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First, they should look at their thumb, which is nearest the heart. Everyone should think about people who are important to them, and who are close to their heart, such as their friends and people in their family.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENext, wiggle the index finger. This finger is the leader. Everyone should think about the people who help to guide and lead them every day, for example, a role model, their teachers, or a parent or carer.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThen, look the finger in the middle of their hand. This finger stands tall, just like the people in the world who make big decisions or help to make change. Everyone should think about the decisions big leaders make, and how their choices affect other people.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENext, look at the ring finger. Everyone should think about people who are struggling. They might be unwell or facing other problems. It could be someone they know, someone they heard about on the news or at school, or a character from a book or film.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EFinally, they should look at their little finger\u2014this is for them! They should think about what makes them happy, and how they can do their best in any situation.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ol\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EMake a paper chain\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should go to the table with the paper and pens.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETake a strip of paper and, remembering what you thought about, write or draw a reflection.\u00A0\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESome people may want to write or draw some of the people they thought about, doodle things they\u2019re hoping for, such as someone to get better, or a positive statement about themselves, such as \u2018I\u2019m creative\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m a good friend\u2019.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAsk everyone to decorate their paper as much as they want to.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should get back into a circle with their strips. If anyone wants to, they can share some or all of their reflection with everyone else.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETogether, start the paper chain making. The first person should put some glue on one end of their strip, and stick the ends together to make a loop.\u00A0The next person should thread their paper strip through the first person\u2019s loop, and glue it to make a loop of their own.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEveryone should take it in turns to add their paper strip as a loop, until all of the strips are linked together in a long paper chain.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYou can then decide what to do with the paper chain.\u00A0Will you display it? Could you add a reflection to it each week? 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