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I embarrass myself early on during Week 1, so that they can see that even as a teacher, I am still susceptible to constructive feedback and even we're not perfect. After this, I have found students to be more willing and open to communicate their issues. I then like to play an icebreaker game called 'Connected', where students throw a ball of wool around the circle, every time a new person has it, they have to tell the class 3 interesting things about themselves. Once everyone has done so, we must untangle the web back into the original ball of wool (problem solving).

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I share some interesting and humorous facts about myself then the students interview another person that they don't know very well and present the information to the class

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Snowball fight - Students write down 3 interesting facts about themselves on a scrap piece of paper and scrunch it into a snowball.  The studnets then have a snowball fight for approx 30 seconds.  They then pick up their nearest 'snowball' and try and find it's owner.  They are then responsible for introducing this person in groups of 4 by using name, the class they were in last year and one of the interesting facts.

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I talk to the students and share the following example identifying my personal likes etc and then what things I find help me to learn. I then have the students do the same activity about themselves to share with me. I also give out a post it note that they can write something on that they want to share more privately and this is handed in to me.

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Use of quote about kindness. Begin to establish positive classroom climate and relationships by sharing in their groups to create a Y chart about kindness.

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The Year 1’s sent a welcome letter to students at the end of the holidays, introducing ourselves, and who we are outside of the classroom. We shared a photo of us and our family, and the things we like.

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Jade Burns via email - Word of the year https://www.happinessishomemade.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Word-of-the-Year-Ideas-by-Happiness-is-Homemade.pdf

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Kristi and Rhiannon:
- We have written a letter about ourselves for our students. We read their reply and then reply to what they have said. This gives us something to talk to them about during the first week to start building relationships.
- On Transition Day (last year) we also ask the students to write down three things they would like their teacher to know about them. This also gives us information about them before we start the year with them.

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Telling students about me. Sharing, listening, laughing.

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Give students a letter introducing myself as a person rather than only a teacher. Asking them to tell me something about themselves in a form that works for them - letter, email, video, etc. I make sure that I refer to this when having a conversation throughout the following days.