KS3 Citizenship 1.1b. 2.2b. Personal wellbeing 4c.
KS4 Citizenship 1.1b. 2.2b. Personal wellbeing 4d.
Current KS3 Citizenship 1a 2c PSHE 4g
Current KS4 Citizenship 1a 2c PSHE 4g

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This activity is about Mrs Tibbs, a sixty seven-year-old woman living in Crownford Rise, who has been the victim of three acts of vandalism. The students are asked to write an email to the local newspaper with their suggestions about what should be done to solve the problem.

Discussion
Talk about vandalism and its many different forms. Challenge the students to work in pairs to think of as many kinds of vandalism as they can. This might include graffiti, breaking windows, and scratching cars. Why in the students' opinion do people commit acts of vandalism?

Role play
Ask the students to imagine their own home has been vandalised. The vandal was caught and it was requested that restorative justice be explored alongside the punishment. This means the vandal would also be required to meet the victim to explain why they set fire to the bins, scratched the cars or broke the windows. They would also be required to listen to the victim explain how it felt to have property vandalised e.g. fear, shock, disgust. In pairs, ask the students to act out the conversation between victim and vandal, and then swap over.

Extension activities
Referring back to the email activity, challenge the students to devise an action plan to create a 'good neighbourhood' campaign for their own community. Who would they need to speak to, and get support from, in order to kick start the campaign e.g. police officers, the council, community leaders?