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Year 1 - Physical education

Jumping in a game

Locomotion: running and jumping

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 use and apply all your jumping skills in different games.

Key Notes

  • Move: using the correct technique for a variety of jumps will enable us to score points in games.
  • Think: understanding the correct technique for a variety of jumps increases performance in games.
  • Feel: striving to improve our technique for jumping, hopping and skipping will lead to success in games.
  • Connect: collaborating in teams and showing empathy can improve our team's performance.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • space: an open area where it is safe to move where there are no defenders
  • competing: playing against another player or another team
  • rules: inform what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to do in a game or challenge

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils run instead of skipping to avoid being caught. Pupils don't follow the rules and take more than one piece of equipment at a time.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: using the correct technique for a variety of jumps will enable us to score points in games. Think: understanding the correct technique for a variety of jumps increases performance in games.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'space'

an open area where it is safe to move where there are no defenders.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils run instead of skipping to avoid being caught. Pupils don't follow the rules and take more than one piece of equipment at a time. Correction: Remind pupils that running is a rule break and celebrate pupils who are hopping/skipping not running. Explain that this is a rule break and build in a consequence for this happening.

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