Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Stand in a circle shoulder to shoulder.
2. Everyone needs to put their hand up in the air.
3. Using your left hand join with the person standing opposite you.
4. Using your right hand join with someone else in the circle who isn’t standing next to you.
5. You are now in one big knot and you need to untangle yourselves and finish in one big circle
6. You are not allowed to let go of each others hands.

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• How long will it take you?
• What did you discover about your team?
• What did you find was effective?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. You need to all stand in a big circle holding hands with the person next to you. Ensure that you spread out.
2. You then need to put the hoop into the circle on someone’s arm and then reconnect.
3. You now need to pass the hoop around the whole circle without letting go of one another's hands.

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• What did you find was the best method?
• How long did it take you?
• What did you learn about your team?
• What could you improve as a team?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Using the equipment you have been given you have to get from area A to area B.
2. You are only allowed to touch the equipment you have been given you are not allowed to touch the floor at any point.
3. If you touch the floor you have to restart.
4. You need to work together as a team to find the best way to get from A to B.

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• What was the best method that you used?
• What did you learn about your team?
• How could this help with your team building skills?
• What key skills did you use to successfully complete this task?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Place the water bottle on the floor in front of the line.
2. You are not allowed to cross the line at any point.
3. As a team you have to work together to put the water bottle as far away as possible and be able to reach it without touching the floor.
4. Everyone in your team needs to be involved.

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• What was the best method?
• How far away did you get the bottle?
• What made your team successful?
• What were the struggles that you faced when completing this activity.

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Using the different equipment that you have been provided with you need to try and pick up the object in the middle of the square.
2. You are not allowed to go inside of the area – If you do you need to re-set.
3. You can not drag the object across to floor to get it out – it needs to be lifted – if you do you need to re-set.
4. Everyone in the team must have some form of input.

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• What did you learn about your team?
• How did it work?
• What are the different methods and ideas that you came up with?
• Did you have any conflicts? How did you overcome these?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Everyone has to stand on the bench in a random order and then each time you have to reorganise yourself using the following demands.
1. Date of birth
2. House number – high to low
3. First name alphabet
4. Shoe size – NO TALKING
5. Randomly number yourselves and reorganise – NO TALKING
2. No one is allowed to step off the bench at any time. If you do you need to reset and start again.

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• What was the best method?
• What would you change if you did it again?
• Can you speed it up and get any more efficient?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Looking at the spiders web in front of you, you need to get everyone through the holes in the rope to the other side.
2. You are only allowed to use each hole once.
3. No one can touch the rope when you are going through the different holes – if you do you need to start again.
4. You can lift, hold and support one another to complete this task.

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• How did you complete this task?
• Was it easy or hard and why?
• What made you a successful team?
• What did you learn about your team?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. You need to all start at the start line and one at a time you need to blindfold yourself and complete the mine field to get to the finish line.
2. You can give each other verbal instructions but you can not physically assist one another.
3. If you touch an object you need to start again from the beginning.
4. You must put your blindfold on before stepping over the start line.

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• What method worked the best for your team?
• Why was this method successful?
• Would you change anything if you had to do it again?
• What are the key skills required to be successful at this game?
• How long did it take you? What could you do to make it quicker?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. Split your group into two teams – you are now working against one another – GAME ON!
2. Put all of the cards face down in a random order not overlapping one another and then move to behind the start line.
3. One at a time you need to run out and turn over 1 card at once.
4. You need to put them in order but you can only do this by following the numbers from 1 -10 then J, Q, K.
5. So the first card you need to find it A, then 2, then 3 and so on.
6. If you don’t find the correct card you need to turn it upside down again.

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• Which team won? Why?
• What was the best method?
• What key skills are required for this task?

Key words: Team work, communication, problem solving.

1. One of the group members is allotted the role of a farmer and the rest team acts as villagers.
2. The farmer has to return home along with its 3 purchases (Dog, Rice and Chicken) by crossing a river in a boat. He can carry only one item with him on the boat.
3. He cannot leave the dog alone with the chicken because the dog will eat the chicken, and he cannot leave the chicken alone with the bag of grain because the chicken will eat the bag of grain. How does he get all three of his purchases back home safely?
4. The villagers can help him in arriving at the solution, which is really simple if the group thinks creatively and together.