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KS2 team building activities can help massively with improving pupils' confidence and interpersonal skills. If you’re looking to boost your pupils’ confidence then you’re in the right place! So, let’s dive into the what, the why and the how!
Outdoor team building activities for KS2
Taking your pupils into the great outdoors and encouraging them to get involved with some fun outdoor team building activities brings huge rewards, for all of you!
It helps pupils develop excellent bonds and provide the foundation for a harmonious classroom environment where they’reare happy and thrive whilst learning! It will also enable pupils to develop excellent social and communication skills, an invaluable asset for their development.
Strengthening bonds through teamwork provides a sense of stability and inclusivity, allowing them to blossom further and simply love their time learning in the classroom.
But how can activities outside the classroom help?
Activities pupils can enjoy outside the classroom make these friendships and connections much more natural. KS2 team building activities and school trips create practical opportunities and unique moments for pupils to come together and compete in a number of thrilling activities that epitomise fun and adventure!
Why are KS2 team building activities effective at building confidence?
There are endless reasons why team building activities are fantastic at building confidence in your students. So many in fact, we can’t fit them all in! So here are just a few of our favourites!
The chance to work together
When pupils work together during one of our KS2 team building activities, especially ones that require specific skills like agility, speed and clear communication, they have the opportunity to problem-solve collaboratively. By working as a team and overcoming challenges together, it can give students confidence when working independently in tasks set by you when back at school!
A great example of this is going on a Multi-Activity (Years 5&6) or Pioneers (Years 3&4) trip with your primary school pupils. These programmes are excellent for creating lasting friendships and having students work and have fun together in ways that provide benefits back in the classroom.
Epic adventures
Whether they're finding the courage to jump backwards off an abseil tower or building a raft as a team to race across the lake, each adventure and challenge helps KS2 pupils to strengthen friendships, learn new skills and build confidence.
Every KS2 team building activity will test pupils in different ways, highlighting areas of strength and revealing hidden qualities.
More wonderful skills to be gained!
Primary school adventure residentials not only help students develop their confidence and social skills, but they also offer the following learning outcomes that are just as valuable:
- Leadership, teamwork, communication and problem solving are all core skills that your pupils will develop and enhance while on a PGL trip.
- Their renewed enthusiasm and motivation for learning will inspire success in many other areas of their education, offering a helping hand to classroom-based learning.
- Overcoming new challenges with the support of their peers, teachers and the PGL team helps to build resilience, self-confidence and independence.
- Having new experiences and embracing the ideas of others, ‘thinking outside the box’ and appreciating the joys and benefits of working with those who think differently.
- The outdoor environment provides a different landscape for pupils to work closely together and will help improve their social awareness and emotional intelligence outside of the classroom.
- Reaching goals as a team means pupils are able to recognise the achievements of others as well as their own. This is fundamentally important for forging stronger bonds with their classmates.
We promise that when pupils share fun school trips together and have a chance to experience group activities, you'll notice big improvements in many personal qualities such as self-reliance, responsibility, initiative and perseverance. Your KS2 pupils will leave with an appreciation for the contribution of others and the benefits of wellbeing, health and physical fitness.
Build confidence and stronger pupil bonds today
At PGL, we have an unrivalled selection of locations for all types of activity, adventure and residential trips for primary schools across the UK.
If you're looking for a team building experience to bring your pupils out of their shells and give them a boost of confidence, then we have a collection of action-packed KS2 team building activities for your pupils to participate in. Get in touch with our helpful team today to find out more!