Playing footie

Your feet can tell a story

By Annette Agius Our youth work sessions are all about putting our creativity, ideas and skills to the test.

To promote teamwork group dynamics and enhance our students' visualization concepts, we started off with an activity called Feet Pictionary. Our young people had to use their feet to draw an object and their teammates needed to guess what it was.

During this activity our students were not tested for their artistic abilities but rather how they communicated between each other and their socialization skills.

Following this, the students were divided into two groups and their challenge was to build a bridge using lollipop sticks, tape and a some cardboard paper. Our students were very creative and sly.

The point of having these types of activities for our young students is to challenge them to think and understand life skills. Being able to communicate and work in a team are fundamental tools that are useful in our everyday life.

Children’s Day, Children’s Rights

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We celebrated children's rights on the 20th of November, which is World Children’s Day. Youth work is all about empowering our young people. This day provided an excellent opportunity to discuss what rights are and what they are not.

We approached this deep discussion through a quiz, in which the students mentioned many valid points. It was clear that their way of thinking and reasoning was impressive indeed. To finish the session and get moving, the students had to resort to charades. Through this non-verbal means of communication, the students of one group had to express the concept of rights concerned to the other group. Needless to say, it got very interesting and creative. In this manner, our students enhance their knowledge while engaging in teamwork and, most importantly, having fun.