3 Hour Challenges - TOM Practice

Well, after the outstanding success of our TOM teams, we have had a full-on week training for the Nationals.  The teams have run the full gamut of emotions, I think, as their teamwork and social skills have been tested to their limits.  The creative thinking and originality of ideas is vital at this level of competition, but the things that often sabotage this are the "softer skills".  It is a challenge to keep seven team members focussed and on track with a lot to accomplish in a long/short time frame.  Three hours seems long at the start but it whittles away and the final performance comes around really quickly.  Our teams are working so well, refining skills and character, to work closely as a team and produce results they can be proud of.

We are so lucky to have the community we do - the support of families is vital at this juncture - but these are life skills in action and the learning for these students is massive.