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Decisions decisions decisions

  • by J
  • 19 Jul, 2019

Group size: Adaptable, Big group 10+, small group 3+ and medium 5-9
Timescale: 10-30 min
Where?: Indoors
Gym hall/ similar

What you need paper and pens
Instructions:  Break everyone up into teams and ask each team for some suggestions on a decision ask each person for their own opinion. Elect a person to speak for them.
All the elected people from another group and negotiate each of the ideas and opinions of their group.
They can either make a decision or put up to 3 options to the whole group.
Whatever the decision everyone has to live with it. The best decisions are ones that cause disagreement but affect the participants. I.e. the tuck shop will be open but there will be no toast or there will be arts and crafts and games but no running about.

Categories:  Communication
 Environment
Core outcomes:  Increase confidence
Be inclusive
Express opinions
Explain consequences
Recognise rights
Engage with democratic structures

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