CEWC-Cymru: Citizenship Today - Key Stages 3 & 4 - Module 3 - Activity 5-

• Practise their decision making skills
• Gain an understanding of how the voting system works in a National Assembly for Wales election
• Reinforce their knowledge of the differences between individual candidates and political parties

• Students will make decisions and choices effectively
• Students will know how democratic systems work

• Games equipment
• School hall or playing field

• Students in teams of 5

• Divide the class into teams of 5 and ask each team to name itself.
• Explain that they will be playing a 5-a-side game against each of the other teams.
  »  Any sport can be used: football, touch rugby, basketball etc.  «
• Explain that they will play for 1 minute each way, and that they have to prove that they are the best team and player. Because they won’t be playing for long there might not be a chance for goals, so they will have to show that they are the best team in other ways – ask the class to give examples.
• During each match, ask the observers to pick a best team and a best player. After each game, take a vote for team and player. Whichever teams and players have the most votes are the winners.
• Explain that this is something like how the elections in Wales work. You are asked to pick a person and a party. Ask the class why this might be (e.g. it makes things fairer).

Ask the class:

• What was hard about choosing?
• Did your favourite team and player get chosen in the end?
• Did the chosen players in each team demonstrate similar characteristics? What were they?