Group Development
These age appropriate activities offer challenges of increasing difficulty, building from enjoyment, cooperation, and effective communication, to higher order initiative, leadership and team problem solving.
The learning intentions for each activity can be modified to suit the year levels indicated.
- Cooperation Games (R-3)
- Team Challenge (3-9)
- Shelter building (3-9)
- Campfire cooking (3-9)
- Mission Survival (5-9)
- Bush Survival (6-9)
- Drumming (4-9)
Students play a sequence of games that help them practice skills of cooperating, joining in, including others, speaking and listening carefully.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 1&2 (ACPMP012)
Yr 1&2 (ACPPS004)
Yr 1&2 (ACPMP030)
Students solve group challenges by working cooperatively in small teams. The challenges reinforce the skills of concentrating, persisting, encouraging others, sharing ideas and learning from mistakes.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 1&2 (ACPMP030)
Yr 3&4 (ACPMP048)
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
Students learn about and practise teamwork skills while constructing simple bush shelters using ropes and tarps.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 1&2 (ACPMP030)
Yr 3&4 (ACPMP048)
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
In groups of 3 to 5, students create small fires and cook simple camp food.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 1&2 (ACPMP030)
Yr 3&4 (ACPMP048)
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
Following instructions on a secret recorded message, students carry a container of toxic waste through a series of challenges. To survive this dangerous mission they need to use all of their communication, thinking and teamwork skills.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
Yr 7&8 (ACPMP086)
Yr 7&8 (ACPMP105)
Students participate in a half-day simulation/role play team survival challenge in a secluded bush setting. They explore their skills in emergency shelter building, simple cooking on an open fire, problem solving and working cooperatively with others.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
Health&PE
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
Yr 7&8 (ACPMP086)
Yr 7&8 (ACPMP105)
Students use djembe drums and other percussive instruments to explore rhythm patterns and their own creative energy. They build a sense of group success and achievement using music as a means of communication and expression.
Examples of Australian Curriculum Links
The Arts
Yr 5&6 (ACAMUM088)
Health&PE
Yr 5&6 (ACPMP067)
