Secondary Age Playing Cards
Categories: Secondary, 16+, Young Leaders, Schoolswork Plus, Extra Curricular, Schoolswork Plus
52 questions
4 themes
1 pack of cards
These playing cards came out of a situation with a young person who would only ever open up in a mentoring situation when there was a card game involved. It seemed obvious that to put questions onto the playing cards would be a perfect solution for this particular young person to open up about different areas of her life, and so this is our way of passing on an idea that has worked in lots of different settings in schools including:
• Group work
• Mentoring sessions
• Card tricks to use in the playground/dining hall
• Card games in a lunchtime or after school club
• If you need to fill a few minutes at the end of a lesson you’re taking, have some cards with you and divide up some appropriate questions between the students for them to discuss in groups
In all of these settings and more, discussion naturally flows from the questions that appear, whether it’s through a favourite card game, a trick, or just taking a card from the pack and seeing what happens. The questions are divided into four categories which correspond with the four different playing card suits:
DIAMONDS: questions about you
SPADES: questions about others
HEARTS: questions about the world
CLUBS: questions about beliefs.
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Hi,
I am a teacher in a high school in Airdrie and I would like to purchase a pack of the question cards. I can’t quite see a link that I can purchase them on? Do I just send a cheque? Please help.
Thanks, Jennifer S
Hi Jennifer, you can buy them online from this page. You just need to be a member and logged into do so. Just above your comment you should see a link where you can either ‘login’ or ‘register’. If you do that and then come back to this page, you will see a link at the bottom that says ‘Buy Now’.
If you would rather purchase the cards by sending a cheque, please email your details including how many packs you would like and your address, to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Thanks, Amy
I have used the playing cards a couple of times in the extended day lesson I lead at my local Academy school on Tuesdays called TRUST. The last time I used them it created the opportunity for young people to share about what is going on in their lives. Three of them shared some quite deep stuff from one of the questions on the cards. It was really encouraging to hear them share and open up. I look forward to using the cards again soon. I highly recommend this resource.
Hi,
Is it possible if i get 5 packs of cards to mix and match secondary and primary school playing cards,
Thanks
Carla