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Team Building Activities and Icebreaker Cards
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Team Building Activities and Icebreaker Cards

Kickstart the school year with Team Building Activities and Icebreaker Cards, designed to help students connect, collaborate, and build friendships. This engaging set includes a variety of fun challenges, problem-solving tasks, and communication activities that promote teamwork and a positive classroom environment. Ideal for the first few weeks of school, these activities 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to express and describe our emotions.
  • We are learning to practise strategies for seeking, giving, or denying permission respectfully.
  • We are learning to understand and recognise what an emergency situation is, and to be comfortable with what we should do in an emergency.
  • We are learning to describe how choices and actions can be influenced by stereotypes.
  • We are learning to describe how valuing diversity influences our wellbeing and identify actions that promote inclusion in our communities.
  • We are learning to make connections between our emotions, feelings and how we respond to them as actions or reactions.
  • We are learning to investigate how the portrayal of societal roles and responsibilities can be influenced by gender stereotypes.
  • We are learning to describe and demonstrate how respect and empathy can be expressed to positively influence relationships.
  • We are learning to describe and implement strategies to value diversity in our communities.
  • We are learning to identify and describe different emotional responses.
  • We are learning to practise strategies we can use when we feel uncomfortable, unsafe, or need help.
  • We are learning to recognise ways to promote health, safety and wellbeing.
  • We are learning to describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships.
  • We are learning to investigate how emotional responses vary in depth and strength by recognising and comparing different emotional reactions to various situations.
  • We are learning to recognise how media and important people in the community influence our personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours.

Curriculum alignment

AC9HP2P04 9

Practise strategies they can use when they need to seek, give or deny permission respectfully

 AC9HP2P05 9 Identify and demonstrate protective behaviours and help-seeking strategies they can use to help them and others stay safe AC9HP4P03 9 Describe how choices and actions can be influenced by stereotypes AC9HPFP03 9 Express and describe emotions they experience AC9HP4P05 9

Describe how valuing diversity influences wellbeing and identify actions that promote inclusion in their communities

 AC9HP4P06 9 Explain how and why emotional responses can vary and practise strategies to manage their emotions AC9HP6P03 9 Investigate how the portrayal of societal roles and responsibilities can be influenced by gender stereotypes AC9HP6P05 9

Describe and implement strategies to value diversity in their communities

 AC9HP6P04 9

Describe and demonstrate how respect and empathy can be expressed to positively influence relationships

 ACPPS005 8.4

Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations

 ACPPS057 8.4

Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours

 ACPPS038 8.4

Investigate how emotional responses vary in depth and strength

 ACPPS037 8.4

Describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships

 ACPPS017 8.4

Practise strategies they can use when they feel uncomfortable, unsafe or need help with a task, problem or situation

 ACPPS018 8.4

Recognise situations and opportunities to promote health, safety and wellbeing
PD2-9 old Demonstrates self- management skills to respond to their own and others’ actions PD1-2 old Recognises and describes strategies people can use to feel comfortable, resilient and safe in situations PD1-6 old Understands contextual factors that influence themselves and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity PD1-8 old Participates in a range of opportunities that promote physical activity PD1-9 old Demonstrates self- management skills in taking responsibility for their own actions PD1-10 old Describes and practises interpersonal skills to promote inclusion to make themselves and others feel they belong PD2-1 old Explores strategies to manage physical, social and emotional change PD2-2 old Explains and uses strategies to develop resilience and to make them feel comfortable and safe PD2-3 old Explains how empathy, inclusion and respect can positively influence relationships PD1-7 old Explores actions that help make home and school healthy, safe and physically active spaces PD2-10 old Demonstrates a range of interpersonal skills that build and enhance relationships and promote inclusion in various situations PD3-2 old Investigates information, community resources and strategies to demonstrate resilience and seek help for themselves and others PD3-6 old Distinguishes contextual factors that influence health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity which are controllable and uncontrollable PD3-7 old Proposes and implements actions and protective strategies that promote health, safety, wellbeing and physically active spaces PD3-8 old Creates and participates in physical activities to promote healthy and active lifestyles PD3-9 old Applies and adapts self- management skills to respond to personal and group situations PD3-10 old Selects and uses interpersonal skills to interact respectfully with others to promote inclusion and build connections PDe-10 old Uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others PDe-9 old Practises self-management skills in familiar and unfamiliar scenarios PDe-3 old Communicates ways to be caring, inclusive and respectful of others PDe-2 old Identifies people and demonstrates protective strategies that help keep themselves healthy, resilient and safe
VCHPEP093 Investigate how emotional responses vary in family situations and in friendship groups VCHPEP073 Practise strategies they can use when they need help with a task, problem or situation at home and/or at school VCHPEP111 Recognise how media and important people in the community influence personal attitudes, beliefs, decisions and behaviours VCHPEP061 Identify and describe emotional responses people may experience in different situations VCHPEP092 Describe factors that can positively influence relationships and personal wellbeing VCHPEP074 Recognise situations and opportunities to promote their own health, safety and wellbeing

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

•    Provide visual prompts or simplified instructions for younger students.
•    Allow verbal participation instead of written responses for students who need additional support.
•    Use small-group variations to accommodate different classroom sizes and student needs.

Extensions

•    Encourage students to reflect on each activity by writing about what they learned.
•    Use these activities throughout the year to reinforce collaboration and social skills.
•    Turn select challenges into ongoing class competitions or leadership-building exercises.

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