Policewoman.svg Reported to police At the moment in England and Wales, adults have more protection from the law than children do when it comes to physical punishment. Is this fair?

Is the law fair to you? Class Debate (7-15 mins) ©VotesForSchools2018 Is the law fair to you? Class Debate (7-15 mins) Write out and stick these two statements at either end of the classroom. Take 2 minutes to decide which one you agree with the most and move to stand beside it. Then, in your new groups, spend 5 minutes thinking of the three best arguments you have for your side of the debate. Present them to the other team. Teacher: Decide which team had the strongest points! Physical punishment: A punishment that is meant to cause pain, e.g. smacking. Parents should be trusted to raise their children. If they want to use physical punishment they should be able to. The law does not need to be changed. All physical punishment is wrong. There are better ways to show someone their behaviour is bad. The law should be changed to make it illegal. Images: 1- https://pixabay.com/en/scales-justice-law-equal-fair-152494/ 2- https://pixabay.com/en/photos/stick/?cat=people 3- https://pixabay.com/en/cup-champion-nr1-winner-award-1614530/

Our learning journey for this week! Why are we talking about this? Is being a parent easy? Parenting through the ages Is the law fair to you? Image Source 1- Reference Vote! ©VotesForSchools2018

Career Launchpad! Learn more about…your rights! Class Activity (3 mins) Click the image to watch a video where child psychologists test children’s thoughtfulness. Career Launchpad! Learn more about…your rights! As a child, you have a total of 54 rights which you can find here. These are things every child in the world should have or be able to do. Before you go through them, make a list of what you think they could be, then check to see if you were right! Think about Article 19: “You have the right to be protected from harm.” Is there anything else the government could do to help make sure you are protected from harm and always safe? 0:00- 2:32 What is a child psychologist? Will you like it? If you want to learn about why children behave and feel the way they do, then you will find this career really interesting! You can study amazing things, like how children learn to lie to protect other’s feelings! What would you do? Spend time looking at children and testing them to see how they react to certain things. Give advice to teachers, parents and the government on how to support children to be healthy, happy and safe. How would you get there? You will need to get a degree in any subject so you will need good GCSEs and A-Levels, normally 3 Bs. You will then do a course after university to learn how to become a psychologist! Images: -1 https://openclipart.org/detail/261323/cartoon-moon-rocket-remix-2 http://viewpure.com/KD9-jnLD4lY?start=0&end=0 ©VotesForSchools2017

Should smacking your child be illegal? No Most parents are sensible and do not need the law to tell them what it right and wrong. Parents should be free to discipline their children how they want. Sometimes smacking is a reaction to something that words can’t respond to as quickly, e.g. smacking a hand away from a hot oven. There are more important laws that could be changed to keep children safe. … Image Source 1- Reference ©VotesForSchools2018

Should smacking your child be illegal? Yes Yes, all physical punishment is wrong and there are better ways to show someone they need to change their behaviour. If the law was changed, children would be safer and feel protected. If all forms of physical punishment were illegal, including smacking, parents wouldn’t do it as much because they would know it is wrong. Children can’t go around smacking other children so it doesn’t seem fair that parents can smack children. … Image Source 1- Reference ©VotesForSchools2018

Time to vote! (Instructions on how to vote for Welsh schools are on the next slide) ©VotesForSchools2018

How to vote and comment Email comments to: rrsa@unicef.org.uk or fill out the response form on the Welsh Government website. How to vote and comment Step 1 Teachers go to www.votesforschools.com Step 2 Click on Teacher Login (top right corner) Step 3 Login using these details Username: vote@walesprimary.com Password: pass1234 Step 4 Click on Manually Enter Results Step 5 Enter your year group and total number of girls, boys and n/a voting yes and no. Click submit. Step 6 A red warning box will appear asking if you are sure you want to submit your vote. Click submit results. Step 4 Step 5 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 6 ©VotesForSchools2018

What is VotesforSchools What is VotesforSchools? VotesforSchools holds weekly debates on issues happening right now in the news! Each week, we make lessons on everything from Donald Trump to mobile phones in schools. After the lesson, you can then vote online! We take your votes to the government, newspapers and other decision makers. You can find out more at www.votesforschools.com (Teachers: email matt@votesforschools.com) ©VotesForSchools2018

Pupils: If you want to talk to someone about the lesson today you can: Ask your teacher about speaking to someone at school Talk to someone you trust, like a parent, carer, teacher or family member Talk to someone at Childline for free on 0800 1111 The NSPCC has a 24/7 helpline if you are worried about a child. Images: 1- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childline Here’s the website with more information on the change in law on smacking. The NSPCC website gives you information on child protection. Teachers: Here are some helpful links for more information on the subject: ©VotesForSchools2018