TEAM BUILDING PROGRAMME DETAILS

15 Whiteboard Lessons (In MS PowerPoint format)

  • Animated slideshow with lesson overview that speaks directly to the children
  • Unique content for all 15 lessons
  • Animated video footage of popular children's books "I Want My Hat Back" by Jon Klassen and "It's A Book" by Lane Smith
  • Illustrations by well-known children's artist Ian Newsham produced exclusively for Think2Read

Six Interactive Learning Tools (in colour with sound)

These fun and unique range of whiteboard devices are designed to encourage reluctant speakers/learners to join in team activities and class and group discussion.
  • Team Score Chart
  • Timer
  • Team Roles
  • Role Wheel
  • Riskometer
  • Votebox

15 Lesson Plans

  • Session 1 - Listening to each other
  • Session 2 - Using the Language of Debate - as a class
  • Session 3 - Language of Debate - as a group
  • Session 4 - From group-work to team-work
  • Session 5 - Working together in teams - Strengths and Potential
  • Session 6 - What is good team-work?
  • Session 7 - Working in teams - Which role suits me best?
  • Session 8 - Working together in team roles
  • Session 9 - The importance of team roles - The Carer Role
  • Session 10 - The importance of team roles - The Reporter Role
  • Session 11 - The importance of team roles - The Reader & the Scribe Roles
  • Session 12 - The importance of team roles - The Organiser Role
  • Session 13 - The importance of team roles - The Challenger Role
  • Session 14 - The importance of team roles - All together in role
  • Session 15 - The 'classroom of enquiry' - Purposeful discussion in team roles

Extensive teacher guidance for the whole programme including:

  • TEAM-Building Session titles
  • Introduction to the TEAM approach
  • Speaking and Listening Assessment Focuses
  • Interpersonal skills and 'Language of Debate'
  • What is the facilitator's role in the TEAM process?
  • The facilitator's role during discussion
  • The Debate map - how it works
  • Difference between groups and teams
  • Working together in teams - Strengths and Potential
  • The importance of team roles
  • TEAM-Building posters and whiteboard interactive tools

More than 20 Lesson Activities in full colour - Illustrated by popular children's artist Ian Newsham


These colourful, fun activities reveal to the children how their personal strengths link to each role within reciprocal team-work. As the team complete each task they learn how to interact respectfully, confidently discuss, make decisions, organise themselves and work together co-operatively and independently in any learning situation.

Posters and Badges to support you in the classroom.

Plus full colour TEAM skills posters that include :
  • Discussing Discussion
  • Language of Debate
  • TEAM Scoring Chart
  • TEAM-work and Roles = Together Everyone Achieves More
  • TEAM badges