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LETS CELEBRATE

• Celebrating Young Peoples Achievements
• Winter 2010

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Index

• INTRODUCTION What the packs all about
• CELEBRATE BREAKING THE ICE 1 Make a rainstorm
  and get on the listening train
• CELEBRATE BREAKING THE ICE 2 Get in the colour
  Jacuzzi and then try some squiggle art
• WHATS IN A DOODLE Well, what do you make of
  it?
• CELEBRATE MUSIC Ideas to celebrate music in all
  its forms
• CELEBRATE MUSIC QUIZ Top Ten quiz how many do
  you know?
• CELEBRATE ARTS Celebrate with Mehdi
• MY HENNA TATTOO Design your own henna tattoo
• CELEBRATE SPORTS Celebrate by designing
  something new!
• CELEBRATE SPORTS PICTURE QUIZ Do you know our
  great British Olympians?
• CELEBRATE HEROES Thinking about people that
  inspire us
• MY PERSONAL HEROES Describing your personal
  heroes
• CELEBRATE HEROES GAMES Some fun celebrity
  games
• CELEBRATE DIVERSITY Were all different and all
  equal
• CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS Why not create a whole
  new one?
• THINKING ABOUT GIFTS What to give and how to
  give it
• CELEBRATE PARTICIPATION Thinking about all the
  fun stuff we do
• THE TREE Draw on the leaves and celebrate!
• CELEBRATE FUN Ideas, resources and links to
  let the fun continue!

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Introduction

• Nigel Mansell, President of UK Youth recently
  stated if we celebrate youth, their achievements
  and their contribution to our communities we will
  all be the richer. Initiatives like Aiming High
  for Young People a ten year strategy for
  positive activities (2007) acknowledge that
  today's young people are faced with the challenge
  of growing up in a culture that has widespread
  negative perceptions about them and are committed
  to do more to rebalance the public narrative by
  celebrating young people's achievements.
• In Kent, the Try Angle Awards were established to
  recognise the efforts and achievements of young
  people and has been successfully recognising and
  celebrating the achievements of young people
  across Kent since 2001. Young people can also
  gain recognition and accreditation through the
  Duke of Edinburghs Award and the Youth
  Achievement Award both of which lead to
  accredited outcomes.
• The purpose of this pack is to provide some fun
  activities to celebrate young peoples
  achievements in a range of activities and to
  signpost towards nationally recognised awards
  that provide certification for those
  achievements. Focusing on areas like music, art
  sport, the pack can also be used towards
  delivering a 15 hour Youth Achievement Award
  Challenge.
• You may also like to look at past curriculum
  packs for ideas these can now be found at
  www.kent.gov.uk/curriculumpacks
• Each chapter in the curriculum document also has
  case studies, links and resources that can be
  adapted to delivering youth work that celebrates
  the achievements of the young people you are
  working with.

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Celebrate Breaking the Ice

• RAINSTORM
• Rain is a game that originated in the American
  Northwest amongst the Native Americans
• Ask the group to think about a storm whats the
  first noise you hear? Elicit the answer the
  wind and ask young people how theyll make the
  wind sound they could use voices, rubbing hands
  together or making circles with their hands on a
  floor or table top
• Next comes gentle rain demonstrate how to make
  the noise by gently drumming with your
  fingertips, then build up the sound until you are
  drumming on the floor/table with the palms of
  your hands.
• Then make the sounds of the rainstorm passing
  over by reversing the sounds.
• You can mix things up by adding showers, stronger
  gusts of wind between bursts of rain simply
  call out instructions for the group to follow.
  Once everyone knows what theyre doing, encourage
  members of the group to call out instructions
  (try and keep them logical!)
• LISTENING TRAIN
• Divide the group into 2 teams and ask them to sit
  in 2 lines the last person in line should be
  good at drawing!
• Now show the first person in each line a fairly
  simple picture. The first person must then
  whisper a description to the next person and so
  on down the line to the last person in line
• The last person in line now has to draw what has
  been described to them whoever is closest to
  the actual picture wins the point

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Celebrate Breaking the Ice

• COLOUR JACUZZI
• Get 4 different coloured sheets of paper, or use
  4 pens in the relevant colours.
• Present the 4 colours thus blue royal colour
  what would you do to improve your
  community/centre if you were ruler for the day?,
  green money what would you do for money?,
  colour, red turn off colour what is the
  biggest turn off in your area/centre?, orange
  motivation colour what motivates you and helps
  you to be creative?
• Now either brainstorm each different colour with
  the group or ask young people to move from sheet
  to sheet and write down one thing to answer the
  colour questions
• Colour Jacuzzi is adaptable to any issue you may
  be discussing with young people
• FLEXIBLE THINKING SQUIGGLE ART
• Draw a squiggle on a piece of flip chart paper
  and ask the group what they can see in it
  encourage young people to look at it from
  different perspectives. Then ask for a volunteer
  to come up and draw their ideas directly onto the
  paper (they must incorporate all the squiggle).
  Repeat the process a couple of times.
• Hand out the doodle sheets and encourage everyone
  to find a picture in the shape they must use
  all of the shape but they can turn the sheet
  whichever way they like in order to create their
  picture.
• When everyone is finished compare and discuss
  your art! To see what other people came up with,
  visit http//www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/galle
  ry/2010/sep/19/quentin-blake for the results of a
  competition based on the shape

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Whats in a Doodle?
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Celebrate Music

• You may already have bands that practice at your
  centre or who use your project. You may have
  regular band nights. Why not go one step further
  and organise a music festival? You can celebrate
  the talent of young people and raise money (for a
  charity or your project) at the same time you
  could run a battle of the bands or a Britains
  Got Talent contest. If you dont have enough
  bands, then encourage individual talents to
  compete in an X Factor style contest using
  Sing Star or similar karaoke software.
• You could also choose to celebrate diversity and
  music by exploring young peoples heritage
  through music
• Discuss young peoples cultural heritage
  what music did they grow up listening to? Have
  their parents musical tastes influenced them?
  Make a note of musical tastes/artists on flip
  chart paper
• Search for relevant videos on YouTube and ask
  young people to share the music they have on MP3
  players/phones ask individual young
  people/small groups to put together a short
  playlist (max 3 songs) that reflects their
  musical tastes and heritage. Then ask each young
  person/group to present their playlist with a bit
  of background information on why they chose their
  songs and what they represent.
• You could ask young people to construct a
  playlist that includes the song that represents
  me, the song that represents my hopes and
  dreams and the song that represents where I
  come from (or design your own categories with
  young people!)
• If you want to encourage young people to
  publicise their event, take a look at the classic
  music posters on http//www.musiceducationworld.co
  m/?qmusicposters for inspiration.
• Theres also a Fantasy Music Festival activity
  in the Summer Programme Resources Starter Pack
• www.kent.gov.uk/curriculumpacks then click on the
  link to 2010 Curriculum Packs

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Celebrate Music Quiz

• To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the UK
  singles chart, in 2002 people were asked to vote
  for their favourite UK No 1 of all time this
  quiz is based on the top 10, and counts down
  chart positions from No. 10 to No. 1

No. 10 What was the name of the 1981 hit single for Queen David Bowie?
No. 9 Which Beach Boys single starts with the lyrics "I, I love the colourful clothes she wears. And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
No. 8 This Abba song spent 6 weeks at number one in 1976 and is guaranteed to fill the dance floor!
No. 7 Which British band had a hit in the UK and the USA in 1964 with House of the Rising Sun?
No. 6 Procul Harum had a huge hit in 1967 with this song the initials are W.S.O.P
No. 5 George Harrisons first solo single went straight to number one what was it called?
No. 4 Who were the American singing duo whose biggest hit was Bridge Over Troubled Waters?
No. 3 This Beatles single was the first to be released on their own Apple label and is one of the longest number 1s ever
No. 2 Imagine was written by which ex-Beatle?
No. 1 Is this the real life is this just fantasy is the first line of which song?
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Celebrate Arts

• Celebrate with Henna Hands!
• Trace around your hands on flip chart/wallpaper
  lining paper (great for one big display) or use
  the template below
• Trace your own henna tattoo design onto the
  outline make it as elaborate or simple, as
  personal or as abstract as you like. You could
  copy a design youve seen or create something
  unique! If youve been thinking about getting a
  real tattoo why not see what the design would
  look like in henna first? For more ideas for
  henna tattoos visit http//www.mehndistyles.com/
  or you could watch a video of a henna tattoo
  being created here www.youtube.com/watch?vTH5v5L1
  G9p4
• If you want to take this one stage further and
  create your designs as real henna tattoos, you
  can find full instructions here
  http//www.howtodothings.com/fashion-and-personal-
  care/a3084-how-to-make-henna-tattoos.html
• DID YOU KNOW?
• The Ancient Egyptians decorated mummies with
  henna and the custom soon spread through Africa,
  India and the Arab world
• Henna is known as Mendhi in India and is used for
  Hindu weddings and during the festivals of
  Diwali, Bhaidooj, Teej and Eid
• Henna tattoos are common around the world when
  people celebrate events such as Eid al-Fitr,
  which marks the end of Ramadan.

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My Henna Tattoo
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Celebrate Sports

• CREATE A SPORT OR GAME
• Start a group discussion about favourite sports.
  Use the following chart to start looking at the
  elements of each one (one example has been
  completed for you)
• Aim for 10 different examples of each element
• Now divide the group into pairs/smaller groups
  depending on numbers and give each pair/group a
  pair of dice
• Ask pairs/groups to roll the dice 3 times and to
  circle the corresponding element in each column
  (if they roll 11 or 12 then they need to roll
  again)
• When each pair/group has chosen 3 elements, ask
  them to use those elements to create a totally
  new game theyll need to think about rules and
  regulations, equipment, playing surface. Then ask
  each pair/group to present their new sport to the
  group
• EXTENSION ACTIVITY Try to repurpose the sport by
  making it non competitive, individual instead of
  a team sport
• EXTENSION ACTIVITY You could use the same system
  to create a new board game

GOAL EQUIPMENT SCORING
1 TRY RUGBY BALL 5 POINTS
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Celebrate Sports Picture Quiz
In 2012, the worlds greatest celebration of
sport will take place in London. Who are these
Great British Olympians, and what sport are they
famous for?
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Celebrate Heroes

• HEROES ROLE MODELS
• Ask everyone in the group to brainstorm a list of
  well known heroes celebrities, sportsmen etc.
• Now make another list of heroes that are personal
  to the young people e.g. my brother, my old
  teacher
• Now brainstorm a list of things we admire about
  the celebrities and things we admire about our
  personal heroes are there any differences
  between the two lists? And what qualities are the
  same?
• Ask each young person to think of the people who
  have most influenced them in their lives, then
  ask them to pick their top 3 heroes and complete
  the activity sheet
• Now ask young people who would like to share to
  talk about their heroes to the rest of the group,
  then use this as a basis for discussing what
  makes a hero and a role model and is there a
  difference between the two e.g. are heroes more
  likely to be people we dont know, do we treat
  heroes and role models in the same way?
• SUPER HEROES
• You could also draw a super hero cape on flip
  chart paper and ask young people to complete the
  cape with all the qualities their super hero
  needs try and use graphics and imagery from
  super hero comics or hand out the activity
  sheet below

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My Personal Heroes

What do they look like? How do you know
them? Whats your best memory of this person?
What do they look like? How do you know
them? Whats your best memory of this person
What do they look like? How do you know
them? Whats your best memory of this person?
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My Superhero
Complete the superhero by drawing in his cape and
costume and adding the qualities he needs

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Celebrate Heroes - Games

• THE HEADBAND GAME
• The aim of the game is to identify what celebrity
  you are by asking questions that can be answered
  yes or no e.g. Am I male? Did I write books? Am I
  a sportsperson?
• Take strips of card and write the names of
  celebrities on them, then staple/tape the ends
  together into a band and place one on each young
  persons head. You can either play the game with
  one person at a time asking questions or give
  everyone in the group a headband and ask them to
  move around the room asking each other questions
  for a pre-defined amount of time then try and
  guess their identity at the end of it.
• No looking in mirrors!
• CELEBRITY CLUES
• Give each young person the name of a celebrity
  written on a piece of paper then give the whole
  group 5 minutes to think of 3 clues to that
  persons identity that get progressively easier
  e.g. David Beckham 1. Made his first team debut
  aged 17 2. He has 3 sons 3. He plays in America
• Now ask each young person to present their clues
  to the rest of the group after each clue pause
  to allow time for guesses. If anyone guesses
  after the first clue they score 3 points, after
  the second 2 points and after the third 1 point
• When everyone has had a turn, add up the scores
  and give a small prize to the winner!

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Celebrate Diversity

• UNITE CELEBRATE!
• Start this session by establishing some ground
  rules around respect try adapting these
• http//www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/9-democracy/for
  ums/youth/yforum-terms-ref.html
• Have a group discussion about young peoples
  heritage do they have relatives in different
  countries? Do they have family members from
  different cultures? Reinforce the idea that we
  are all different and all equal
• Start brainstorming how the group can celebrate
  diversity by uniting to celebrate different
  cultures. Some ideas might be using video to
  record young people talking about their
  backgrounds, performing music or dance cooking
  recipes from different cultures and having an
  international food night playing games from
  different cultures create an art display around
  the celebrities of different cultures map
  different countries and find out about different
  time zones etc. Make sure that everyone will be
  included in some way either performing,
  directing or researching
• Work together to find out how to say Celebrate
  Unite and Welcome in different languages
  Google Translate is a good starting point
  http//translate.google.com/ then either write
  large signs or print out (try and use some
  interesting fonts). You could also use this as
  the basis for a welcome video as part of a larger
  celebration event.
• AIMS to encourage young people to respect each
  other, to respect and celebrate diversity and to
  work together to research, explore and celebrate
  that diversity
• OUTCOMES young people will learn something about
  each others backgrounds and different cultures,
  young people will work together to celebrate
  diversity, young people will research and explore
  as individuals and work together as teams

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Celebrate the Holidays

• CREATE A HOLIDAY
• Start a group discussion about winter holidays
  most people celebrate Christmas but what other
  holidays happen at about this time? What are the
  customs and celebrations? Now imagine that you
  could bring everyone together to celebrate one
  holiday what would your new holiday be like?
  What would you celebrate gender? Culture? Age?
• Brainstorm ideas on flip chart paper thinking
  about
• Name
• Purpose of the holiday
• Background
• Dates
• Decorations colours
• Symbols
• Food
• Ask everyone to design a greetings card for the
  holiday based on information youve just
  brainstormed
• As an extension activity, put young people into
  pairs and ask them to design a brochure
  describing the new holiday

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Thinking About Gifts

• MAKING HOLIDAY GIFTS
• Ask the group to think about the following
  questions
• Who do you want to give a gift to?
• What hobbies interests do they have?
• What do they do in their free time?
• Do they work?
• Whats their favourite subject at school?
• What do their friends enjoy?
• What do they talk about?
• What places do they like to visit?
• What do you talk about with them?
• Now brainstorm a gift list for the following
  parents, brothers/sisters, friends,
  teachers/youth workers, aunts/uncles,
  grandparents, cousins, work colleagues
• How many of those gifts could you make yourself?
• Is it ok to give someone a gift that was given to
  you but you didnt like? Is that simply
  recycling?
• Is it better to buy locally or from a big chain
  shop?
• Is it better to buy from a shop or online?
• EXTENSION ACTIVITY organise a gift making
  workshop and/or an unwanted gift exchange

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Celebrate Participation

• THE PARTICIPATION TREE
• Each leaf celebrates a participation opportunity
  the tree represents what helped young people
  get involved
• You can choose to deliver this activity as an
  individual one, using the sheet below or as a
  group activity
• Begin with a group discussion what activities
  do young people participate in? Are they members
  of a senior members group or a body like KYCC?
  How did they get the opportunity to participate
  in those activities?
• If youre doing the activity as individuals then
  hand round the sheets and ask young people to
  draw leaves on the branches and then write the
  activities they participate in on each leaf, and
  the person/centre/school etc that helped them to
  get involved on the branches.
• If this is a group activity, you could build the
  trunk and branches of the tree out of the
  cardboard tubes from toilet/kitchen rolls covered
  in papier mache and then attach leaves cut out of
  paper. Write the same information on the trunk
  and branches and on the leaves
• The tree can be used for a variety of uses
• As a planning tool each leaf represents an idea
  that young people would like to do
• As an evaluation tool each leaf contains a
  thought about the activity
• As a celebration tool each leaf contains a
  message of congratulations on the successful
  completion of a project

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Celebrate Fun!

• For plenty of ideas for ice breakers, team
  building activities and other fun stuff try the
  following links
• CURRICULUM PACKS
• Full of ice breakers, session plans, activities,
  quizzes, resources links plus much more! All
  the curriculum packs are available from
  www.kent.gov.uk/curriculumpacks
• Enjoy Achieve
• Summer Pack 1
• Summer Pack 2
• PDF DOCUMENTS
• If youd like a copy of the following packs in
  pdf format please email suze.youde_at_kent.gov.uk
  (the packs are also available as Word documents
  that you can edit)
• ACTIVITY SHEETS
• QUIZZES
• SESSION IDEAS
• WEBSITES
• Youth Work Resources http//www.youthworker.org.uk
  / games, group ideas, discussion starters and
  more
• CPYN http//www.cypnow.co.uk/BigIssues/Details/679
  77/youth-work-resources/ Excellent CPYN resource
  packs
• TES (free registration required)
  http//www.tes.co.uk/resourceshome.aspx?navcode70
  Calendar linked resources for teachers which are
  easily adaptable to youth work

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Celebrate Achievements

• The following are some suggestions for ways to
  accredit young peoples achievements
• Youth Achievement Awards http//www.ukyouth.org/On
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  dNRNODEGUID4C86ECC1-5E84-4CFC-B884-48A79668A5AB
  NRORIGINALURL/whatwedo/Programmes/YAANRCACHEHI
  NTNoModifyGuest you can download information
  packs for the Award and the Challenge from the
  website. One YAA challenge (15 hours) counts as
  an accredited outcome for a young person and just
  about any skill or activity can be accredited.
  For more information please contact Liz Heaney
  liz.heaney_at_kent.gov.uk
• The Duke of Edinburghs Award http//www.dofe.org/
  visit the website for more details on taking the
  Bronze, Silver or Gold Award or contact Norry
  Barber norry.barber_at_kent.gov.uk for more
  information. The Award is made up of 4 sections
  volunteering, physical, skills, expedition so
  there is scope to accredit all of a young
  persons informal learning
• G-Nation Awards http//www.g-nation.co.uk/
  G-Nation Awards support and recognise UK
  teenagers who get involved in charity, community,
  social enterprise and campaigning action! The
  Award is looking for funding for 2011-12 so visit
  the website for more news
• Diana Awards http//diana-award.org.uk/nominate/in
  dex.aspx the 3 awards on offer celebrate and
  reward young people 12-18 for making a difference
  to their community and tackling bullying
• The Epic Awards http//epicawards.co.uk/
  celebrating achievement in the voluntary and
  amateur arts and crafts. The 4 categories are
  Engagement, Partnerships, Innovation and
  Creativity.

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Celebrate Achievements

• The Arts Award http//www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?i
  d64 Arts Award aspires to support any young
  person to enjoy the arts and develop creative
  leadership skills. Offered at levels 1, 2 and 3
  on the Qualifications and Credit Framework, Arts
  Award can be achieved at bronze, silver or gold
• Young Achievers Awards http//youngachieversawards
  .org/ celebrating inspirational young achievers
  and volunteers in Arts, Community, Environment
  Sport
• Sport Leaders uk http//www.sportsleaders.org/
  Sports Leaders UK provides nationally recognised
  leadership awards and qualifications that help
  people develop essential life skills such as
  organisation, motivation, communication and
  working with others
• Level 1 Award in Dance Leadership
  http//www.sportsleaders.org/our-awardsqualificati
  ons/our-qualifications/level-1-award-in-dance-lead
  ership.aspx The Level 1 Award in Dance Leadership
  is a nationally recognised qualification that
  enables successful candidates to lead small
  groups in simple dance activities, whilst under
  the direct supervision of their tutor.
• Try Angle Awards http//www.tryangleawards.co.uk/
  The Try Angle Awards were established in 1995 in
  the Thanet Area of Kent to raise the profile of
  and recognise the efforts and achievements of
  young people in the area". The Award has extended
  county and country wide since 2002

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Quiz Answers

• MUSIC QUIZ GREAT BRITISH OLYMPIANS
• 10. Under Pressure Top row (left to right)
  Jonathan Edwards (triple jump),
• 9. Good Vibrations Dame Tanni Grey Thompson
  (wheelchair racer), Sally
• 8. Dancing Queen Gunnell (400 metre hurdles),
  Seb Coe (800 1500
• 7. The Animals metres)
• 6. Whiter Shade of Pale Middle row (left to
  right) Dame Kelly Holmes (800
• 5. My Sweet Lord 1500 metre), Sir Chris Hoy
  (track cyclist), Daley
• 4. Simon Garfunkel Thompson (Decathlon),
  Linford Christie (100 metres),
• 3. Hey Jude Fatima Whitbread (Javelin)
• 2. John Lennon Bottom row (left to right)
  Victoria Pendleton (track
• 1. Bohemian Rhapsody cyclist), Sir Steve
  Redgrave (rower), Rebecca
• Adlington (swimmer)