screenless presentation for primary schools

Could we live without our Screens?

• This is a project we are going to do in our school for a week this term.

• It involves all of us – pupils, teachers and parents -trying hard to use screens less.

• This is not screen-free, but we want to find out if, by spending less time in front of a screen, we

are happier

On a scale of 1-10, how would you feel about not being able to use a mobile phone, TV, iPad,

or games console for a whole week?

1 ----------------------5---------------------10“It would be a nightmare! “

“No worries! Bring it on!”

What would you miss if you couldn’t use your phone, games or the internet for a whole week?

“If you took away my mobile phone you would take away a part of me.”

Do you feel the same ?

Before we start lets think about…

How long do you spend on a screen when you are at home?

How long do you think is too long?

What practical thing do you think would help you use less screens during the week?

What things do you think will come out of the ScreenLess week?

We are going to ask you to keep a diary!

EVERYONE TOGETHER

Do you think your parents or carers will find it easy to give up their screens?

What about us teachers ?

What reward do you think we should have if we do SCREENLESS week?

What do you think could be the best thing about not being on your screen for the next few days ?

Who’s on for switching off?

Note for teachers:

• The next 5 slides you can use after you have undertaken the activity.

• Of course you can also adapt these slides and insert examples of children’s work, your diary entries, results of a survey etc., etc.

There are more resources and ideas at www.screenlessweek.co.uk

HOW DID YOU GET ON ?

HOW DID YOU GET ON ?

• What was the one personal thing which you learnt from unplugging?

• Did you feel agitated or tense, irritable or angry? If so why do you think that was ?

• What was the best thing you did in place of being on your screen ?

• How did you feel when you couldn’t use your screens?

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?

As a result of doing the activity, are you going to do anything differently from now on?

Complete the following sentence

“I thought ScreenLess week was…”

Who’s on for switching off?