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Introduction
Introduction
Is sleep a privilege? With the barriers to sleep and the increasing use of screens and devices, should we be placing greater emphasis on its worth?
In this lesson, you will explore simple ways to help you get to sleep and reflect on successful strategies that you have used. You will use a reliable source to investigate and evaluate one of four options to create a whole school community blog post.
Activity 1 - How to get better sleep
Activity 1 - How to get better sleep
Task 1
Task 1
Watch - How to sleep better and record key points (duration 5:05).
Answer the following in your PDHPE workbook.
What is one thing you learnt about ways to improve sleep?
What is one piece of interesting information about sleep you didn’t know before the clip?
From the resource, write 5 simple ways to help you get to sleep.
Brainstorm successful methods that you have used to get to sleep.
How to sleep better
Duration 5:05
Activity 2 - Educating others about sleep
Activity 2 - Educating others about sleep
Sleep plays an integral role in supporting and restoring the brain, and the brain being the centre for mental fitness therefore prioritising sleep quality can maximise mental health and wellbeing in young adults.
Inquiry Question: Is sleep a privilege? Should we be placing greater emphasis on its worth to support young people mental health and wellbeing?
Task
Task
With the above questions in mind, use your content knowledge from the previous two lessons and any supplementary information from the Sleep and wellbeing summary, to write a short blog post for the school community for one of the options below.
Use the questions and points below your chosen option to help create your blog post.
The purpose of your post is to educate the school community on the importance of sleep and make judgements on your chosen option.
Present your blog post to your teacher.
Note: The language you use in a blog post will need to target who you are writing the blog post for. This means use language that will target other young people, teachers and/or parents and guardians.
You will also need to make a judgement as a part of your blog. Use language that will highlight your judgements, such as – most valid, is essential, will be highly in/valid, lowest suitability, greatly assist, leading to, will more likely result and provides a strong sense.
You can use headings and subheadings in a blog post to keep your thoughts and ideas organised. Use images that will draw attention to the key ideas of your post and make it visually appealing.
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Option 1 sleep debt – The amount of time you sleep is like putting money in a bank account. Whenever you don’t get enough, it’s withdrawn and has to be repaid. When you’re in chronic sleep debt, you’re never able to catch up.
Why might young people be in sleep debt?
How can I get to sleep?
What strategies and tools could you use to improve sleep?
How valuable and realistic would a regular bed time be for young people?
Make a judgement on how a later start time and later finish time at school can limit sleep debt and support the mental health and wellbeing of young people. Give reasons for your judgment.
Option 2 wind-down time – This is the time when we begin the transition from daily activities and make the transition for sleep. Slowing down and winding down is as much a part of life as speed and being productive. Should parents/guardians be able to implement an adolescent “wind down time?”
Young children are directed to a bath, books and bed routine. Should this continue for adolescents?
What does ‘prepare for sleep’ look like for adolescents? Devices, reading, breathing?
Where is the autonomy for sleep routine? Should parents/guardians continue to enforce a routine?
Make a judgement on what age should parents/guardians hand responsibility to their dependent for a quality sleep to support their mental health and wellbeing. Give reasons for your judgment.
Option 3 sleep hygiene – This is the term used to describe sleep habits and routines that help you to have a good night sleep. When you enter ‘sleep’ into a smart phone ‘apps search’ there are several options. Sleep cycle, sleep recorder, sleep tracker, sleep sounds, sleep stories, sleep mediation, but no sleep routine or sleep hygiene. .
Should there be an app to track individual bedtime routine or sleep hygiene?
Design the app. What would it look like?
What should it include? What would it cost? Who would it target?
Would you use it?
Make a judgement on the mandatory use of an app like this to support the mental health and wellbeing of young people. Give reasons for your judgement.
Option 4 sleep apps – These apps commonly track movements during sleep, record sound, wake sleepers up at the right time in their sleep cycle with an alarm and provide insight into interpreting sleep data. Sleep apps are generally convenient, affordable, and able to provide tangible information on sleep quality.
Does accessing a sleep app via a smart phone or tablet contradict the learning you have just completed about screen time?
Can you think of an alternative?
Access the ‘do not disturb’ settings on a smart phone. Do you think the ‘do not disturb’ on a smart phone work is an accessible option to support sleep? Why or why not?
Should all screens come with age-appropriate locks to limit screen time?
Make a judgement on a parent/guardian’s role in supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing by limiting screen time before bedtime. Give reasons for your judgement.
Handing in your work
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any hand written work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.
Student reflection
Student reflection
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