👣 Steps

If you haven’t done so already, choose someone (volunteer or trainee) to be the facilitator for this morning orientation block. Choose another to be the timekeeper.

🎙️ The Facilitator will:

1. Assemble the entire group (all volunteers & all trainees) in a circle
2. Briefly welcome everyone with an announcement, like this:

   💬 “Morning everyone, Welcome to CYF {REGION}, this week we are working on {MODULE} {SPRINT} and we’re currently working on {SUMMARISE THE TOPICS OF THE WEEK}”

3. Ask any newcomers to introduce themselves to the group, and welcome them.
4. Now check: is it the start of a new module? Is it sprint 1? If so, read out the success criteria for the new module.
5. Next go through the morning day plan only (typically on the curriculum website) - and check the following things:

Facilitator Checklist

• Check the number of volunteers you have for the morning
• Check someone is leading each session
• Describe how any new activities works for the group
• Decide how best to allocate trainees and volunteers for a given block - most blocks will make this clear

⏰ The Timekeeper will:

• Announce the start of an activity and how long it will take (check everyone is listening)
• Manage any whole class timers that are used in an activity
• Give people a 10-minute wrap-up warning before the end of an activity
• Announce the end of an activity and what happens next

Every session begins with an energiser. Usually there’s a rota showing who will lead the energiser. We have some favourite games you can play if you are stuck.

1. Traffic Jam: re-order the cars to unblock yourself
2. Telephone: draw the words and write the pictures
3. Popcorn show and tell: popcorn around the room and show one nearby object or something in your pocket or bag and explain what it means to you.

1. 🎙️ Nominate a facilitator (trainee or volunteer)
2. ⏰ Nominate a timekeeper (trainee or volunteer)

🎙️ Facilitator

Your role is make sure that everybody gets the chance to speak. Start the discussion by asking the group:

• What are the key ideas in this sprint that you want to discuss?
• What’s the biggest blocker you have right now?

Invite the group to spend ⏰ 5 minutes writing down key ideas and blockers on a board.

Vote on the focus

Give the group ⏰ 2 minutes to vote on what to discuss. +1 on the question is fine.

🐇 Begin with the most popular topic

Give the group ⏰ 10 minutes to discuss the most popular topic. Move the discussion on if it gets stuck. If the group is struggling to come up with ideas, ask them to think about:

• What documentation relates to this topic?
• What other problem is this problem like, that you have met before?
• Is there another way to solve this problem?

🕳️ Move on to the next topic

Keep the discussion moving and help the group to stay on track. Your job is to prevent “rabbit holing” on one topic.

⏰ Timekeeper

Keep the discussion on track by keeping an eye on the time. Use a stopwatch and give the group a 30 second warning before the end of the session.

• 00:00 - 02:00: Nominate a facilitator and timekeeper
• 02:00 - 07:00: Write down key ideas and blockers
• 07:00 - 10:00: Vote on the focus
• 10:00 - 20:00: Topic 1
• 20:00 - 30:00: Topic 2
• 30:00 - 40:00: Topic 3
• 40:00 - 50:00: Topic 4
• 50:00 - 60:00: Topic 5

A quick break of fifteen minutes so we can all concentrate on the next piece of work.

What are we doing now?

You’re going to use this time to work through coursework. Your cohort will collectively self-organise to work through the coursework together in your own way. Sort yourselves into groups that work for you.

Use this time wisely

You will have study time in almost every class day. Don’t waste it. Use it to:

• work through the coursework
• ask questions and get unblocked
• give and receive code review
• work on your portfolio
• develop your own projects

Every Saturday we cook and 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 help with what is needed to make this happen, for example, organising the food, setting up the table, washing up, tidying up, etc. You can do something different every week. You don’t need to be constantly responsible for the same task.

What are we doing now?

You’re going to use this time to work through coursework. Your cohort will collectively self-organise to work through the coursework together in your own way. Sort yourselves into groups that work for you.

Use this time wisely

You will have study time in almost every class day. Don’t waste it. Use it to:

• work through the coursework
• ask questions and get unblocked
• give and receive code review
• work on your portfolio
• develop your own projects

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.

🧑🏼‍🎓 Trainees

(If you don’t have a guest expert, do study group instead.)

Share your questions in a Slack thread by Friday 10am. This is an Ask Me Anything 🧶 🧶 Ask Me Anything Ask Me Anything. style session.

🦸🏾 Expert(s)

Read over the questions and prepare your answers before class if possible.