Try Raya’s teamwork task

You’ll need

Device to play music
Hoops or similar, enough for one each

Before you begin

Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Additional help to carry out your risk assessment, including examples can be found here. Don’t forget to make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely.
Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers.
Place the hoops in a circle on the floor.
Gather everyone in a circle, too. You could ask everyone to sit in a hoop on the floor.

Sharing the story

Ask everyone about the story of Raya and the adventures she goes on. You could chat about the dragon stones, the different friends she makes along the way, how story ends or even everyone’s favourite part of the story.
In the story, Raya had to be brave during different occasions. See if anyone knows about when and how she is brave.
Tell everyone that Raya completes her training to become a Guardian of the Dragon Gem. She has to protect the gem from others and she goes into unknown places, which she might be worried about. One thing that helped Raya be brave was the trust she had in her friends.
Explain to everyone that you're going to play a game where everyone has to work together and trust each other.

A musical task

Explain to everyone that you're going to play a game, which is similar to musical chairs.
Everyone needs to sit their own hoop on the floor.
When the music starts, ask everyone to stand up and walk around the outside of the hoops. They all need to go in the same direction. When the music stops, everyone must sit down in a hoop.
On the next round, remove one hoop from the circle.
Start the music. When it stops everyone again must sit in a hoop. However, this time no-one's removed from the game or out. Instead, everyone must work together to fit everybody into the remaining hoops.
Repeat steps five to seven until there's one hoop remaining. See if everyone can work together to try and fit the whole group into one hoop.
You could use some of the music from the film to play this game, such as Jhené Aiko – Lead the Way.

Reflection

This activity needed you to work together as a team and communicate to achieve the goal of the game. How did Raya and her friends work together in the story? How did you all work together in the game to make sure everyone was sat or stood in a hoop?

You needed to talk to each other to achieve this task. How did you help someone else who didn’t have space in a hoop? Did someone help you when you didn’t have space? How did that make you feel?

Safety

All activities must be safely managed. You must complete a thorough risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Always get approval for the activity, and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.

Active games: The game area should be free of hazards. Explain the rules of the game clearly and have a clear way to communicate that the game must stop when needed. Take a look at our guidance on running active games safely.