Reaction Games

Captain and Crew

Equipment

None

How to play

Class line up down the centre of the working area. Teacher stands at front and calls out directions."Port" class run to left side, "Starboard" class run to right side, "Captain Coming", class stand still and salute, "Scrub the Deck", class crouch down and pretend to scrub the floor, "Man Overboard", class life face down on floor, "Climb the Rigging", class all pretend to climb ladder, "Land Ho" class pretend to put hands on eyes to look into the distance, "Raise the Flag", class use arms to pull flag up the pole, "Man the Lifeboat", class sit down and pretend to row. Teacher calls out the directions quickly and clearly. If a mistake is made the offending students gets a letter of the word P-L-A-N-K

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