Activities from the workshop during the mobility in Thessaloniki

 During the mobility in Thessaloniki we had a workshop on 5.10.2024 guiding from the Estonian team. We practiced these activities to our students.

 

1. Sotsiometric exercises

Sociometrics is a measurement of relationships in a group of people. It can be used to unify a group of people, to vizualise the similarities 

and differences among the group members.

Ask a group to form a line according to…

A: Requires visual observation: height, length of hair, shoe size etc.

B: May require communication: according to date of birth (jan 1st to dec 31st), number of children(siblings) etc.

C: Requires communication and offers an insight of peoples opinions, attitude towards a subject. This helps to visualize 

similarities and differences in a group. It also increases a sense of unity and safety. 

Which season is your favourite? Are you a cat or a dog person? etc.

This technique offers possibilities of a discussion afterwards. Etc please discuss in your group why your favourite season is the best 

and be prepared to share it with the group.

D: Requires sense of space. 

Ask your students to imagine a map of Europe/ your country/ city etc. It is easier if you give them some boarders.

“Imagine how Europe looks like on a map. Norway is up there. Ukraine is on the right, Portugal on the left and Greece is in the south. “

“Please move To your dream destination in europe. Where would you like to travel in europe. etc You may also comment 

what you did there or use 1 word to explain why you wish to travel there.”

This exercise could also give opportunities to discussions among students.

After each sociometrics exercise you may ask your students to observe who is standing next to them, it could also offer possibilities to 

divide people into groups for later activities.

2. Tossing the ball

A: First round (You throw a ball to somebody and then say your name).

B: Second round (You throw a ball to somebody and then say their name)

C: Third round (you throw a ball to a person and say the name of a person to whom the ball should be thrown next)

3. Making a sculpture or a picture together.

I am a tree. A person comes to the stage and says “I am a tree” and then tries to take a shape of a tree. Then, a person from the crowd who 

wishes to add something to the picture, can go up to the tree and take a form of something else that they think fits to the picture e.g “I am a leaf”. 

You can decide how many people can fit onto the picture or what the subject is. 

Today we are going to “paint” a picture with 4 figures. After 4 figures are set and the picture is finished, the first person says, 

which character stays on the stage. And the painting of a new picture starts.

4. Creating a group dance 15 min

You divide the participants into small groups and give them a task to think of a dance move. After every group has created their 

move you all come together in a circle and start learning the dance moves one by one. Each move is repeated 3 times. 

Eventually the dance moves are all put together and you may start changing the rhythm of the dance moves.

The list of songs used in Thessaloniki.

1. Michael Jackson - Don't stop 

2. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

3. Fröbelin Palikat - Jumppalaulu

‘Mind the Trap’ for "Happy Communication" Club

 ‘Mind the Trap’ is a great team-building game. Here’s how to play: 

-Set up an obstacle course. 

-Blindfold one player. 

-Have the other players guide the blindfolded player through the course by shouting directions. 

To make it more exciting, you can time how fast they complete the course or add traps. This game helps everyone practice giving clear instructions and working together. 

 https://photos.app.goo.gl/tQv5DtX81U9UWqfT6 video

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ufdhoMMtbudLJNtf6 video

 Problem-solving happiness

"Idioms and phrases"

 The students expain what a giving idiom or a phrase means.

1st grade students from High School participated. 

Problem-solving happiness

"Yes, And... "

One person begins to tell a story or describe a senario. The rest of the team challenge is to build on this narrative by replying with “yes, and..” One after the other, each team member contributes one or two sentences to the story. The key is to react quickly to keep the flow of the story going. You can make the game more challenging by determining the order in advance, for example, by first name or age. This can add an extra layer of complexity to the game, as participants must adapt to the changing sequence of response

First grade students from High School participated. 

Problem-solving happiness

"Find the story"

The teacher gave some words and the students in teams made a story

1st grade students from High School partcipated. 

The broken telephone game as a tool for effective knowledge sharing and building effective communication

 

It is a game where you come up with a phrase and then you whisper it into the ear of the person sitting next to you. Next, this person has to whisper what he or she heard in the next person’s ear. This continues in the circle until the last person has heard the phrase. The trick is that you have only one chance to whisper the phrase, no repeating is allowed. Whatever you hear, you pass along the best you can to the next person. When the phrase comes around to the last person in the circle, he or she says it out loud. The game finishes by comparing the original phrase to what the last person heard and said.

It is a very entertaining and enjoyable game and, at the same time, brings out several important messages for effective communication, which  is also the key to effective knowledge sharing.

The activity was implemented for the third grade students by the teachers Dimitra Karadimou and Panos Kourtidis. Τhere is parental consent for the publication of the photographs!!

MY SECRET ACTIVITY ''THE THINK DEEPER WHEEL''

 

MY SECRET ACTIVITY                           THE THINK DEEPER WHEEL   A wheel with questions about a lesson or a subject like emotions is given in groups. 14 years old students from High School participated.

MY SECRET SΤORY ACTIVITY ''FIND THE EXIT''

  

                                                 MY SECRET SΤORY ACTIVITY

                                      FIND THE EXIT

 

Τhe teacher gives a maze and students tries to find the exit as quickly as possible. You can transform the classroom in a small maze if it is possible. 

13 years old students from high school  participated.

MY SECRET SΤORY ACTIVITY '' MACHINE''

                                                                    

                                      MY SECRET ACTIVITY

                                       MACHINE 

Each group create a machine using their own bodies (i.e. ceiling fan, hot air balloon, watch, etc)
Each person is required to make a sound and one motion of this machine. The group members should put their motions and sounds all together to create the machine.
Give each group about 5 or 10 minutes to prepare, and then present it.

14 years old students from High school participated.