Does anyone have a good sequential idea for "friends hurting each others feelings"?? I'd like to do a circle on a situation where there was a misunderstanding and names were called and feelings hurt between a group of friends (girls) but am struggling for some ideas?
I thought about chinese whispers and have some other thoughts but can't come up with an idea that i feel nails it.
CE
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Answer from Sue Roffey:
Try coming at it from the positive angle. Ask the girls to work in pairs to find four feelings they would like to have in their group. Then ask them to join up with another pair and agree their top four. These are then discussed in the larger group to see what the common threads are. Mix the Circle up and have smaller groups come up with actions that would generate these feelings in the group. Let us know how it goes!
Answer from margaret:
I use circle time for these type of conflicts with Year 7. We usually start with a feelings check, a game, a high 5 and then i give a sentence stem so that people can say what has been happening in the class. If someone gets upset, we also talk about what feelings they are experiencing. A lot of times i break the rules by asking questions to prompt the students to give specific answers instead of general comments.
Does anyone have a good sequential idea for "friends hurting each others feelings"?? I'd like to do a circle on a situation where there was a misunderstanding and names were called and feelings hurt between a group of friends (girls) but am struggling for some ideas?
I thought about chinese whispers and have some other thoughts but can't come up with an idea that i feel nails it.
CE
NB This question and the answers below have been transferred from the old circletime typepad site
Answer from Sue Roffey:
Try coming at it from the positive angle. Ask the girls to work in pairs to find four feelings they would like to have in their group. Then ask them to join up with another pair and agree their top four. These are then discussed in the larger group to see what the common threads are. Mix the Circle up and have smaller groups come up with actions that would generate these feelings in the group. Let us know how it goes!
Answer from margaret:
I use circle time for these type of conflicts with Year 7. We usually start with a feelings check, a game, a high 5 and then i give a sentence stem so that people can say what has been happening in the class. If someone gets upset, we also talk about what feelings they are experiencing. A lot of times i break the rules by asking questions to prompt the students to give specific answers instead of general comments.