Hook CP School Alcohol Project 2007Mentor UK Alcohol Misuse Prevention

Award Scheme

Our projectYear 6 of 2004-2005 completed a project, with help from Sudds, Safer under 18s Drink and Drugs Service in Pembrokeshire, about the effects of alcohol on the people and environment of Hook village The project was submitted for the Mentor UK Alcohol Misuse Prevention Award scheme in the spring of 2006Project short listed in May 2006DVD produced in July 2006Winners of the Young People’s Involvement category September 2006

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Mentor UK award scheme 2006

Mentor UK’s first Alcohol Misuse Prevention AwardDesigned to reward those working with primary school age children to prevent alcohol misuse – to stop binge drinking before it startsScheme supported by Diageo Great Britain as part of their Responsible Drinking ProgrammeCash Prize of £10,000 plus consultancy support valued at a further £10,000 in following 12 monthsProject and DVD were judged by primary school-children from around Britain Winners announced in the Museum of London on the 29th September 2006 Hook CP

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29th September 2006 London Museum

What happened next?Year 6 of 2006-07 began the second stage of the project in January 2007Rachel Wilson from Sudds and classroom teachers will again assist with the project The project will be led by the class using their ideas and concerns as the focus for their work

The focus points chosen were: 1. Our feelings, emotions and thoughts about

alcohol2. Challenging young people’s attitudes towards

alcohol

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Project Diary February 2007Our ideas

Design project leaflets and postersDesign desktop screen saversProduce a PowerPoint diary of project sessionsCreate a scrapbook and fact filesTo write, perform and record a play to be made into a DVDTo plan and help produce a website

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February 2007We put

stickers on the drawing

to show where we thought alcohol

could effect our bodies.

eyes go foggy

dizziness headaches

slurred speech wobbly

confused liver damage heart beats faster

weak clumsy sicknessHook CP School

ALCOHOL

How do you feel when you drink alcohol?

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Beer gogglesBeer goggles are a safe way to experience what it might be like if you drink too much alcohol.

The lenses in the goggles made us feel dizzy, our peripheral vision was effected and we couldn’t walk straight.

We had to search by feeling for the glue stick!!

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Two scenarios- what do you think?

•The boy is too young

•The woman wants to make money

•He might think it is cool

•Maybe he is showing off

•Maybe he has been dared to buy alcohol

•Maybe she was driving when drunk

•She is blowing into an alcometer

•She could be feeling guilty and frightened

•She shouldn’t have had the last drink

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Then and now

Our project started in 2005 because the playing fields were littered with broken bottles. We nearly had to cancel our sports day. For awhile after our project, the bottles were cleared and the playing field was a safe place to play.

We have again looked at this area, and alcoholic and non alcoholic drink bottles and cans are littering the village and field.

We hope our knowledge about alcohol will

make us take more care of our village.Hook CP School

Reaction Time Test

First we did it quietly with a clear brain and then we repeated the test with a distracted brain because we were talking to each other. This showed us how alcohol would effect our reaction time.

When working in pairs one person held a wooden block in front of them and the second person had to catch the block when it was dropped. This activity tested the catchers’ reaction time.

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March 2007 Alcohol advertisements

Young people are encouraged to buy and drink alcohol because there are so many different advertisements.

• Rugby shirts

• Wanting to be like pop stars

• Advert- posters

• Bill boards

• Shops- special offers

• Bright signs

• Restaurants

• Newspapers

• Magazines Hook CP School

Why don’t some people drink?

Many people don’t drink for different reasons.

•Religious

•Medical- health and illnesses

• Very expensive

•Safety reasons

•Personal reasons

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Why do some people drink?

Many people do drink for different reasons•To have a good

time

•Social reasons

•Some people are bullied into drinking

•Nice taste

•Addictive

•Peer pressure

•To feel grownup

•Thinking it makes you friendlier

•Can’t say no

•To be part of the group Hook CP

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Our screen savers

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Two questionnairesAlcohol Questionnaire

T F

1. Alcohol can alter the way you think.

2. Alcohol aff ects your balance.

3. Alcohol is a stimulant.

4. Alcohol is measured in units.

5. I t is legal to drink and drive.

6. Alcohol can be sold in shops to under 18’s.

7. Alcohol can change your behaviour.

8. I t is illegal to drink if you are under 5.

9. You can buy alcohol- f ree drinks.

10.Alcohol can harm your internal organs.

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Think before you drink! 

Put a tick by the answer you think is best.

Think before you drink!

Put a tick by the answer you think is best.

I f someone off ered you an alcoholic drink would you…

Take it Say no Share it

I f someone started a fi ght with someone who is drunk should

you…

Encourage them to

fi ght Walk away Get help

I f someone bet he could drink more than his f riend in an hour

should the f riend…

Accept the challenge

Say no and talk his

f riend out of doing it

too

Do it f or two hours instead

I f two people have been drinking and one says he will drive home what should the

other f riend do…

Get in the car

Buy him another drink to

say thanks

Get a taxi f or both of

them

I f you see someone under 18 drinking would you….

Ask to share their

drink

Go tell an adult

Think they were really

cool

People working on our project

She is working on our scrapbook!

They are helping to make a leaflet!

He is working on a fact file!

They are working on a poster!

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April 2007 Our drama play

One part of the project has been practising and filming a drama play written by all the members of Year 6.

The play will be performed during a school assembly for parents and governors.

It will also be performed at the ‘Alcohol, What’s the Problem?’ conference on the 7th June 2007 held at the Nantyffin Hotel, Llandisilio.

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Our leaflet

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Our leaflet

Work in progress

They are having fun looking at

the scrapbook.

He is helping to

make a poster

She is painting a poster.

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All those who made it possible

Mentor UKRachel Wilson- SuddsLana Bullimore, Christine Richards and Duncan Whitehurst - teachers

Pupils Sian MathiasPearl ReadRebecca JamesAntonia StoddartRiki HooperJosh BoltJoshua DaviesTomos LewisGaron SkyrmeChristopher LockeCallum DevereuxKieron Gover

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