The Recess Guardians made a stop at Hillcrest School last week.
The guardian program that is carried out under the auspices of Saskatchewan Blue Cross, teaches elementary school students in Grades 5 and 6 how to get more involved with recess activities.
The Saskatoon-based guardians were first formed to help youngsters get more active during their recess and it has expanded from there.
The Hillcrest classes spent the afternoon learning new games and how to teach them to their peers at different grade levels.
After the instructional period was over the Grade 1 class was brought into the session so the Grades 5 and 6 students could practice their newly developed leadership skills.
“The program is designed to have the students run a recess program on their own, including the responsibilities of gathering equipment and facilitating the games they have learned,” said Kayla Hanson, a Grade 5/6 teacher at the school.
“We had a great time and these kids can’t wait to start their new roles as leaders,” Hanson said.
