Product Description

43 Team-building Activities stimulates children's imaginations through a series of exciting problems and scenarios. The activities are designed to improve social cooperation and communication skills, along this physical balance and agility. The activities enable teachers to address the Outdoor and Adventurous Activities section of the PE curriculum, without leaving the school.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #293317 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Review
Each of these imaginative PE lesson plans begins with a story. From the mountains of the Himalayas to the stormy seas of the Pacific, the children are placed in problematic situations in which they need to work together to find a solution. For example: You are a caterpillar. But all is not right in the garden. Your evil human neighbours have decided to dig up the greenery and lay a patio. Therefore, it is time for you to vacate your dwelling. Can you wriggle your way in and out of the garden s obstacles before you are sliced in half? The focus of this activity is cooperation and communication. The group caterpillar has to move from one end of the course to the other without the balls falling from between them and the caterpillar breaking! The clearly written lesson plans aimed at improving a range of social and physical skills, as well as stimulating children s imaginations through a series of exciting problems and scenarios. The activities develop PSHE skills and address the Outdoor and Adventurous Activities strand of the PE curriculum. --Junior Education

About the Author
Gavin Middlewood is an experienced primary-school teacher who is currently working in Northampton. He specializes in drama, PSHE and MFL, and has worked upon a number of local projects and initiatives. He has recently scraped into his 40s, and is now doing grown-up things like getting married and playing in a band (much to the embarrassment of his two children). Gavin believes that learning should bea lifelong experience and packs as much into every day as is humanly possible. To illustrate this point, he has just qualified as a hypnotherapist.

Customer Reviews

A really fun book
The children absolutely loved the activities in this book, particularly the stories that introduced this task. Although one or two of the stories are a little far fetched they did serve to get the children excited. I have used some of these lesson plans in both PSHE and PE lessons and I can see real improvements in the children's social skills.

An essential for any teacher
This is full of fun lessons that benefitted my class enormously. The lessons require very little preparation - the book is laid out in a very easy to use format and the ideas are well thought through. I would recommend it to any KS2 teacher.