Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Writing paper, pen & a helmet/cap Purpose: To get the team to know each other better. Overview: To share with everyone in the team something unique or unusual about themselves. Conduct: Form a circle. Each person writes down something unique or unusual about himself (e.g. hobby, character trait)… Continue reading Unusually Me
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2 Truths, 1 Lie
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: Writing paper & pen Purpose: To get the team to touch base with each other at the start of the ICT. Overview: To share new information about each member of the team since the previous ICT, by sharing 2 true items & 1 untrue item, without making the lie too… Continue reading 2 Truths, 1 Lie
Pushing the Limit
Duration: 20 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: Area with soft ground (for sit-ups) Purpose: To get each Section to accomplish a tiring task together, to highlight the importance of using individuals’ strengths at different points. Overview: To be the first Section to complete x push-ups and y sit-ups. x = 40 X no. of people in each Section y = 40 X no. of people in… Continue reading Pushing the Limit
All Aboard!
Duration: 20 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Mahjong paper/newspaper or toggle ropes Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & communication. Overview: To fit the whole team into an ever-diminishing space by supporting each other. Conduct: Create a square on the ground using mahjong paper or groundsheets (laid out in a large square) or toggle-ropes (laid… Continue reading All Aboard!
Wishful Thinking
Duration: 15 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: 1 die Purpose: To uncover each other’s values/ priorities/ thinking, as part of getting to know each other better. Overview: To spontaneously come up with quirky responses to unlikely questions. Conduct: Form a circle. Get each participant to throw a die & respond to the statement that corresponds to number on the… Continue reading Wishful Thinking
Titanic
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: Newspaper, toggle rope & masking tape, in an open area Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & cooperation. Overview: To get all members of each team ashore before their ship sinks. Conduct: Set–up. Mark out an area that can accommodate the whole group. Use masking tape to demarcate… Continue reading Titanic
Small Change
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level (min: 20) Resources: Post-it pads & markers Purpose: To emphasize that everyone in a team matters, no matter how big or small a role the person has. Overview: To avoid elimination and be the last few persons to remain in the game. Conduct: Divide the group into 2 or 3 smaller… Continue reading Small Change
Ball Juggle
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: Tennis-sized balls (or crushed paper), equal to the number of participants Purpose: To strengthen teamwork, with emphasis on coordination & communication. Overview: To successfully complete various juggling challenges as a team. Conduct: Have the team stand in a circle facing each other. Each member in the team to… Continue reading Ball Juggle
Picture This
Duration: 45 – 60 minutes Group Size: Platoon Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To learn the Battalion’s values in a fun and active way. Overview: To create 3-person tableaus illustrating the Battalion’s values, and learn them by playing a pointing game. Conduct: Form groups – one for each Battalion value. Assign one value to each group and instruct them to… Continue reading Picture This
Bull Test
Duration: 10 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: Paper, drawing materials, masking tape Purpose: To get to know each other by discovering some common personality traits. Overview: To enable group members to find out which of them share certain personality traits. Conduct: Each person is given a sheet of paper and drawing materials and told to take 5 minutes… Continue reading Bull Test