Third Activity

(Mr Kirton will provide the "postcards")

“THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO THINK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER”

Warm up by checking that they all know each other’s names.
1. ASK MENTEES IF THEY HAVE SEEN POSTCARDS IN NEWSAGENTS WINDOWS OR IN SUPERMARKETS WHICH ADVERTISE THINGS FOR SALE: BIKES, CARS, PRAMS, ETC.
Remind them that the person selling the item will mention all the good points about the item. (if you can, show them an example which you have made)
Ask them to think about selling themselves as a friend, concentrating on their positive qualities.

2. Give them each a postcard sized piece of paper and get them to write an advert about themselves. (They must do it in secret and not mention their name) 5 minutes
When they have finished, collect in the ‘postcards’ and shuffle them.
3. You then read the adverts aloud and ask the others in the group to guess who the advert is about. The advertiser should not give themselves away. Wrong guesses are as useful as right ones.

When all cards have been read, go back over some of the information given. Ask:
“who remembers the one who’s got a pony?”
“tell me something you have learned about Sally.”
“tell me about David’s good points”
“is it easy/hard to think about your good qualities?”