Activity Guide
Initial Icebreaking Activity
This document sets out the structure of the workshop, how each section is designed to be run and what the results of each section should be.
Activity One : Initial Icebreaking Activity
Activity One Facilitator's Notes : Initial Icebreaking Activity
Research has shown that observation skills improve with experience.
This initial activity presents this issue to the delegates and is designed to get the young drivers involved and interested in the workshop.
This activity is also designed to present the reason behind the workshop, i.e. that young drivers statistically are a higher risk group and that employers have sent them here because they recognise that particular risk.
Facilitator's Notes
Although there is a serious message behind the camels and TfL film, this light-hearted start to the workshop can help make the delegates feel more relaxed about the workshop and more willing to participate. A more serious introduction and first activity may have the adverse effect of changing the initial mood of the group and consequently making the delegates feel less likely to contribute.
During the pilots we found that there were different reactions to the TfL video, with some groups laughing, and others remaining quiet. This reaction was a good indicator of how much groups were likely to engage in the next exercise.
In some circumstances the lighting in the room meant that some delegates were not able to make out any of the characters. If this is the case then you can circulate the link to them after the workshop.
There was little discussion of the film in the pilot workshops as it was a point left with delegates to consider.
Occasionally delegates asked to see the film again, believing the scene to be different both times it was played.
After the discussion, you can relate the attribute of poor visual scanning back to crash risk, and reiterate this that effect of inexperience is one of the reasons why the workshop is specifically aimed at young drivers rather than other specific groups of road users. In some workshops we found that the young drivers required us to justify why the workshop was aimed at them.
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