LKS2 Team building

Get your class moving, thinking, and working together with these exciting outdoor team challenges! From crossing wild rivers to ball-balancing games, pupils will strengthen communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills while tackling competitive tasks that test both their physical agility and social teamwork.

Lesson Plans

Communicating with a partner

The main activity in this outdoor lesson will challenge your class on a physical and social level as they work together to complete the wild wander!

Learning objective:

To communicate effectively with a partner.

Working together as a team

As part of this outdoor lesson, crossing the wild river will require your children to work together and communicate clearly with one another in this competitive activity.

Learning objective:

To work together as a team.

Communicating in a group

The main activity in this outdoor lesson will encourage your class to multitask as they navigate a tricky challenge whilst being required to communicate with one another to ensure they don’t drop the ball!

Learning objective:

To communicate effectively as a group.

Negotiating as a team

The outdoor activity in this lesson will provide your class an opportunity to practise their communication skills. Teams will need to work well together to succeed in this challenging activity.

Learning objective:

To negotiate together as a team.

Collaborating to achieve a goal

A variety of balls is all that’s needed for this outdoor activity, requiring your children to listen to their teammates and collaborate on a strategy to achieve their shared goal and score points.

Learning objective:

To collaborate in order to achieve a common goal.

Before you get started

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