To my fellow Lloyd Harbor School students:
My name is Mason McLain and I am in class 4M. I am writing because I believe that we need more outdoor recess time.
1. It is a proven fact that the more time that kids have at recess they focus better in class. At outdoor recess you can run around and get some blood flow, but in indoor they don’t let you run around and get blood flow. My mom and I researched how outdoor recess can help kids do better in school. I learned that kids get better grades, do better on tests, focus better, and are less disruptive for teachers after exercising outside. The articles we found are below.
2. If the lunch ladies feel or see one drop of snow or rain it is automatically indoor recess. Did you know in Norway, there is a saying: “There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes.” When your parents including mine had recess, they got to go out in the snow and rain, sometimes they just had to dress for the weather. Outdoor is a lot better for you because you can get fresh air in your lungs instead of AC air in your lungs. When we are indoors, it is not the same.
3. Two recesses would definitely help us at Lloyd harbor school focus better in class. When kids walk in from the recess doors 99% of the time kids are still talking to each other about things they could have been talking about at recess. We are supposed to have 20 minutes of recess, but they ring the bell at the 15 minute mark so we have 5 minutes to line and clean up. So we don’t even get 20 minutes. We have soooooo much property at Lloyd harbor school and they only let us use less then half of it.
All of this is why I believe that at Lloyd harbor school WE NEED MORE OUTDOOR RECESS AND MORE RECESS TIME!!!!! If you agree with me and want to help me, please sign my petition.
by: Mason McLain
Updates
November 16, 2019
My mom and I have been reading through the notes you left here and your experiences with indoor recess sound exactly like mine. It feels like we are all tired of the stale air and missing out on the chance to actually run around. We are trying to figure out how to get our research in front of the people who decide the schedule.
November 16, 2019
Seeing so many of my classmates join in makes me feel like we might actually get to play outside again. My mom and I are reading your comments and it feels great to know so many other kids want the exact same thing.
26 Comments
I agree with you Mason and I hope the school listens to us. Out recess time is way too short and it would help all of us if we could extend it!
I have been fighting for extra recess for years. I want to use all the fields and peace garden. I have made petitions about this before and nothing happened. I will come with your to the meeting with Ms. Massimo. Let me know when and where!!!
I love the idea of extra recess
Hi Mason I agree with you we definitely need more recess time cause it goes by so fast.
Thank you for bringing this up. I agree!
I would love a longer recess! Thank you Mason McLain!
I agree with more outdoor recess.
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To my fellow Lloyd Harbor School students:
My name is Mason McLain and I am in class 4M. I am writing because I believe that we need more outdoor recess time.
1. It is a proven fact that the more time that kids have at recess they focus better in class. At outdoor recess you can run around and get some blood flow, but in indoor they don’t let you run around and get blood flow. My mom and I researched how outdoor recess can help kids do better in school. I learned that kids get better grades, do better on tests, focus better, and are less disruptive for teachers after exercising outside. The articles we found are below.
2. If the lunch ladies feel or see one drop of snow or rain it is automatically indoor recess. Did you know in Norway, there is a saying: “There’s no bad weather, only bad clothes.” When your parents including mine had recess, they got to go out in the snow and rain, sometimes they just had to dress for the weather. Outdoor is a lot better for you because you can get fresh air in your lungs instead of AC air in your lungs. When we are indoors, it is not the same.
3. Two recesses would definitely help us at Lloyd harbor school focus better in class. When kids walk in from the recess doors 99% of the time kids are still talking to each other about things they could have been talking about at recess. We are supposed to have 20 minutes of recess, but they ring the bell at the 15 minute mark so we have 5 minutes to line and clean up. So we don’t even get 20 minutes. We have soooooo much property at Lloyd harbor school and they only let us use less then half of it.
All of this is why I believe that at Lloyd harbor school WE NEED MORE OUTDOOR RECESS AND MORE RECESS TIME!!!!! If you agree with me and want to help me, please sign my petition.
by: Mason McLain
Updates
November 16, 2019
My mom and I have been reading through the notes you left here and your experiences with indoor recess sound exactly like mine. It feels like we are all tired of the stale air and missing out on the chance to actually run around. We are trying to figure out how to get our research in front of the people who decide the schedule.
November 16, 2019
Seeing so many of my classmates join in makes me feel like we might actually get to play outside again. My mom and I are reading your comments and it feels great to know so many other kids want the exact same thing.
26 Comments
I absolutely agree!!! Kids should be running more, socializing more and using their creativity at play inventing need games/activities/rules. 15 minutes don’t give them a chance to do it so. Go Mason!
I agree with you Mason and I hope the school listens to us. Out recess time is way too short and it would help all of us if we could extend it!
I have been fighting for extra recess for years. I want to use all the fields and peace garden. I have made petitions about this before and nothing happened. I will come with your to the meeting with Ms. Massimo. Let me know when and where!!!
I love the idea of extra recess
Hi Mason I agree with you we definitely need more recess time cause it goes by so fast.
Thank you for bringing this up. I agree!
I would love a longer recess! Thank you Mason McLain!
I agree with more outdoor recess.
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I absolutely agree!!! Kids should be running more, socializing more and using their creativity at play inventing need games/activities/rules. 15 minutes don’t give them a chance to do it so. Go Mason!