4. Situation Cards

The elderly lady who runs the shop comes out to see what has happened. Situation 1 A gang of Year 6 children has congregated outside the local corner shop. The 2 girls are shouting and swearing at one another, while the remaining 4 boys are trying to push each other into the road. A man using a walking stick leaves the shop and trips over one of the boy’s feet, spilling his shopping onto the pavement. The elderly lady who runs the shop comes out to see what has happened.

A mother wheels her 2-year-old baby into the park. Situation 2 A group of teenagers are hanging around a local park. One of them is writing on the swings, while the other is kicking the litter bin attempting to open it. A mother wheels her 2-year-old baby into the park.

Situation 3 There are a group of seventeen-year-old children throwing stones at the windows of an empty house. They are making a lot of noise and some are trying to smash through the locked door. A group of younger children have now come over and they also begin to throw stones at the empty house. There is an elderly couple that lives next door to the empty house. Not long after, all the windows are smashed in the empty house, so the children begin to throw stones at the elderly couple’s house.

Situation 1 Questions What behaviour is inappropriate within the scene? What possible dangers can you spot in the scene? Why do you think the girls are shouting and swearing? What do you think happened to the man with the walking stick? How does the lady feel as she approaches the gang? How could this situation be improved?

Situation 2 Questions What behaviour is inappropriate within the scene? What reasons can you give why the teenager is writing on the swings? What will happen if the other teenager continues to kick the bin? How does the mother feel as she enters the park? How could this situation be improved?

Situation 3 Questions What behaviour is inappropriate within the scene? What possible dangers can you spot in the scene? Why do you think the children are throwing stones at the empty house? How do you think the elderly couple who lived next door was feeling? Why do you think the younger children started to throw stones at the house?