So how did that work? We
- dressed formally (Mrs Hillyer got a few ‘looks’ as people walked past her office)
- chose a ‘formal’ background (and those unable to dress formally chose their backdrop of a time when they were dressed formally)
- guessed the top 5 emojis each class member used (we were mostly wrong!)
- played ‘pancakes vs waffles’ a reasoning game where the stakes keep getting higher until we were deciding between puppies and romance!
- issued student generated awards – including one for Laura’s cat, Noodle, who we watched grow up during remote learning
- created a hashtag for ‘the year that was’- I think the crowd favourite was “#stressedanddepressedbutsurroundedbythebest”
- contributed to our digital yearbook of memories
- played “exciting sponge’
(To play, each team member grabs a random object at arm’s length and creates a story about it, or they can default to describing a generic sponge.
The goal is to exaggerate the truth about what makes that object amazing. For example, if someone picked up an alarm clock, they could say “this is a relic from the past and someday Indian Jones 2.0, AI edition, will travel back in time and snatch it up for a museum collection.”
The more absurd the better!) - wrote about where we saw ourselves in ten years.
That last one caused a few tears for the teachers because among their big world plans are also small, everyday hopes – of love and family. We are sending these young people out into the world as well balanced, academic workers, but also as dreamers – and the world needs more of them right now.
Congratulations Year 12 Advanced English – first cab off the rank for exams next week. Good luck!
