EtonX Soft Skills Course Beta – Assertiveness and Active Listening
If you have children aged 14-18 or know of anybody with children this age who might benefit from a soft skills course including assertiveness and active listening. There’s a short…
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AKA: Eggy We’ve recently installed a ground trampoline which is proving a big success and with it discovering the games that have been invented as various friends come round and…
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I’ve had a love of plants and gardens for a ‘long’ time and been wanting to create a living roof of my own as I like them and also see…
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There’s plenty of great ideas around. Although this is the first time we’ve heard of the challenge, it’s hard to imagine it not having been around for a while or…
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Here’s an activity idea that was posted on Facebook by Blossom to try with the kids, or even just by yourself as it would make an interesting gift. Rainbow or…
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Variation of Dodgeball suggested by Cloie92 As dodge ball (players hit below the knees by the ball are out) and ideally use a squash court, or if not available a…
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Team variation of Dodgeball Divide the playing area into 2 halves and then create within each half near the back another smaller ‘bin’ area (here shown as shaded). Divide into…
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Dodgeball variation Play as Dragon Dodge Ball with players in a large circle and a small group/team of 4 or 5 players linked in a chain (the dragon) by holding…
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Dodgeball variation Have the entire group make a circle and pick 4 or 5 people to be a team. This team goes into the centre of the circle and forms…
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A classic ball game with three players, although it is sometimes played with a few more. Requires enough space to run around and any sort of ball or object that…
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