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Jenny Jealous – Theme 2 Getting on and Falling out ‘Working as a Team’
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Jenny wants to win the competition, but can she work as part of a team to do it?
Children involved – Luke, Gary, Letitia, Abbie, Jessie, Kyrie, Mandisa
Teacher Notes...
Play a variety of team games and discuss how a team that works together and encourages each other will be the winning team.
Discuss why there is no ‘I’ in team.
Get the children to think of ways they can encourage the whole class as they work as a team each day.
Get the children to imagine they are the two different groups in the podcast. Get the children to act out the different types of behaviour you would see
• in a group that are working together
• in a group where they are not working together
Discuss how people felt when acting in each of the groups. How can they use this to help them in the future?
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