Preparation • You will need 1 tarpaulin per team. The size of team/ tarpaulin depends on the

number of children in the session. Tarpaulins should be big enough to allow success, but small enough to offer a degree of challenge.

Challenge Outline • Space the tarpaulins out on the ground and pretend that each tarpaulin is a lily pad

floating on a pond. • Each group are to sit or stand on their lily pad. Unfortunately, their lily pad is

getting a bit soggy and they need to turn it over without entering the pond (without stepping off their tarpaulin).

• The children have to communicate as a team how to turn their tarpaulin over whilst their whole group remains standing on some part of it! If one of their group steps off, they need to start again!

Solution The children will have to move to one end of the tarpaulin whilst the other end is turned over and laid out at a different angle.

Ideas for themes You could link this to any theme or topic, e.g. tropical rainforests, atlantic ocean rafts, Polar icebergs, pirate ships, frogs on lily pads, etc.

Resources Tarpaulins

Curriculum Links

Links could be made to any curriculum subject- see ‘ideas for themes’ below. General links for the activity are listed below:

EYFS PSED: Play cooperatively & take turns; confident to try new activities; say when they do or don’t need help; Confident to speak in a familiar group. C&L: Listens attentively; Responds with relevant comments; Gives attention to what others say; Shows awareness of the listeners’ needs. PD: Shows good control and coordination in large and small movement; Moves confidently in a range of ways safely negotiating space.

National Curriculum PSHEE: (KS1&2) Follow rules; show empathy and respect towards others; develop self-confidence.; Face new challenges positively; Be aware of safety issues; Understand that their actions affect themselves and others; Care about others’ feelings and try to see things from their points of view. PE: Develop fundamental movement skills;Become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others; Engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. (KS2) Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement.; Enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other.; Develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Challenge Skills • Working and

communicating cooperatively in a group

• Thinking skills • Communicating

clearly • Planning tactics • Evaluating

performance for future improvements

• Controlling specific body parts

Lily Pads

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