Lucky Dip Stall
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Approach:  Team
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Teamwork qualities and rules for working together  
Resources:
4 individual answer sheets; 1 team answer sheet; highlighter
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Questions/instructions:  

Imagine your team has been asked to do a stall for the school fair. You have been asked to organise the Lucky Dip stall where children can buy a mystery parcel. To do this job well, you will need to work well as a team. Each of you will need to think about the kinds of things you need to do to be a good team member, who will help to make the stall successful.
Hand students individual answer sheets.
 
 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y4
y8
1. On this sheet write down the things you can do to be a good team member.
     Try to think of three or more things. 		   
  not marked • (•) • (•)
You have a few minutes to work on your own and write down your ideas.
Allow a few minutes.
Now share your ideas with the people
in your team.
Allow time.		    
2. Now as a team, make up some rules for how the people in your team should work together on the Lucky Dip stall.
These rules will be made to help your team have a successful stall at the school fair. You have a few minutes to write down your rules and then I’ll ask you to share your rules with me.
Hand students team answer sheet.
Allow time.
Now it is time to share your rules with me.
Students tell their rules to the teacher.
Mentioned: enthusiastic/positive/cheerful
12 (14) 21 (25)
  reliable/committed/honest/hard worker
28 (20) 35 (48)
  encouraging/supportive/helpful
79 (80) 79 (86)
respect others, be fair/inclusive/ friendly/listen well, no put downs
72 (73) 86 (80)
get well organised, with a respected leader or agreed individual jobs
29 (27) 36 (51)
do own job well/don’t interfere with other people’s jobs 9 (9) 21 (24)
Specific rule(s) for running a“Lucky Dip” stall: two or more relevant rules
12 (14) 7 (5)
  one relevant rule
23 (14) 21 (19)
  no 65 (73) 73 (76)
From all of your rules, decide which is the most important rule, and why it is the most important. Talk about that amongst yourselves, then tell me what you have decided.
Allow time.		    
3. What is your most important rule, and why is that the most important one?
Focus of chosen rule: enthusiastic/positive/cheerful
3 (3) 3 (5)
reliable/committed/honest/hard worker
7 (7) 9 (14)
cooperative/encouraging/ supportive/helpful
38 (39) 34 (36)
respect others, be fair/inclusive/friendly/listen well/no put downs
19 (24) 32 (23)
get well organised, with a respected leader or agreed individual jobs
10 (5) 9 (10)
do own job well/don’t interfere with other people’s jobs
3 (2) 2 (3)
specific relevant rule for running a lucky dip stall
8 (12) 8 (2)
other appropriate rule
2 (1) 0 (2)
no relevant response 10 (7) 3 (5)
Argument for choice: strong
18 (21) 20 (18)
moderate
38 (45) 49 (41)
weak 44 (34) 31 (41)
How did the team make decisions: consensus, after good discussion 17 (16) 14 (27)
consensus, but without much discussion 53 (56) 58 (50)
decision by 1-2 team members, without obvious dissention 20 (23) 26 (23)
one or more of the team members unhappy about the recorded decisions 10 (5) 2 (0)

Total score:
 10–12
1 (2) 2 (3)
8–9
8 (5) 13 (23)
6–7
32 (35) 42 (27)
4–5
41 (40) 37 (40)
0–3 18 (18)
6 (7)
Commentary:
Students at both year levels focused mostly on interpersonal relationship issues, such as being helpful, encouraging, friendly and respectful, as the key requirements for good teamwork. About 70% of the teams reached their decisions collaboratively, and no more than 10% showed obvious dissention. Performance was very similar in 2005 and 2009 for year 4 teams, but a little lower in 2009 for year 8 teams.