Year 1 - Physical education
Hopping & skipping in games
Locomotion: running and jumping
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Unit Summary
The unit will increase pupils' motor competence when running, providing an understanding of where we run and why. Pupils will show self belief, exploring jumping in different directions, at different speeds, heights and distances. Pupils will learn how and why we jump with the correct technique.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to apply your hopping and skipping skills in a variety of games and challenges.
Key Notes
- Move: effective performance in the game requires using the correct technique for hopping and skipping.
- Think: knowing when and how to use the correct technique for both hopping and skipping helps our performance in games.
- Feel: successful game play is supported by showing self belief and trying our hardest throughout.
- Connect: playing by the rules enables the game to flow and our team to be successful.
Vocabulary To Learn
- rules: inform what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to do in a game or challenge
- team: a group of people who work together to achieve a common goal
- challenge: a way of testing our ability or skill
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils run instead of hopping or skipping. Pupils get upset if points are being lost in games (beanbags are taken by the Zookeepers).
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: effective performance in the game requires using the correct technique for hopping and skipping. Think: knowing when and how to use the correct technique for both hopping and skipping helps our performance in games.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'rules'
inform what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to do in a game or challenge.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils run instead of hopping or skipping. Pupils get upset if points are being lost in games (beanbags are taken by the Zookeepers). Correction: Remind pupils that running is a rule break and celebrate pupils who are hopping/skipping not running.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Accelerating when running Study Guide
- Hopping & skipping Study Guide
- Jumping Study Guide
- Jumping far Study Guide
- Jumping high Study Guide
- Jumping in a game Study Guide
- Running Study Guide
- Running as a team Study Guide
- Running at different speeds Study Guide
- Running in a competitive game Study Guide
- Running in a game Study Guide
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