Two day program
Day 1 Incursion: ~9am - 2.15pm at your School
Day 2 Excursion: 9.15am – 2.15pm (Bunyaville Conservation Park picnic area)
Curriculum Focus: Leadership and teamwork skills
Curriculum Links: HPE, Personal and Social capability (General Capabilities)
Aim
For students to identify their own character strengths and teamwork skills. Students develop personal and social skills to support themselves and others: Communication, Co-operation, Problem Solving, Resilience.
Overview of 2-day program
Over the two days, students undertake activities to support their understanding of their own personal strengths as well as developing teamwork skills. During Day 1 students start to understand these attributes through activities at their own school. They build on this During Day 2 by putting it into practice when they complete student-led activities along a bush course and through team building activities in the Bunyaville Conservation Park picnic area.
There are two parts to the day. One part is in your classroom where students participate in a Know Your Strengths session to discover their personal strength and preferred learning styles. They also engage in group activities to identify qualities of a good team member such as communication, co-operation, problem solving and resilience. The other part is where Bunyaville teachers work with your students around your oval/outdoor space to practise their teamwork skills while learning the GPS navigation system that they will use on Day 2.
Day 2 – at Bunyaville Conservation Park picnic area
Students arrive at Bunyaville Conservation Park picnic area and are asked to figure out the code to the treasure chest by collecting numbers at the completion of each activity throughout the day. The students are reminded of the four strengths (communication, problem solving, resilience, cooperation) as they will need these and teamwork to solve each activity.
The students then undertake two sessions:
- Forest adventure: Students navigate around the forest tracks completing activities based on the four strengths and teamwork. Students lead the walk with adults acting as ‘safety’ supervisors only.
- Team building activities: In the picnic area, students undertake group activities that test and develop the four strengths and teamwork skills.
The program culminates when all students come together to work out the code to the treasure chest and open to it to reveal its contents.