Team Building Exercises for primary school students

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Team Building Exercises
For Primary School Students
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PREFACE
The well-being of pupils has a direct bearing on
their academic performance. As a result, happy
kids study more effectively. An educator plays
an important part in their growth and
well-being. You may establish a positive
classroom atmosphere by encouraging students to
collaborate and respect one another. Kids in both
high school and primary schools in India will
find something to do here. Team-building
exercises are ideal for teaching such abilities
to your pupils. Weve compiled a list of 10
engaging team-building exercises for the
classroom that will help the pupils get to know
one another. Then, give them five more actions
to help them create trust. Every one of these
team-building exercises is simple to implement in
the class or corridor. Anyone can go outdoors if
they want to get some fresh air, but it is not
required.
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Common thread Divide students into groups of four
and have them sit together as a small group.
Give each group five minutes to chat among
themselves and find something they all have in
common. It could be that they all play soccer,
or pizza is their favourite dinner, or they each
have a kitten. Whatever the common thread, the
conversation will help them get to know one
another better. Check in with the groups after
five minutes to see if they need more time.
After each group has come up with their common
element, have them work together to create a
flag that represents it.
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Four-way tug of war This fun outdoor activity is
double the fun of the traditional tug of war.
Tie two long jump ropes together at their center
points, creating an X shape. Tie a bandana
around the center point. Next, use cones to form
a circle that fits around the X. Form four equal
teams, and have each team stand at one of the
four ends of the ropes. At your signal, each
team begins pulling. The objective is to be the
first team to pull the others in their direction
far enough for the bandana to cross to the
outside of the circle of cones. Students who
feel nervous about participating can serve as
referees, making sure everyone is safe.
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Hot seat This fun game is a lot like the game
show Password. Split your class into two teams
and have them sit together in teams facing the
whiteboard or chalkboard. Then take an empty
chairone for each teamand put it at the front
of the class, facing the team members. These
chairs are the hot seats. Choose one volunteer
from each team to come up and sit in the hot
seat, facing their teammates with their back to
the board. Prepare a list of vocabulary words to
use for the game. Choose one and write it
clearly on the board. Each team will take turns
trying to get their teammate in the hot seat to
guess the word, using synonyms, antonyms,
definitions, etc. Make sure team members work
together so that each member has a chance to
provide clues. The student in the hot seat
listens to their teammates and tries to guess
the word. The first hot seat student to say the
word wins a point for their team. Once the word
is successfully guessed, a new student from each
team sits in the hot seat, and a new round begins
with a different word.
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Birthday line up This is a fun activity to get
kids lined up. It may take 510 minutes,
depending on the age of your students, so plan
accordingly. The objective is to have students
line up in order of their birthdaysJanuary 1st
through December 31st. To do this, they will
need to know the order in which the months fall
as well as their own birthday. They will also
need to talk with one another to figure out who
goes in front of whom. To make it super
challenging, tell them they must do it without
speaking at all, only using hand signals.
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Rock, paper, scissors tag Youll need some space
for this activity. Divide students into two
teams. Before you begin, stake out the boundaries
and position a home base at either end for each
team. For each round each team must confer and
decide whether they will be rock, paper, or
scissors. Have the two teams line up facing one
another, and on your signal, have all players
flash rock, paper, scissors, shoot! The kids on
the losing team must run back to their base
before they are tagged by one of the kids on the
winning team.
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Flip the sheet challenge This activity takes a
little creative thinking. Divide students into
two teams. One team will do the challenge first
while the other team watches, then they will
switch places. Have all members of the team
stand on a flat bedsheet, tarp, or blanket (kids
should fill up all but about a quarter of the
space). Challenge the team to flip over the
sheet/tarp so that they are standing on the
other side of the sheet/tarp without stepping off
or touching the ground.
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Marshmallow-and-toothpick challenge Divide
students into groups of equal numbers. Pass out
an equal number of marshmallows and wooden
toothpicks to each group. Challenge the groups
to create the tallest, largest, or most creative
structure in a set amount of time, each member
taking turns doing the actual building.
Afterward, have each group describe what they
made.
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