Activity: Anonymous Messages from your Peers

Timeframe: 10 to 30 mins ( adjustable depending on the number of the students)

Objective: To allow the students to notice and appreciate other students while also feel appreciated. To strengthen students' critical thinking and concentration. 

Step-by-step Instruction: Students sit or stand in a circle. Students have a pen and paper with each of them. Student write down their names on the top of the paper. Students pass the paper in the same direction in the given minutes. Students write a message for other students as the paper indicates who they are writing the messages for. Writers are not required to write down their names. Teachers should  give student certain prompts (eg. write a message about the time your friend helped you and how you felt about it.). Students will write one message for another student until one rotation of a circle is completed. 

This activity helps the students to think, focus, and appreciate their peers, the time and experience they shared. At the same time, they also receive appreciation, fostering bonds between the students and encouraging positive & safe space.

However, the activity is usually ideal to be used only in the end of the terms or academic year as the students need time to know or interact with each other better. Because this activity is not a short warm-up activity before the lessons, it might not significantly help the teacher to manage their classes. This activity is more like a year-ending refletive activity.