It was excellent to gather the group together for the first time. Very few of the young people had met before, and they did a great job of making each other feel welcome and included. One member commented that the session was less formal than they had expected (and they were pleased.) Another said they felt they were starting to make friends already, which was great to hear.
One of our icebreaker activities involved 3 minute drawings. What is it like to stare each of a dozen new people in the face for three minutes at a time? By the end of it, we all knew each other’s names, that’s for sure. And we all had a set of wonderful, anonymous drawings of ourselves to keep. Below are some of the drawings of me. I really like the way the different sides of how I was feeling show in the different drawings: I was clearly concentrating, but one picture also captures that I was smiling A LOT! It was a pleasure to start work with such a sincere, engaged group of young people- I feel sure they will achieve great things.
