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Morning Break
A quick break so we can all concentrate on the next piece of work.
Guest Speaker
Learning Objectives
If a guest speaker is available, they will join us for this session. We will ask them questions about their career and their work, and they will give us advice about their specialism.
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Review
Look back over the objectives of this activity - check you've met them all. If you haven't, make sure you have a plan for how to achieve them - maybe checking in with a volunteer or a fellow trainee could help?Community Lunch
Every Saturday, we eat together. We share our food and our stories. We learn about each other and the world. We build community.
This is everyone’s responsibility, so let’s work together. These are the roles we need help with.
- Food shopping: ensure enough food is available for all courses running in your region, respecting the dietary requirements and the budget (you might not be the one buying the food, but you should ensure whoever buys or cooks the food knows what should be bought)
- Setting up the table: organise the food so that everyone has access to it and invite people to join lunch
- Washing up & tidying: your location should be as clean as it was before you all arrived in the morning. This can include washing up, taking the litter outside, hoovering, etc.
You can do something different every week or every two weeks. You shouldn’t have to be constantly responsible for the same task. Agree as a cohort on how you will manage this.
Questions you can use to help this organisation:
- How long should each person (group of people) be responsible for each goal? 1 week? 2 weeks?
- How will we communicate to our community who is the person responsible right now?
- Is there any role missing?
Retro: Start / Stop / Continue
🕹️Retro (20 minutes)
A retro is a chance to reflect. You can do this on RetroTool (create a free anonymous retro and share the link with the class) or on sticky notes on a wall.
- Set a timer for 5 minutes. There’s one on the RetroTool too.
- Write down as many things as you can think of that you’d like to start, stop, and continue doing next sprint.
- Write one point per note and keep it short.
- When the timer goes off, one person should set a timer for 1 minute and group the notes into themes.
- Next, set a timer for 2 minutes and all vote on the most important themes by adding a dot or a +1 to the note.
- Finally, set a timer for 8 minutes and all discuss the top three themes.
Project time
Learning Objectives
This time is set aside to work as a team on your project.
Use this time wisely
You will have project time every Saturday. Don’t waste it. Use it to:
Review
Look back over the objectives of this activity - check you've met them all. If you haven't, make sure you have a plan for how to achieve them - maybe checking in with a volunteer or a fellow trainee could help?Afternoon Break
Please feel comfortable and welcome to pray at this time if this is part of your religion.
If you are breastfeeding and would like a private space, please let us know.
Project time
Learning Objectives
This time is set aside to work as a team on your project.
Use this time wisely
You will have project time every Saturday. Don’t waste it. Use it to: