The children in Y4R have been working on two different tasks this week, which both involved working in established groups. The children took ownership of the task. First, they decided upon which type of person or learner they considered themselves to be. Then they came to a consensus about which role each member of the group should take. Some children were the facilitator’s of their group, whilst others were the product manager, time keeper, recorder or team representative.

The first task involved brainstorming as many ideas as possible, then filtering so that eventually, after much negotiation, some rules were established for critical skills group work.

The second task was to design and make a group shield which represented every member of the group. The team representative then had to feedback to other groups on how they made the shield, and explain why team colleagues chose the symbols they did. It was a great success!