Year 2 Outdoor adventurous activities: team building worksheet

“Working as a team” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 PE unit “Outdoor adventurous activities: team building”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 30 of the year, 12 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Working as a team

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can work with my team by sharing ideas and cheering others on.

A Look back3 min

1.
The middle step is missing. Circle the word that fits: Get ready, ___, Cool down.
SleepPlayShout
2.
Which place is safe for a ball game? Circle one.
Clear space away from windowsNarrow stairsNear a glass door
3.
The last step is missing: Look, Move, ___. Which step ends with your body still? Circle it.
StopJumpShout

B Watch me, then you4 min

Safety first: clear space, soft ball, away from windows, grown-up watching. Ola is quiet at the start. Watch what she does next.

A grassy garden with four cones set in a square and a soft ball on the lawn

Watch me

Ola is quiet, but she does not wait to be asked.

She shares an idea: "Let's go left."

Her team tries it, and Ola cheers them on.

Now you

1.
Zara is quiet. Her team needs a plan. Which step comes next? Circle one.
Wait for someone to askShare an ideaStand at the back
2.
Mo's team is losing a game. Which step helps most? Circle one.
Shout at teammatesCheer on a teammate who tries hardStop and walk away

C Your turn7 min

Use the cones and the soft ball. Read each question, then answer it.

A soft ball resting on a clear patch of garden lawn near some cones

1.
Put these steps in order. Write 1 to 4 in each box.
1. Throw the soft ball gently to them
2. Cheer when they catch it, or cheer them on if they miss
3. Stand in a circle with space between you
4. Call the name of the person you are throwing to
2.
Join each team skill to the coaching point it helps.
Sharing an ideaCheering on a teammateMoving into space
Goes to an empty part of the spaceSays what you think out loudShows a teammate you noticed their try
3.
Tia is quiet, but she has an idea that could help her team. What should Tia do? Circle one.
Keep quiet and let others decideSay her idea clearly to the teamStand at the back and wait
4.
Time 20 seconds. Count how many times you can pass the soft ball and catch it. Colour one bar for each try, then write one thing that helped.

Say it out loud: Which team skill did you use most today? Tell your grown-up when you used it.

D Spot the mistake3 min

A soft ball in the air above a garden lawn, drawn from the side

Kit says: “I just wait. If my team wants me, they will ask me to join in.”

1.
What could Kit do to join in? Write one idea in the lines.

E Think deeper4 min

Imagine this clear floor for a team game.

A clear floor in a living room with the furniture pushed back to the walls

1.
Make up your own team challenge for this space. Write one way to include a quiet person in it.

How did it feel?2 min

Tell your grown-up one time you shared an idea or cheered someone on today. What helped you join in?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Working as a team · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Play

2. Clear space away from windows If your child circles the stairs or the glass door, ask what could break or trip them. Then ask them to point to a clear space.

3. Stop

B

1. Share an idea If your child circles 'Wait for someone to ask', they have copied the myth. Ask: what could Zara do before anyone asks her?

2. Cheer on a teammate who tries hard If your child circles 'Shout at teammates', ask how a teammate feels when they hear it. Then ask what they could say instead.

C

1. 1 Stand in a circle with space between you · 2 Call the name of the person you are throwing to · 3 Throw the soft ball gently to them · 4 Cheer when they catch it, or cheer them on if they miss

2. Sharing an idea → Says what you think out loud; Cheering on a teammate → Shows a teammate you noticed their try; Moving into space → Goes to an empty part of the space

3. Say her idea clearly to the team If your child circles 'Keep quiet and let others decide', ask what the team would miss if Tia kept her idea to herself.

4. Look for: Three numbers the child recorded for their own tries, and one thing that helped them.

D

1. Look for: One thing Kit can do without waiting, such as sharing an idea, asking to join or cheering a teammate on. If your child says Kit should wait, ask: what did Ola do before anyone asked her?

E

1. Look for: A way of including a quiet or left-out person in a team challenge.

Words to use

Say“What could you do before anyone asks you to join in?”

Instead of“Tell them they must wait until someone includes them.”

After the sheet

At home, clear a floor away from windows and use a soft ball. Take turns calling a name before you throw, then cheer each other on as you catch.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

11 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Including everyone in play(with a plan)
Signals and Trust(with a plan)
Everyone Has a Job(with a plan)
Sharing jobs and talking(with a plan)
Listen, think, try(with a plan)
Cheering for Effort(with a plan)
New ideas, one team(with a plan)
Change the plan(with a plan)
Playing as a team(with a plan)
Simple plans, team wins(with a plan)
Working together in teams(with a plan)

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