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
Tag: 15 – 30 mins
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!
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
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
Singapore Map
Duration: 30 minutes Group Size: 2 or more Sections or Platoon Level Resources: Chalk, masking tape or rope Purpose: To get team members to know each other better by sharing details about their lives. Overview: To get the team to share personal details by moving around to different locations within a ‘map’ of Singapore. Conduct: Using a rough ‘map’ of Singapore… Continue reading Singapore Map
Trust Falls
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section Level Resources: NIL Purpose: To learn how important trust is within a team situation. Overview: To take turns experiencing a situation in which one is required to have complete trust in fellow team-members. Conduct: Facilitator divides the participants into pairs or threes, and instructs each group to assign 1 Faller and 1… Continue reading Trust Falls
Under the Rope
Duration: 20 – 30 minutes Group Size: Section or Platoon Level Resources: 2 toggle ropes per section Overview: To successfully cross under the rope from one side to another under varying conditions, without touching the rope. Conduct: The rope-handlers join 2 toggle-ropes to make a skipping rope. Team members gather on one side of the rope. Rope handlers swing… Continue reading Under the Rope