Year 1 - Physical education
Partner activities: developing communication
Outdoor adventurous activities: working with others
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore how to work with a partner and then within a team. Pupils will learn the importance of turn taking, fair play, following rules, and how to adjust a game so that everyone feels they can succeed and have fun.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to communicate successfully with a partner so that we can move together.
Key Notes
- Move: balancing on floor markers with a partner requires good body control and coordination.
- Think: using imagination to try new ideas shows a good sense of curiosity.
- Feel: trying our hardest throughout the activity requires self-belief.
- Connect: communicating ideas carefully means your partner can follow the correct instructions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- communicate: sharing ideas through talk and actions
- cooperate: working with others to achieve a shared goal
- partner: someone you play or work with
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils shout too loudly, thinking this will improve communication. Pupils place floor markers too close together, resulting in slow movement across the river.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: balancing on floor markers with a partner requires good body control and coordination. Think: using imagination to try new ideas shows a good sense of curiosity.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'communicate'
sharing ideas through talk and actions.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils shout too loudly, thinking this will improve communication. Pupils place floor markers too close together, resulting in slow movement across the river. Correction: Encourage the use of good sentences spoken at a normal talking volume. Highlight pupils who place floor markers an arm's length from each other and move across the river more efficiently.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Partner activities: cooperating successfully Study Guide
- Partner activities: playing against each other Study Guide
- Partner activities: scoring points with a partner Study Guide
- Partner activities: solving problems Study Guide
- Partner activities: taking turns Study Guide
- Team activities: cooperating in a team game Study Guide
- Team activities: cooperating successfully Study Guide
- Team activities: decision making in a team game Study Guide
- Team activities: developing communication Study Guide
- Team activities: playing fairly in groups Study Guide
- Team activities: solving problems Study Guide
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