Brunswick Lunchtime Clubs Final

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Establishing shot of Brunswick East Primary School.

0:04-0:10

The Lunchtime Clubs at Brunswick East Primary School are our attempt to differentiate what kids can do during lunchtime.

Interview with Principal Janet De Pilla.

0:11-0:16

Close up of a student playing with building blocks.

0:17-0:21

Lunchtime Clubs are a weekly program that teachers and some

of the students run.

Interview with Teacher James Goode.

0:22-0:30

From gardening, to choir, to craft, to Italian.

Close up shots of a spider plant, children singing and child drawing with pencil.

0:30-0:37

Lunctime Clubs make me feel good because I don’t really need to do run-arounds and get myself all

tired out really easily.

Interview with student Ollie.

0:38-0:44

I can just go into Lunchtime Clubs, have a little settle, read a book, do some gardening.

Child colouring-in geometric shape, children reading together and close up of veggie garden with blurred figures in the background.

0:44-0:47

So we asked the kids, “What would you like to do if you’re not outside running?”.

Interview with Principal Janet De Pilla.

0:48-0:59

And then we asked the teachers, would they be willing to

take a club, based on what the kids had already suggested.

Teacher reading a book to students, student colouring-in and wide shot of message board with numerous rainbow flags.

1:00-1:04

I had the idea of the Inclusion Club, as more of a safe spot for kids who are a part of the LGBTQIAP+ community.

Interview with student Claude.

1:05-1:08

Shot of a student laughing with friends.

1:09-1:14

Every day that you do school, you go outside and you play for an hour, and it kind of gets boring.

Interview of student June.

1:15-1:20

And it’s just really fun to do a Lunchtime Club because it’s a really big change.

Children gardening, pulling weeds.

1:20-1:23

We have blocks, Lego, we have a card club, we have a reading club.

Student playing with building blocks.

1:24-1:26

The clubs that we run at lunchtime have an enourmous number

of benefits, mostly about relationship building,

Interview with Principal Janet De Pilla.

1:27-1:37

and giving kids different opportunities, to learn and interact together.

Student reading a comic book. Students digging and weeding in the garden.

1:38-1:49

I think I made a stronger connection with Claude. Because before this year, we didn’t really know eachother too well.

Interview with student Claude and Tamanna.

1:50-2:01

We think that the clubs are absolutely essential for some of the kids to build friendships.

Three students waving and smiling at camera, children coluring-in and children sitting around a table and reading individually.

2:02-2:21

It gives them a small environment that is usually much Quieter. Every now and again, we have students who we find can’t do all of lunchtime. They’re just getting into trouble by the end of lunch. And we might suggest to them that,if you’re finding lunchtime really stressful, and you’re

having trouble with those interactions, you know that you can go along to the clubs.

Interview with Principal Janet De Pilla.

2:22-2:32

Teacher with students dancing and singing.

2:33-2:40

If you enjoy colouring in, or if you enjoy gardening, or

speaking Italian, and everyone around you also enjoys that, it doesn’t feel like it’s a chore or a duty, or anything.

Interview with Teacher James Goode.

2:41-2:52

We like worms, and we love looking at new insects. And today, when I went to the garden,

Close up of a student holding worms, bee on a plant and a student smiling.

2:53-2:56

I found a big slug. It

was very, very, very fat.

Interview with student Chloe.

2:57-3:07

And I think that the teachers can see that the kids get an

enormous amount from it. It’s another chance to build that rapport with the kids and

see them outside the classroom environment.

Students shoveling in the garden and crowding around the teacher.

3:08-3:20

I think that Lunchtime Clubs, if that is something that

would fit within your culture and you have the staff to do it, I think it’s a fantastic

way for the whole community to come together.

Interview with Principal Janet De Pilla.

3:21-3:37

It’s not just about what we teach kids. It’s about how we

get them to use those facts, how we get them to interrelate and relate to other people, that are actually the important

part of education.

Students sitting at table - waving to camera and students dancing.

3:38-3:44

Fade to black / Title screen.

01:00:03,159 –> 01:00:10,639

The Lunchtime Clubs at Brunswick East Primary School are our

attempt to differentiate what kids can do during lunchtime.

01:00:15,079 –> 01:00:22,360

Lunchtime Clubs are a weekly program that teachers and some

of the students run.

01:00:22,360 –> 01:00:27,400

From gardening, to choir, to craft, to Italian.

01:00:28,679 –> 01:00:32,039

Lunctime Clubs make me feel good because

01:00:32,039 –> 01:00:37,800

I don’t really need to do run-arounds and get myself all

tired out really easily.

01:00:37,800 –> 01:00:43,960

I can just go into Lunchtime Clubs, have a little settle,

read a book, do some gardening.

01:00:44,480 –> 01:00:48,280

So we asked the kids, “What would you like to do if you’re

not outside running?”.

01:00:48,280 –> 01:00:54,679

And then we asked the teachers, would they be willing to

take a club, based on what the kids had already suggested.

01:00:56,599 –> 01:01:05,559

I had the idea of the Inclusion Club, as more of a safe spot

for kids who are a part of the LGBTQIAP+ community.

01:01:06,440 –> 01:01:14,440

Every day that you do school, you go outside and you play

for an hour, and it kind of gets boring.

01:01:14,440 –> 01:01:20,079

And it’s just really fun to do a Lunchtime Club because it’s

a really big change.

01:01:20,880 –> 01:01:27,119

We have blocks, Lego, we have a card club, we have a reading

club.

01:01:27,119 –> 01:01:32,800

The clubs that we run at lunchtime have an enourmous number

of benefits, mostly about relationship building,

01:01:32,800 –> 01:01:37,239

and giving kids different opportunities, to learn and

interact together.

01:01:38,119 –> 01:01:50,400

I think I made a stronger connection with Claude. Because

before this year, we didn’t really know eachother too well.

01:01:50,960 –> 01:01:56,079

We think that the clubs are absolutely essential for some of

the kids to build friendships.

01:01:56,079 –> 01:02:01,880

It gives them a small environment that is usually much

quieter.

01:02:02,400 –> 01:02:09,920

Every now and again, we have students who we find can’t do

all of lunchtime.

01:02:09,920 –> 01:02:15,880

They’re just getting into trouble by the end of lunch. And

we might suggest to them that,

01:02:15,880 –> 01:02:22,079

if you’re finding lunchtime really stressful, and you’re

having trouble with those interactions,

01:02:22,079 –> 01:02:24,400

you know that you can go along to the clubs.

01:02:28,280 –> 01:02:36,039

If you enjoy colouring in, or if you enjoy gardening, or

speaking Italian, and everyone around you also enjoys that,

01:02:36,039 –> 01:02:41,000

it doesn’t feel like it’s a chore or a duty, or anything.

01:02:41,000 –> 01:02:47,239

We like worms, and we love looking at new insects.

01:02:47,239 –> 01:02:56,000

And today, when I went to the garden, I found a big slug. It

was very, very, very fat.

01:02:56,679 –> 01:03:01,239

And I think that the teachers can see that the kids get an

enormous amount from it.

01:03:01,239 –> 01:03:06,639

It’s another chance to build that rapport with the kids and

see them outside the classroom environment.

01:03:07,440 –> 01:03:13,639

I think that Lunchtime Clubs, if that is something that

would fit within your culture

01:03:13,639 –> 01:03:21,760

and you have the staff to do it, I think it’s a fantastic

way for the whole community to come together.

01:03:22,519 –> 01:03:30,400

It’s not just about what we teach kids. It’s about how we

get them to use those facts, how we get them to interrelate

01:03:30,400 –> 01:03:35,079

and relate to other people, that are actually the important

part of education.

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