Preparation•You will need to make a team ‘capture-trap.’

• This could be made using a large ring-shaped object with various ropes attached, so that each team member has a rope to hold.

• Alternatively, you could drill little holes in the top of a tin can equal distance around the edge and attach long strings to each hole. Ensure you put the holes in the actual base where bottom is, so that when you turn it over, this becomes the top and it can be lifted over the scorpion.

• You may make a few ‘capture-traps’ depending on your group size, ensure that every person has a piece of string or rope to hold.

• You will also need your toy scorpion(s) or what ever you are trying to capture.

Challenge Outline• Each team member holds on to an end of string/ rope from their ‘capture-

trap’• They have to work as a team to manoeuvre the trap to place it over the

scorpion. (Place the scorpion a good distance away at the start)

Adaptations• Make the string longer/ shorter; place the scorpion higher up on a log stump;

use more/ less pieces of string or rope for each ‘capture-trap’; change what you are capturing to match your topic, e.g. Rainforest creatures; escaped

farm animals; pirate figures; Roman soldiers, mini-beasts for spider’s etc.

Curriculum Links(Links could be made to any topic or objective, but general links are listed below.)

EYFSPSED: Play cooperatively & take turns; confident to try new activities; Take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise an activity; Work as part of a group.C&L: Responds with relevant comments and actions; Gives attention to what others say.PD: Shows good control and coordination in large and small movements; Handles equipment effectively; Talks about how to keep safe.UW: Makes observations of animals

National CurriculumPSHEE: Follow rules; show empathy and respect towards others; develop self-confidence; Face new challenges positively; Awareness of safety.PE: Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance, and apply these in a range of activities; Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.Science: Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other; Identify and name a variety of common insects.

Challenge Skills

• Working and communicating cooperatively in a group

• Thinking skills• Communicating clearly• Understanding and

following rules• Fine & Gross Motor

Skills• Group Co-ordination• Core skills• Agility• Hand-eye Coordination

Capture the Scorpion!

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