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Students don’t get on with each other

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It is only natural that students will want to sit with their friends, but it is

important that students learn to work with different people. Most students

will react reasonably if asked to work with someone new, but occasionally

conflicts can arise. To help avoid uncomfortable situations do team building

activities, such as those below, at the beginning of the school year, and do

them again throughout the year whenever you feel that they would be

beneficial.

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Give students an ice breaker activity such as Find a friend bingo (

see

activity three in this post

) to help students find out more about each other.

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Help students learn more about each other by finding out about what they

have in common with

activity four in this post

.

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Balloon race. Have two or more teams with an equal number of students

stand in lines. Give each team a balloon which they have to pass to the next

student without using their hands. The first team to pass the balloon to the

end of the line wins.

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