Lunch Action is a proactive whole school community approach to playground management which involves a 3 year plan to ensure that the playground is a dynamic and safe environment that reflects the school ethos and promotes the school vision and values.

It has three aims:-

  the enhancement of school playground facilities
  the development of a range of alternative lunchtime activities through teacher  and school community involvement
  the enhancement of the school leadership program.

The program involves 

  having student leaders mentoring younger students via  planned, active lunch time interaction

  using teachers with specific sporting and artistic skills to encourage students to participate in worthwhile activities
  introducing the ‘High Five’ conflict resolution program across the school
  providing choice through structured lunch time activities
  incorporating related ‘positive play’ skill development in the Year 1 HPE program
  targeting playground ‘hot’ spots
  creating activity sites around the school.

Its objectives are

  To reduce the incidence of playground related behaviour problems

  To provide a range of co-curricular and extracurricular lunch time activities which complement and enhance student learning

  To skill students in positive play and conflict resolution

  To target and involve students who experience behavioural, social difficulties in a structured playground program

  To provide opportunities for the development of student leadership and interpersonal skills

  To enhance community involvement in school activities

Some Clubs/Activities are

 

	Art, construction, computer, thinkers, debating, Italian, chess, animations, library/lab assistance
	Music - choir and recorder
	Sport - Soccer, Netball, Touch football, Teeball, Octopus Tag, Skipping, Handball
	Social - board games, dress-up role play, paper aeroplane making, dance, hopscotch, disco

High Five - a problem solving strategy

The High Five Hand is designed to give students a visual and physical prompt to remember strategies to deal with bullying or harassment in the playground.  

Each strategy is taught individually and students learn to use each skill in conjunction with the others to deal with their own problems in a constructive problem solving way.