2460 PPE: SW180 Team Building Day (26 October, 2024)

Scheduled like a day camp, a series of adventure-based team building activities tailored specifically for social work year 1 students for self-understanding and enhancing group cohesion were conducted at our indoor basketball court in the SYU Main Building on Oct 26, 2024.

The morning session was composed of funny warm up games, partner pair-up games, interactive mind challenges, and indoor cooperative adventure activities. In the afternoon session, the purposeful use of sequenced trust activities and problem-solving team challenges for developmental outcomes was the focus of training. A powerful aspect of experiential learning students received was the subsequent debriefing session held at the end of the day.

Taken as a whole, the team building day provided great opportunities for our first-year undergraduates to learn more about themselves and each other’s strengths, how to work co-operatively, develop their confidence in solving problems, and build group rapport after the activities.