Project Spotlight: Dream Team Manager
Some kids dream of lifting the trophy. Others want to understand how the whole competition works — the patterns, the tactics, the personalities, the moments that change everything.
Dream Team Manager is for those kids.
This 8-week Stage 3 project invites your learner to step into the role of team manager, strategist, scout, analyst, commentator, and designer. It blends real-world data with creative decision-making, and it works beautifully whether your learner is obsessed with AFL, follows figure skating, loves esports, binge-watches Lego Masters, analyses gymnastic routines, or spends hours solving cubes at lightning speed.
If it has competitors, scores, rankings, times, or judges -it fits.
A Project That Grows With Your Learner’s Interests
From the very first week, your learner shapes the project around what they love. They choose the competition — traditional sports, individual skill-based competitions, performance arts, gaming and strategy events, or completely niche championships.
Then, step by step, they begin to think like a manager:
scouting real competitors
choosing meaningful statistics
collecting data from scorecards, match summaries, or routines
making graphs and spotting patterns
building a smart, strengths-based line-up
developing clever strategies
communicating ideas like an analyst or commentator
and pulling everything together into a final Dream Team Dossier
The project is intentionally gentle and flexible — learners work with a small group of competitors and only a few pieces of data. It’s deep learning without overwhelm.
Inside the Competition — Their Way
Every child experiences this project differently.
A basketball fan might map out positions and rotations.
A gymnastics lover could plan routines and difficulty choices.
An esports player designs team compositions and map strategies.
A dancer creates artistic spotlights and judges’ score breakdowns.
A chess or Scrabble enthusiast analyses openings or accuracy.
A creative competitor might base everything on Lego Masters or Bake Off.
Dream Team Manager adapts to the learner — not the other way around.
The Dream Team Dossier
Over eight weeks, your learner builds a Dossier that feels like theirs:
team identity
competitor cards
performance graphs
selection rationale
strategy map
report/commentary/spotlight
a final pitch they can present with pride
Some learners keep it sleek and simple.
Others turn it into a Canva magazine, poster series, scrapbook, slideshow, or narrated video.
Every version is valid. Every version counts.
Designed for Neurodivergent Learners
Dream Team Manager is structured to reduce pressure and boost confidence:
clear weekly steps
minimal busywork
meaningful choices
lots of visual options
multiple ways to communicate ideas (written, spoken, visual, digital)
gentle scaffolds for data, strategy, reflection, and presentation
neuro-affirming adjustments built into every week
It’s a project where maths meets storytelling, where analysis meets creativity, and where learners get to use their interests in a genuinely academic way.
More Than a Project — It’s Confidence Building
By the end of the 8 weeks, your learner will have:
interpreted real data
justified decisions
recognised strengths
explained strategy
organised information clearly
communicated an idea to an audience
and followed a project from curiosity to completion
Dream Team Manager gives them space to explore what strategy looks like in the real world, and the result is a project that feels genuinely meaningful and uniquely theirs.
Which competition does your child love? Help them to explore it with Dream Team Manager.
