In school education, the formation of universal educational actions of students is given great importance. At the present stage, quite a lot of research is devoted to this topic, namely: the disclosure of the content of educational activities, the search for effective approaches, methods and means of their development. The purpose of this article is to consider the process of forming school project teams for the implementation of student projects and to assess the impact of this form of interaction on the development of universal educational activities of primary school students. The publication reveals the main stages of the project technology, the main steps for the implementation of an individual student project. The work on the creation of a school team and student projects is based on a system-activity approach and project technology. The paper reveals the procedure for the implementation of the project by the school project team on the example of the analysis of the educational situation, describes the algorithm of interaction of the participants of the project group of Altai secondary School No. 5. This article does not contain parameters for evaluating school projects, does not reflect their criteria specifics. The focus is on the process of preparing the project team members. Keywords: school project team, individual project, universal educational activities, basic secondary school, systemactivity approach, design, analysis of the situation.