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Help Gullbrae

Six real-world missions for children aged 5 to 11 and their grown-ups. Each one does one useful thing at home or nearby, and puts a place in Gullbrae right.

A painted view of the whole of Gullbrae from above: the harbour, the houses, the farm on the hill, the work sites and Bracken Isle across the water.

How it works

  1. Pick a mission. Each has a task for younger children (about 5 to 7) and one for older children (about 8 to 11).
  2. Do it together, in real life. The grown-up notes on each page keep it safe.
  3. Press We did it to see that place in Gullbrae put right.
  4. Stick the place on your printed town poster, and fill in a record sheet if you keep a learning log.

The six missions

Mission 1 Pick litter safely A short, safe litter pick with a grown-up. Mission 2 Save good food first Find the food to eat first, then caddy the scraps. Mission 3 Mend one thing Find one broken thing and help mend it. Mission 4 Reuse a tub or jar Give a clean tub or jar a new job. Mission 5 Swap or give away Pass on one thing you’ve outgrown. Mission 6 Sort the recycling right Clean, empty and loose, the way your council asks.

Print your town

Town poster

The whole of Gullbrae, with a space for each place. Cut out the six put-right pictures and stick one on after each mission.

Download the town poster (PDF, 2 pages, A4)

Record sheet

One page per child per mission: the date, what you did and what you found out. Ready for a home-education learning log.

Download the record sheet (PDF, 1 page, A4)

After all six missions

A certificate to print and fill in by hand, for one child or for a whole group. It says what you did, not how well: there are no scores in Help Gullbrae.

A certificate for one child

Write in their name, then a grown-up signs and dates it.

Download the certificate (PDF, 1 page, A4)

A certificate for a group

For a home-education group, co-op or class that did the missions together.

Download the group certificate (PDF, 1 page, A4)

For grown-ups

  • Nothing is saved. There are no accounts, no scores and no names. Your progress lives on your poster and your record sheets.
  • Every mission is done in real life with a grown-up, and each page says what the grown-up handles.
  • Gullbrae is a made-up town. Your own council’s rules are the ones to follow.
  • These missions are drafts. An educator and a fact checker haven’t reviewed them yet.

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