SUMMER ACTIVITY PACK

1. SUMMER ACTIVITY PACK WEBSITES RESOURCES INFORMATION QUIZZES & LONGER ACTIVITIES

2. Curriculum Resources You can access the Information & Resource packs here: http://kysinfo.wordpress.com/ (2009 Packs) http://kysinfopacks2010.wordpress.com/ (2010 Packs) As part of this pack you can also access pdf documents compiling resources from existing packs: • ACTIVITY SHEETS • QUIZZES • SESSION IDEAS As with any pdf, you can choose to print the entire document or only individual pages or page ranges. There are additional resources in the form of case studies and session ideas available in the Curriculumdocument and links to useful websites on the Curriculum CD that accompanies it The Healthaware and Drinkaware resource guides also have a wealth of resources and session ideas for targeted youth work sessions

3. How To Use This Pack HOW TO USE THIS PACK: HOW TO DOWNLOAD: To download from website: • Click on the link to the pack you want to download • From the dialog box, choose to ‘open’ or ‘save’ the file then click OK • The pack will open as a slideshow: all links are live but you will need to left click to advance through the pack. • Choose PRINT from the drop down FILE menu to print all or some of the pages (see below) • Choose SAVE AS from the drop down FILE menu to save a copy to your hard drive HOW TO PRINT (NOTE – THERE IS NO NEED TO PRINT THE ENTIRE PACK, ONLY INDIVIDUAL SLIDES WITH ACTIVITIY SHEETS): • Before printing, delete ‘Index’ arrows by selecting and then pressing DELETE • Individual slides can be printed by selecting individual slide numbers or ranges in the PRINT menu • To print slides in black & white or grayscale, select the relevant option from the Colour/Grayscale drop down menu when you are about to print HOW TO VIEW LINKS/USE SLIDES • These slides may be used to form part of a presentation – press F5 to view as a slideshow • To delete individual slides, click on them to select then click on ‘cut’ in the Edit menu • To make links ‘live’ you will need to view the pack as a SLIDESHOW – go to the ‘View’ menu or press F5 If you have any comments regarding this pack, or need any additional help in using it, please contact me: SUZANNAH YOUDE: suze.youde@kent.gov.uk or tel: 01622 221678 All information in this pack was correct and all links active at time of upload but may be subject to change

4. Summer Activities - General Resources

5. Summer Activities – Specific Resources

6. Summer Resources - Quizzes & Games

7. Safe Summer Fun Can you get to the beach party without any problems ? Move forward 1 step for a right answer & do a fun forfeit for a wrong one!

8. Safe Summer Fun Quiz & Forfeits • A tan is healthy (FALSE it shows your skin has been damaged by the sun) • You can get stomach bugs from eating barbecue food (TRUE if the food has not been cooked properly) • You can swim in polluted water so long as you don’t swallow it! (FALSE disease causing microorganisms can also enter your body through your ears, eyes & nose) • Overexposure to the sun in early life can cause skin cancer (TRUE all sunburn should be avoided) • You can use sand to put out a campfire (TRUE) • Boiling water for 5 minutes will make it safe to drink (TRUE) • You can’t get sunburnt on a cloudy day (FALSE 80% of the sun’s rays can penetrate cloud, fog & mist) • You only need to apply sunscreen once a day (FALSE you need to reapply every time you swim and 1 hour before you go out in the sun – even 1 a day sunscreens need to be reapplied every 6 hours) • Darker skins have their own sun protection (FALSE darker skins can still burn and get skin cancer) • Darker sunglasses protect your eyes better (FALSE darkness of lenses doesn’t affect how well they protect your eyes) FORFEITS Choose any of the following: • Pretend to swim • Mime a water sport – surfing, sailing, water skiing etc. • Sing a summer song! • Do 5 star jumps • Do a belly dance • Name 5 things you find on the beach • Shake hands with everyone • Say the days of the week backwards • Spell the words ‘June’ ‘July’ ‘August’ • Act like a snake • Do the twist • Sing your National Anthem! • Wear a silly hat for the rest of the game • Draw something you find on the beach • Eat 3 marshmallows as quickly as possible • Drink a glass of water upside down

9. Summer Fun Quiz – True or False

10. Summer Fun Quiz – Answers

11. Summer of Sport Quiz CRAZY WORLD CUP TRADITIONS I started at the World Cup in 1986 and am named after the country that hosted the event. I am _____________________ I’m the newest World Cup tradition and you either love me or hate me! I am ______________________________________ I’m the official theme tune of the England Supporters Band. I am ______________________________________________ WHO AM I? Can you name me and my sporting achievement? It’s World Cup year and the football has been the centrepiece to a summer of sport. But how much do you know about the other great sporting events going on this summer? SUMMER SPORTING EVENTS My very first edition was won by a chimney sweep and only 1 man has managed to win me a staggering 7 times in a row. I am _____________________________________________ I’m played on grass and almost as famous for the strawberries and cream and the weather as for the sport. This year I saw the longest match ever played. I am __________________ I’m almost as famous for the women’s hats and fashion as for the sport. I’m known as ‘the Sport of King’s’ and this is one of my most famous occasions. I am _____________________ SUMMER SPORTS Can you name them? 11 men in white with willow bats? ____________________ Skiing - but not on snow? ____________________________ A rearing horse and a red bull? ________________________

12. Summer of Sport Quiz - Answers CRAZY WORLD CUP TRADITIONS I started at the World Cup in 1986 and am named after the country that hosted the event. I am THE MEXICAN WAVE I’m the newest World Cup tradition and you either love me or hate me! I am THE VUVUZUELA I’m the official theme tune of the England Supporters Band. I am THE GREAT ESCAPE WHO AM I? TOP ROW (left to right) Lance Armstrong (7 times Tour de France winner), Usain Bolt (double world record holder), Cesc Fabregas (World Cup winning Spain/Arsenal footballer), Freddie Flintoff (Ashes winning cricketer) BOTTOM ROW (left to right) Rebecca Adlington (double gold medal winning swimmer), Jenson Button (reigning Formula 1 champion racing driver) It’s World Cup year and the football has been the centrepiece to a summer of sport. But how much do you know about the other great sporting events going on this summer? SUMMER SPORTING EVENTS My very first edition was won by a chimney sweep and only 1 man has managed to win me a staggering 7 times in a row. I am THE TOUR DE FRANCE I’m played on grass and almost as famous for the strawberries and cream and the weather as for the sport. This year I saw the longest match ever played. I am WIMBLEDON I’m almost as famous for the women’s hats and fashion as for the sport. I’m known as ‘the Sport of King’s’ and this is one of my most famous occasions. I am ROYAL ASCOT SUMMER SPORTS Can you name them? 11 men in white with willow bats? CRICKET Skiing - but not on snow? WATER SKIING/JET SKIING A rearing horse and a red bull? FORMULA 1 MOTOR RACING

13. The Apprentice This is an activity that can be run over a full day or over several sessions. • SET UP: Start with icebreakers – focus on full group exercises (you will find a selection in Summer Pack 1, or see past resource packs for more ideas). Now number off the group 1-2-1-2 etc then ask all the 1s to sit together and all the 2s to sit together. • WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: The focus of this version of the activity is to look at identity, stereotyping and image. Obviously, you can incorporate any activity at this stage e.g. You could use the ‘Tallest Tower’ team building activity from Summer Pack 1 as a basis. For this version, provide each group with a piece of paper large enough for them to draw around a young person (old wallpaper or lining paper is good for this). Ask each group to draw around a team member. Now ask them to think about the following questions: ‘who are you?’ ‘what makes you the person you are?’. Use words and images (these can be drawn or cut out of old magazines/papers) to build up a detailed picture of your identity and to ask any further questions that may be raised. Debrief by drawing out feedback from each group and debating any further questions raised. • THE PRESENTATION: Now ask each group to mould this information into a workshop that could be delivered to other young people, reminding them that they will have to present this to ‘Sir Alan Sugar’ in the boardroom! Encourage the groups to think about the ways that they can present the information that particularly interested them – perhaps by making a video, using PowerPoint or playing games. • THE APPRENTICE: Mock up a ‘boardroom’. Either play the part of ‘Sir Alan’ yourself or ask for a volunteer. Videos from ‘The Apprentice’ can be found here for some ideas http://bit.ly/TheApprenticevideos Ask each group to present their workshop idea and then question them about their presentation both as a group and individually . Now, make your decision as to which group is going to be fired. • DEBRIEF: Did the groups agree with the decision? Did they think that their workshops would work with young people? What worked well and what didn’t work so well? Did they enjoy the experience? Did it change the way they thought about their own identity? • OTHER IDEAS: Why not try adapting session ideas from the monthly information packs http://kysinfo.wordpress.com/ & http://kysinfopacks2010.wordpress.com/

14. BRITAIN’S GOT THE X FACTOR! SET UP: Start with individual/small group icebreakers (see summer pack 1 for ideas) WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: First, establish which young people want to perform and who are going to be judges/audience (try and encourage the majority of young people to get actively involved). Performance can be anything – singing, dancing, acting, football skills – whatever the young people are good at. If you’re group are primarily singers, you could ask them to choose songs around a theme e.g. Love, greed, happiness, anger. Give performers time to research & practice - www.songlyrics.com/ is a good site for finding lyrics and www.youtube.com/ is packed with videos to help hone performance skills. PRESENTATION: Just like the X Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, have each group or individual to perform and then get the judges to comment on their performance (use the X Factor/Britain’s Got Talent panels as a template: the nasty one, the kind one, the bitchy one, the honest one). If you like, each judge can have a large X on a piece of cardboard which they can hold up at any point during the performance. Make a not of who get’s Xes (and how many) and of the kinds of comments that are made and any arguments that emerge. When everyone has performed ask the judges to name their winner and to justify why they chose that particular act – was it talent & skill, level of performance or based on more personal factors (friendship, relationship, looks). DEBRIEF: Ask the following questions (and reference to comments from the presentation): How did it feel to judge and be judged? Did you feel the decisions made were fair? Did it seem at if the judges had already made up their minds? What do you think of the phrase ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’? Relate the debrief to other situations where young people are judged e.g. Job interviews, when they’re in a group in public. Is it fair that as a young person you are judged based on age and appearance not performance, talent and skill? What can young people do to change the public perception of them and to see beyond the surface to the person beneath?

15. Bee Aware The Honey Bee has been around for millions of years and is the only insect that produces food. Bees pollinate 70% of all our food crops and are vital to the wellbeing of the planet. It has been estimated that, if bees die out, mankind will only survive for about 5 years as bees are so vital. Here are some other amazing facts about bees: • Honey is the only food in the world that contains all the elements necessary to sustain life • The bee’s buzz is produced by the rapid beating of its wings – over 200 beats per second • The average worker bee produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey is her lifetime • The Queen Bee can live for up to 5 years – the worker bees live for 6 weeks • Bees have an amazing sense of smell and can identify their own colony by its unique scent • Bees only sting if they feel threatened and, once they sting, they die • Foreign honey can contain spores and bacteria that can kill other bees • A single bee visits between 50 – 1000 flowers a day. A hive full of bees will visit 225,000 flowers in one day THE WAGGLE DANCE Did you know that bees communicate by dancing? But this isn’t just any dance – scientists have used radar to prove that the waggle dance provides other bees with a very complex set of instructions about where good sources of nectar can be found. • The direction the bees point when they do the dance shows the direction of the food source in relation to the Sun • The speed of the waggles indicate how far away the food source is Bees have a tiny brain, the size and shape of a sesame seed, yet they’re able to decode instructions and live in a highly ordered society. In recent years, bees have been disappearing – this is called Colony Collapse Disorder and may be due to illness, pesticides, climate change & even mobile phones. For more information: www.helpsavebees.co.uk/ www.ndparking.com/bumblebeeconservationtrust.co.uk www.britishbee.org.uk/

16. Bee Aware: Bee Hotels & Cafes There are some great projects on the internet for building bee boxes – here are 5 of the best: www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/insects-bee-hotel/ Give beneficial pollinating insects a home by making a bee hotel out of reeds, bamboo canes or old flower stems www.devon.gov.uk/ndccs-beebox.pdf full instructions on making a really simple beebox out of a piece of wood www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/gardenwildlife/myspace/content.shtml?20 encourage other wildlife as well as bees and invertebrates by creating a logpile downloads.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/images/wildaboutyourgarden_bp_bee_home.pdf make a bee home out of some bits and pieces you’re bound to have lying around in the garden www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/gardenwildlife/myspace/content.shtml?28 where to put your bee box when you’ve made it GARDENING FOR BEES Now you’ve built your bee hotel, why not provide a bee cafe full of all the plants that bees love? There’s plenty of information on gardening for bees – you could find help here: www.buglife.org.uk/getinvolved/gardening/Create+a+bumblebee-friendly+garden www.gardenersworld.com/plants/features/plants-for-bees/ www.britishbee.org.uk/information_leaflets.php Here are a few things to remember: • They need a continuous succession of flowers from spring to autumn, so there is always a food supply • Most bumblebees prefer perennial flowers that flower from year-to-year. Herbs and traditional cottage-garden plants are ideal – why not plant some herbs and lavender in pots? • Flowers are best planted in large groups or patches (‘drifts’) of the same kind, so that the bees have good foraging sites. • A selection of flowers of different shapes will appeal to different species. • Leave a wild part of your garden as some bees like to nest in long, tussocky grass or create nests in undisturbed compost heaps or underneath hedgerows. • You can also improvise by creating an underground nest site by digging a hole, putting a ball of moss or dry grass in the bottom and covering with a slab so as to leave a small entrance. Bumblebees will also use the smell of an abandoned, old rodent's or bird's nests as a cue to the presence of a suitable nesting site.

17. Discussion Points • What would be your ideal summer holiday and why? • Do you think wearing sunscreen is a necessary precaution or do you think it’s just other people interfering in your fun – so what if you get a bit burnt? • There’s a lot of pressure on young people to look good on the beach – is it better to go on a very low calorie crash diet for a few weeks before your holiday or to start a few months before and eat right and exercise to lose pounds slowly? • Do you believe in global warming? Or do you think “hot summers? Bring it on!” • Which sports do you like best – winter sports like football or summer sports like cricket? Why do you prefer those sports – do you play them yourself? Have you always played or watched them? • What’s your favourite summer memory – is it from childhood family holidays? Or from last year? Do you have more fun now you’re older and more independent? Or was summer most fun when you were a kid? • What’s your favourite summer food – do you love going for a picnic? Or is your idea of great summer food a pile of burgers and sausages hot off the barbecue? Or do you prefer fresh salads and fruit? • What did you think of this year’s World Cup? Is it a brilliant event for bringing people from all over the world together? Or is it too commercialised and all about the brands and the money? • The Tour de France is one of the biggest sporting events in the world and takes place every summer. It’s an amazing, gruelling event with riders competing every day for 3 weeks in all weathers and riding thousands of miles. However, it has been tainted by doping scandals over the years. Do you think the riders should be able to take whatever they like to keep going or is cheating wrong under any circumstances?

18. Session Ideas • Why not use C4’s ‘Find Your Tribe’ quiz www.findyourtribe.co.uk/ to promote a conversation about identity & ‘tribal’ behaviour? • Try holding a balloon debate – you could theme it round the England team and decide who deserves the boot after World Cup 2010! For instructions on balloon debates: www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=3009770 (free registration is required) • Why not try making your own henna tattoos (this activity is most suited to an all girls group). Instructions on making henna paste and cones for piping and some sample designs can be found by following the links here http://tattoo.about.com/od/hennadesign/a/designpatterns.htm Encourage the group to come up with their own patterns and then apply them. They might like to practice first since it takes about 2 weeks for the henna tattoo to fade! • Design your own ‘Safe Sun’ campaign – design posters or make a video to upload: the most famous safe sun campaign is the Australian ‘slip, slop, slap’ campaign http://www.sunsmart.com.au/http://www.cancer.org.au/cancersmartlifestyle/SunSmart/Campaignsandevents/SlipSlopSlapSeekSlide.htm http://www.guide4living.com/skincancer/prevention.htm http://www.sunsmart.org.uk/index.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/737685/Skin-cancer-exposed.html Here are a few suggestions for themes: stay out of the sun (between 11-3, when your shadow is shorter than your height), Fake it! (using fake tans & makeup), cover up (with a hat and protective clothing), check your birthday suit on your birthday (once a year make sure that no moles are growing, changing in appearance or bleeding), why is it called tanning? (look at the process for making leather – this is called tanning. Now imagine the same thing happening to your skin!) • Hold a fundraiser with a twist – why not have a ‘masked ball’? You can buy (or make) plain masks and decorate them yourselves – why not theme them around the fundraiser? Or simply let your imagination run wild. Provide extra masks and decorating materials for people who attend from outside your project so they can make their own masks and join in.