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Description

Children bring in items that are important to them and share with the rest of the group

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A message should be sent home to parents reminding them. This can be linked to the bindle bags session where they take them home and collect their things.

Instructions

Before you begin
Ask everyone to bring in an item that’s special to them. Let everyone know they’ll be asked to share their feelings about the item with the group.
Set up tables or chairs around the room in groups of two or three.

Share something special
Everyone should collect their chosen item and split into pairs. If they have not brought anything they can draw their special things from home or write about it when they first come in.
Everyone should take it in turns to tell their partner about their special item. They could explain where they got the item from and why they got it – did someone give it to them for a reason, did they decide to buy it, or did they choose to keep it when they found it somewhere?
Encourage people not to interrupt others while they’re talking. It’s good to practise waiting until your friends have finished talking before asking questions.

Everyone should reflect on what they heard and how it made them feel.
We’ve included some questions to help you reflect in the pink box below.
Share together
Once everyone has finished sharing their item in pairs, everyone should come back together as a whole group.
When the group is settled, the person leading the activity should ask if anyone would like to share their special item with the whole group.
Don’t push anyone to share if they don’t want to – it can be really challenging for some people.
Everyone should listen carefully to each other and try their best to remember something new about someone in the group.
At the end of the activity, everyone should reflect on how it felt to share something important to them.
We’ve included some questions to help you reflect in the pink box below.
Reflection
This activity encouraged people to connect with their own feelings and communicate things that are important to them. Throughout the session, young people led each other’s learning and discovered the importance of valuing their own and other people’s thoughts and feelings.

You can ask these reflection questions throughout the session or talk about them at the end.

The Twins who were Similar and Different

Why is it a good thing to be different to someone else?
Can you find somebody near you who likes something the same and something different to you?
Share something special

How does it make you feel to hear about someone’s special item?
Was it hard or easy to talk to other people about your special item?
Share together

Did everyone bring the same item? Why do you think that is?
Why do you think it is important for people to share their feelings?

Tags

• important
• individual
• special

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