Monday 10th August 2015
At Ravenswood School for Girls the playgrounds are full of girls who are not texting or even updating their social media status. A large group of year 10 girls are shrieking with delight over a skipping game where at least 12 jumped together. A group of year 11 students try a new version of Twister. Other girls play the old-fashioned game of totem tennis.
It’s part of a program called Look Up Lunchtime, devised by Kate Barbat, a teacher of personal development, health and physical education.
When Kate was on playground duty she’d noticed “so many girls were sitting in a circle, on their phones and not connecting”.
So she did something about it.