More "Cop's game" than "Squid game" in a school in Bouches-du-Rhône

• In Bouc-Bel-Air, a town located between Aix and Marseille, the municipality has developed a program of cooperative and benevolent games in schoolyards.

• The idea came after violent new games appeared in the wake of the "Squid game" series.

• The ambition is to push students' thinking beyond the phenomenon caused by Nteflix's flagship series, in particular on bullying.

"There were slapping sessions for the losers," observed at the end of a game of "1.2.3 Soleil" Audrey Terzian, director of education for the municipality of Bouc-Bel-Air. In the wake of the success of the South Korean series

, which 60% of CM1 and CM2 students in the municipality say, according to the municipality, to have seen, disturbing behavior appeared in the playgrounds of the four schools of Bouc-Bel -Air, as elsewhere in France.

"Violence in schoolyards does not date from yesterday", recognizes Audrey Terzian who wanted to bounce back on this phenomenon to reflect ... and act.

“The first games appeared a little before the All Saints holidays, she rewinds.

So, with the municipality, we launched a prevention project and not repression or prohibition, because what is prohibited, usually, children try to do.

"Thus was born the principle of" Cop's game ", understand" the game of friends "[the police having nothing to do in this story].

"Collective and solidarity games where individualism is not in order"

“The proposition is that these games are the exact opposite of the principles of those in the series.

Collective and solidarity games where individualism is not in order, ”explains Richard Mallié, the mayor of the town of 15,000 inhabitants located between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille.

Children are always invited to play a game of “1.2.3 Sun”, but to win they must all cross the finish line.

And to stimulate cooperation, some of them are afflicted with a handicap: blindfolded, walking backwards or on one foot.

That day, to win, students developed a strategy: they all stood arm in arm.

"The moment when they understand the collective, it's beautiful for adults", rejoices Audrey.

An honorary degree of benevolence

Faced with the enthusiasm of the students, the pedagogical supervision hopes to push the subject of benevolence and mutual aid further. “Beyond

and playground games, we are also trying to broaden the subject to mockery, which can lead to harassment.

is, in the end, just a pretext, ”adds Audrey Terzian. This Thursday, schools will organize a debate on violence for the 350 students of CM1 and CM2.

At the end of this part of “1.2.3 Soleil”, “cop's” version, the mayor of Bouc-Bel-Air awarded each of the students an honorary degree of benevolence.

"We would like to change their view of violence and that it marks them, hence the diploma", continues Audrey Terzian.

Enough to permanently change behavior in the playground?

"We plant a small seed", satisfied the municipal team, while next to a young boy exclaims: "we won, we won!

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