Strategic Communication and Leadership in Outdoor Adventure
•Year 5
•Outdoor Adventurous Activities
•Used to mark team zones and playing boundaries
Alternative: Bean bags, spots, or playground chalk lines
Laid in a row across the playing area for Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
Alternative: Agility ladders, chalk circles, or rope rings
For timing quick decision-making phases
Alternative: Phone timer or classroom clock
For clear start and stop signals
Alternative: Hand clap or verbal commands
Sharing ideas, feelings and information clearly with others
Working together as a team towards a common goal
A plan of action designed to achieve a goal
Specific actions or methods used to achieve your strategy
Guiding and encouraging a team towards success
Understanding where pupils are coming from and where they're going
Speaking and listening skills, persuasive language in team discussions, vocabulary development around teamwork and communication
Counting team members and scores, measuring distances between zones, calculating win/loss ratios, understanding probability in Rock Paper Scissors
Forces in movement and stopping, reaction times and reflexes, teamwork in nature and animal behaviour
Spatial awareness and positioning, using directional language, mapping team movements and strategies
Collaboration and cooperation, leadership skills, respecting others' ideas, managing emotions in competitive situations
Central position during skill introduction, mobile during activities for optimal supervision, return to central for demonstrations
Team communication quality, inclusion of all members, safety during physical activities, tactical development
["Step in if one student is dominating team decisions", "Support teams that are struggling with communication", "Ensure safety during all chasing and tagging activities", "Guide reflection to focus on process over outcome"]
Use exaggerated body language for poses, model effective huddle formation, demonstrate safe tagging technique, show inclusive team discussion
Minimum 20m x 30m outdoor space or large hall, clear of obstacles and hazards
Even, dry surface suitable for running activities, free from holes or slippery areas
Immediate stop signal, assess injuries, provide appropriate first aid, contact school office if needed
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