friends in Year 7 Tips for making

Make people welcome by smiling and being approachable - it’s a lot easier to start a conversation with someone who appear like they want to talk to you.

Psychologists suggest that a nice warm face is associated with a friendly personality. Avoid barriers such as focusing on your mobile or wearing earphones as this might put people off from approaching you.

Keep in touch with your old friends from primary/prep school by phoning, texting or chatting with them outside of school time. Introduce your new friends to your old friends to increase your network of friends. You could also try build relationships with your friend’s friends.

Reach out to new mates by saying “hello”. Get out of your comfort zone and make an effort to speak to people. Start discussing about what happened in class or a recent event. You could consider starting with common interests, for instance: hobbies, gaming, sports, pets, music or movies.

Whilst talking to new colleagues, stick to open questions and avoid closed questions. Open-ended questions encourage discussion and increase the chance of a lengthy conversation. Open-ended questions are questions with a wider range of responses. Closed questions tend to have fewer response options, such as ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

Show interest in other people rather than trying to get people interested in you. Ask them questions, listen to them and make them feel important. Showing off how cool you are is no longer cool, infact, you are guaranteed most people will switch off.

Show interest in other people rather than trying to get people interested in you. Ask them questions, listen to them and make them feel important. Showing off how cool you are is no longer cool, infact, you are guaranteed most people will switch off.

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