Team Building Workshops

An original, inclusive and fun way to increase
co-operation and communication whilst developing
social and problem solving skills.

TOWERING BALLOONS.
A fast-paced session building a tall structure.
Your pupils build a tower in less than 60 minutes with only 24 balloons. However due to it being a short punchy
workshop they do not get the chance to negotiate with the bank or other teams.
This is a popular workshop and is useful to re-enforce team working where it already exists to some extent.
Session time: 60 minutes.

FORMULA 0 CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Participants build and race a balloon vehicle - with a twist.
All vehicles are made and then raced through a course of cones. The team with the highest score wins. Trading
in balloons with each other and the "bank" is encouraged. Whilst they are planning and making their vehicles we,
along with the class teacher or TA will oversee the teams during the session to address any issues that may arise.
2 different groups can experience this workshop, 1 session in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.
Session time : 2 hours approx.

ALL DAY WITH BEST workshop
Our most popular workshop.
Combining both Towers and Formula 0 workshops, participants build and race vehicles in the morning and then
build free-standing structures in the afternoon.
For best results we recommend this workshop. Session time : All Day

PARENTS ARE CHAMPIONS.
A very effective way to engage your parents (VERY POPULAR)
At the end of the school day, we can stay for a parent / child balloon modelling workshop. We will hold a short
presentation for both the parents and children followed by a modelling workshop. Session time : 1 hour.

Balloon Kits are available for sale at the end of the day (big bag of quality balloons and a quality pump).

What happens in a B.E.S.T. Educational Workshop?
We normally have an opening assembly with all the children and explain the safety aspects of balloons. We also demonstrate the inflation, knot tying and twisting methods used during the sessions. The assembly is dismissed and each group is brought back for their own workshop. Each workshop is conducted with all the children participating at the same time. Although there is no right or wrong way to complete the challenge, it does allow for the teams to be able to "watch" each otherand learn from some of their mistakes, We try and get every member of the team to
be fully active in the planning, inflating and twisting processes.

We do expect worksheets to be completed and would ask that all participants bring a pen or pencil with them.