This combines the idea of mantra and mandala’s together for a mindful colouring activity. This can take between 10-20mins. You will need to print slides 7-8 and can cut them out small to save on printing and resourcing.

This was an activity that I adapted from a book on form time activities. See instructions on slide 4 for more explicit instructions on how to make this most effective.

This idea was adapted from a form time activity book and is used to get students thinking about how bad and good behaviour could look for different scenarios. This can be teacher or student lead.

This activity will require you to sort different names from your form and hand them out. Discuss what acts of kindness could look like, particularly with COVID restrictions. The idea was taken from a form time acitvity book and adapted for use in school.

Form bonding activity Venn Diagrams Critical thought questions ‘which animal are you’ quiz (extension)

This PowerPoint is informed by active listening techniques from Relate Counselling on effective communication. It is experiential allowing students to experience non-listening and active listening. It explores: Listening blocks Non-verbal Short video

This resource uses “auction” to explore student values and can take 30mins+ to complete. It can provide excellent follow up discussion. You can get students to bid on values regardless if they were successful or not so they can build up an idea of what values are important to them.

Putting students into the hotseat and getting them to assume roles. I have written in the notes some pre-assigned serious roles for more confident students and some prompt questions for the class.