An unusually successful lessonA school in Scotland has come up with an unusual way to improve its pupils' health and well-being, (1) at the same time helping them to become better learners. The six-year-old children have started doing a type of massage that was developed in Sweden. In the classes, each child chooses a partner and takes it in (2) to receive a massage of their back, neck and shoulders. Not only do the children (3) the activity fun, but this kind of massage also (4) muscle tension.To (5) interest to the activity, the teachers have linked it to a story about a small boy who wants to play in the snow, but first must put on his glasses - the (6) of the glasses is traced on the children's shoulders. Then he helps his mum with the baking - this involves kneading theshoulders, and finally he goes out for a walk and has to (7) the snow off his coat on his return. The story is told slowly, each movement being repeated three times.When the massage classes started, the children used to chatter and (8) about, but now they are quiet, their faces pictures of (9) concentration. And the activity (10) them in other ways too; they are noticeably calmer and more (11) of each other in the playground as well as being more relaxed and (12) to learn in the classroom.

An unusually successful lesson
A school in Scotland has come up with an unusual way to improve its pupils' health and well-being, (1) at the same time helping them to become better learners. The six-year-old children have started doing a type of massage that was developed in Sweden. In the classes, each child chooses a partner and takes it in (2) to receive a massage of their back, neck and shoulders. Not only do the children (3) the activity fun, but this kind of massage also (4) muscle tension.
To (5) interest to the activity, the teachers have linked it to a story about a small boy who wants to play in the snow, but first must put on his glasses - the (6) of the glasses is traced on the children's shoulders. Then he helps his mum with the baking - this involves kneading the
shoulders, and finally he goes out for a walk and has to (7) the snow off his coat on his return. The story is told slowly, each movement being repeated three times.
When the massage classes started, the children used to chatter and (8) about, but now they are quiet, their faces pictures of (9) concentration. And the activity (10) them in other ways too; they are noticeably calmer and more (11) of each other in the playground as well as being more relaxed and (12) to learn in the classroom.