Leadership Day Challenge Activities

Leadership Day in the Woods

On Thursday, we went out to the woods and engaged in a series of challenges. For this day we split the boys and girls into two groups. It was a great opportunity to learn about the communication styles in the classroom and to watch how the students were able to negotiate with their classmates to solve problems collaboratively. It wasn't easy, and some tasks took more times than others. 


The following day, the students watched a video clip of themselves working on one of the tasks and reflected on what they might have done to contribute to the group and what they might have done that did not contribute to the group. What we learned about ourselves and how we work together and communicate as a community will now be incorporated into the classroom work. Students will offering their voice into the group more or holding back their voice and allowing room for others to add ideas. In the end all students walked away smiling...even those with some new bruises.