Student Ambassador Training Pack
A Day in the Life of a Vet Session Description •
This workshop is an outreach visit which is offered to Year 3s. It was developed in October 2013 and therefore is in a development phase; feedback about modifying games is welcome.
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The workshop requires two RVC staff to take place.
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Students should arrive at the school a minimum of half and hour in advance of the session to set up, and allow half an hour following the session for pack up. Therefore, allow three hours for the session.
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The recommended format for the workshop is an introduction for two classes, followed by 2 x 50 mins working with 5x 6 pupils groups, rotating round activities which take ten minutes each. You need to be able to watch the time carefully and move children on rapidly.
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Introduction to RVC video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXbPcL2cGtQ Surgical gown Cuddly toy (pupils may also bring in their own toys) Activity 1: X Ray Zone: Skeleton onesie for ages 8‐11 and bone labels Activity 2: Animal X Ray Mystery: Laminated x rays and animal images Activity 3: Heart rate: stethoscopes Activity 4: Cure your pet: bandages , cuddly toy from above Activity 5: Pet images and laminated images/ real pet food
Set up • Make sure activity bags contain required resources for each activity. • The introduction involves running through each activity. After the introduction, 30 pupils will return to class and you will work with one class , in groups of 6, for 50 mins. • When classes swap over, check all resources have been replaced. • At the end of each session, hold up the post‐visit activity ‘Me as a Vet’ and say you would like to see pupils drawings (remind teachers to email the best ones to us. The following pages show the teacher pre visit info, annotated to explain their rationale