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The Play Real Game
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I thoroughly enjoy facilitating this program. It’s great for the kids and extremely teacher friendly.
Teacher
I had a blast playing the Play Real Game! If I had a chance to play this game again I would.
Student
This game has shown each student the importance of teamwork and that all roles in a community are important and deserve respect. It shows students they are important as individuals as well.
Parent
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The Play Real Game is a career and life skills programme aimed at students aged 8 to 10.
The core activities take 10 to 11 hours of class time to complete. Optional activities provide opportunities to involve other teachers, parents, guardians and people from the local community.
Programme Synopsis
In The Play Real Game is a program where students assume roles and explore aspects of adult life. The central element of the program is the selection and assumption of life/work roles by the students.
Students establish a local economy and place essential services and businesses in their neighbourhoods, which join to form a town. Students learn about the concept of a global economy when they seek extra workers from outside the town.
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The objectives of The Play Real Game include enabling students to:
- discover unique personal skills and talents with respect to life/work roles and interact positively and effectively with others;
- build, reinforce and maintain a positive self-concept and develop positive relationships with others;
- see how school subjects and activities relate to future life and work roles;
- observe links between education and training achievements, and income and lifestyle options;
- explore a range of teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making and communication skills, and develop effective work habits in the context of living and working in a community;
- explore diverse work and community roles, and discover what aspects of these roles bring the most satisfaction;
- explore links between work and broader roles, including the dynamics of building, living in and contributing to a community;
- understand that the local community is part of a global economy;
- prepare to make good choices regarding family, school and community activities; and
- move forward into an uncertain future with hope, confidence and enthusiasm.
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The Play Real Game:
- has optional activities included for use at the discretion of educators;
- is easily localised and linked to community resources and realities;
- links adult work, family and community roles to all school subjects;
- can be team taught by a team of subject teachers;
- can involve peer facilitators, parents, and community members;
- includes specific learning outcomes and performance indicators; and
- can be linked to other exemplary career and teaching resources.
Click here to download a full colour programme brochure, which includes a detailed programme summary (PDF 6 pages 2.2Mb).
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Click here for ordering details.
Click here for information on the Australian pilot of The Play Real Game.
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