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Key Stage 2: Icebreakers
Icebreakers: Key Stages 1/2 Community Relations.
This can be delivered as outreach at either school or at the Centre. The session lasts for 90 minutes and uses a combination of paired and small group activities.
Maximum group size is 2 classes. It is advised that pupils wear name badges and if possible eat break and play together.
- Pupil Detective: Pupils work together to try to discover key ‘facts’ about their partner. Offers the opportunity to discuss similarities and differences. Helps to develop communication skills.
- Pupil Bingo: In groups pupils work together to complete a bingo grid. The activity encourages mixing and working together in a fun environment.
- Games: Busy Bee. Pupils in pairs try to come up with the most creative or imaginative idea.
- St. Patrick Brainstorm: A small group activity to discover what pupils already know about St. Patrick. Pupils share ideas and this is an opportunity for learning from each other.
- St. Patrick Card Sort: This builds on the previous activity and again pupils work in small groups. Pupils have to match a sentence to the correct picture and then sequence the story of St. Patrick. This will involve negotiating and thinking skills.
- Negotiating a Charter: In their group pupils individually decide upon a rule for working/playing with new people. This ideas are pooled the group selects their favourite suggestion. All pupils participate and the decision requires discussion and compromise. A Charter is agreed with a suggestion from each group. All pupils sign the Charter and this can be used to structure subsequent interactions.
- Evaluation: Pupil and Teacher to assist with the delivery of future workshops.
- Teachers are provided with questions to be used for Reflective Journals to de-brief the session and provide a link to following sessions.
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