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‘Show me’ boards used to explain happiness index in First Year

First Year student using 'show-me' board in class. Photo: Ms. Reynolds
NEWS / 14 October 2013

First Year student, Megan, using her 'show me' board to inform her classmates of how her exercise and healthy eating had improved since she started keeping the daily log three weeks earlier.

At the beginning of October, first Year student, Megan, used her 'show me' board to inform her classmates of how her exercise and healthy eating had improved since she started keeping the daily log three weeks earlier. Students  were asked to rate out of ten the food quality and quantity, their sleep quality and quantity and the amount of exercise they did. Megan is utilising the Key Skill: Managing Information and Thinking by gathering, recording, analysing and  presenting information so that it makes sense to her and others.
Ms Reynolds and Ms Kenny: Junior Cycle Steering Committee

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