Talk about
How the children worked together
How did they organise themselves?
What way were decisions made during the story?
Why did Tony 'not like being bossed by Eva?'
Were everyone's ideas taken on board? Did everyone help out?
Who would you say took the lead?
How do you feel if one person takes the lead all of the time?
Where else do we use our Working Together skills?
What to do
- What to do when you can’t reach an agreement?
- How to present your point of view clearly?
- How to take turns when talking and listening?
- How to listen to and think about the other persons' point of view?
- How to persuade and reach a compromise?
- When to apologise or accept an apology?
What this means
'No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.' John Dunne
Talk about how it is much more difficult to solve problems, deal with dilemmas than to try to do it alone, cut off from everyone else. Talk about how we live in a society/community. And for society to work properly, we need to work together.
What we believe happened in Bruce’s cave, and how he caught sight of a spider that repeatedly tried to reach the cave roof by its thread, it eventually succeeded. He concluded, 'If at first you don't succeed, try try and try again' .Bruce then returned to Scotland to defeat the English at Bannockburn.
- What can we learn from this?
- What attitudes and dispositions did Bruce (and the spider!) show?
- What attitudes and dispositions would be useful in teamwork.