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Learning to be together

Learning to be together. Starter activities. Starter 1: What makes a real friend?. In small groups, can you agree on five things that make a real friend?. A real friend will know when you need a hug and when you want to be left alone…. Starter 2: Is friendship in the big stuff….

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Learning to be together

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  1. Learning to be together Starter activities

  2. Starter 1: What makes a real friend? In small groups, can you agree on five things that make a real friend?

  3. A real friend will know when you need a hug and when you want to be left alone…

  4. Starter 2: Is friendship in the big stuff… Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old friend who she had met in hospital. Her friend had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.. The doctor explained the situation to her friend, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his friend. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, 'Yes I'll do it if it will save her.' As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his friend and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then hisface grew pale and his smile faded.He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, 'Will I start to die right away'. Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his friend all of his blood in order to save her.

  5. …or the small things? What do you think? We can’t all give the gift of life to our friends, but we can give other gifts that aren’t things. Can you and your partner think of three things friends give each other?

  6. Starter 3: Conflict resolution Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees North to avoid a collision. Ships in the night Please divert your course 15 degrees South to avoid a collision

  7. Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees North to avoid a collision. Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

  8. This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course No. I say again, you divert your course.

  9. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES’ ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT’S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

  10. This is a lighthouse. Your call.

  11. Starter 4: Ali’s bad day… Ali woke up late, as his mum had forgotten to call him. When he got downstairs his brother had eaten his favourite cereal, and when he looked for the homework he had done the night before he found…. ….Each person in the group is passed the bottle to shake as they tell one more thing that goes wrong for poor Ali. When everyone has had a go, open the bottle CAREFULLY! What does the activity tell us about anger?

  12. Sometimes when you’re angry, the best thing is to sit on the problem for a while!

  13. Starter 5: There’s more than one way to see a situation…

  14. Starter 6: Group quiz – 5 minutes! 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get catgut? 4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? 6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific is named after what animal? 7) What was King George VI's first name? 8) What color is a purple finch? 9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from? 10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

  15. How well did we work as a team? You might like to review how well your team worked together using the self-review sheet, or just come up with one way you worked well together and one way you could work better together…

  16. A final thought

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