Na Saoranaich (The Citizens) is a website focusing on Citizenship with suitable opportunities for learners working towards the Second Level of Curriculum for Excellence. It is designed to provide opportunities for personalisation with a choice of activities in which users determine the outcome. The activities and videos provide a breadth of relevant challenges in real life contexts.
The people of the town need help! There are six Citizenship games and activities within Na Saoranaich. The challenge is to solve problems facing the community in this run down town. There are also short videos showing real projects carried out across Britain that inform and inspire pupils.
The Good Citizen Action Team have identified six projects to improve life in the town. Each activity is introduced by a team member who will appear in the game to offer advice when needed.
In each activity the user must replace old or broken items with new or replacement ones. Some of these new items need to be earned by completing activities relevant to the assignment.
The aim is to make every member of the community happy. A recurring theme of the six activities is compromise. To succeed at an activity the user needs to take the views of different members of the community into account and select an appropriate way forward.
This links directly with the aspirations of aspects of Health and Wellbeing with learners developing an understanding of how to maintain positive relationships with a variety of people and be aware of how thoughts, feelings, attitudes, values and beliefs can influence decisions about relationships. Through the activities and videos, the learner can witness the benefits of positive change in different environments.
The videos provide contexts in a range of curricular areas and may also support another focus of work. In addition to this, there are clear links with developing the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking and deciding how to act when making moral decisions.
The activities provide contexts for discussion and self-reflection on the user's decision-making.
To play activities, click on the different areas in the aerial view of the the town. The sections can be played in any order.
Duilgheadas sa Phàirc (Park Trouble)
Easy. This is a good place to start. Nobody wants to go to the town's run down park any more. Choose improvements that will make it somewhere people want to go once again.
Buaireadh sa Phàirc (Scrubland Squabble)
Easy. The council have donated money to make further improvements to the park. Find out what the local people want and try to keep them all happy.
Duilgheadas aig Àm Pleatha (Playtime problems)
Medium difficulty. The school playground is in a terrible mess. Help the children make improvements that will keep everybody happy at playtime.
Duilgheadas san Sgoil (School Dispute)
Medium difficulty. The pupils don't like the school dinners and nobody wants use the horrible toilets. Help the children make improvements to the canteen, the library and the toilets that make everybody happy.
Dragh sa Choimhearsnachd (Neighbourhood Nuisance)
Hard. The shops are all closed and there's nothing to do in this run down area of the town. Make changes that will keep everybody happy and give young people something to do with their time.
Trioblaid sa Bhaile (Town Trouble)
Hard. The council are redeveloping the town centre. Help make sure that this benefits the whole community and keeps the local residents and businesses happy.
Encourage learners to:
• research the characters' opinions and ideas before making any decisions.
• think how the different characters will react before taking any actions.
• remember that solving one problem can create another one.
Audio and Visual Help
Click on the 'Roghainnean' button to:
• resize on-screen text and change text and background colours
• hear on-screen text being read out
• make captions available for most video and audio content.
These preferences are not accessible from the Parent and Teacher section.
Most content can be navigated using the keyboard.
Saving Progress
Save progress by clicking on the Save (Sàbhail) button. The work will only be saved on the computer being used at the time and it will only be possible to load the work on that particular machine in the future.
