RIC-20013 AC Health (Year 4) Communicating for health and wellbeing
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<strong>Communicating</strong> <strong>and</strong> interacting <strong>for</strong> <strong>health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>wellbeing</strong><br />
Your body is something you were born with. You can't take it back <strong>and</strong> ask <strong>for</strong> a<br />
different one. The best you can do is look after it so it will work as well as it can <strong>for</strong><br />
you.<br />
Read the following story <strong>and</strong> consider the situation from Jordan's point of view <strong>and</strong> that<br />
of his classmates.<br />
Jordan sat on the bench <strong>and</strong> watched as his classmates played in the schoolyard.<br />
He would have loved to join in with the football game but no-one wanted him on their<br />
team because he wasn't any good. His arms <strong>and</strong> legs seemed too long <strong>for</strong> his body<br />
<strong>and</strong> he was always tripping over his feet <strong>and</strong> dropping the ball.<br />
He had the same problem in class; no-one wanted<br />
to sit by him. They called him 'daddy long legs' <strong>and</strong><br />
'octopus', <strong>and</strong> complained when his arms <strong>and</strong> legs<br />
spread into their space.<br />
Why did people only ever see what was 'wrong' with him?<br />
Why didn't they ever take the time to find out all the good<br />
stuff about him?<br />
They would discover his love <strong>for</strong> <strong>and</strong> knowledge of the<br />
natural environment; there was nothing about the l<strong>and</strong>,<br />
oceans or space that Jordan didn't have an interest in.<br />
He was really good at sketching, too. The walls of his<br />
home were covered with pictures he had drawn of<br />
family <strong>and</strong> friends, plants <strong>and</strong> animals; but none of his<br />
classmates would ever see them. No-one wanted to go<br />
to Jordan's house <strong>for</strong> a play date.<br />
Jordan was a very lonely boy.<br />
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What could Jordan <strong>and</strong> his classmates do to make his life happier?<br />
Jordan<br />
Classmates<br />
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