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Year 1 - Physical education

Partner activities: solving problems

Outdoor adventurous activities: working with others

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 complete challenges and solve problems with a partner.

Key Notes

  • Move: making and holding a shape requires body tension, control and coordination.
  • Think: ongoing reflection while concentrating on a problem ensures it will be solved.
  • Feel: trying a range of different ideas shows self-belief and enables us to solve problems.
  • Connect: cooperating with and listening to others is fair and it promotes trust in a partner.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • challenge: trying something new, even if it seems hard
  • communicate: sharing ideas through talk and actions
  • concentrate: focusing attention and ignoring distractions

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils can only stand when making letter shapes.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: making and holding a shape requires body tension, control and coordination. Think: ongoing reflection while concentrating on a problem ensures it will be solved.

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

trying something new, even if it seems hard.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils can only stand when making letter shapes. Correction: Pupils can lie, sit, or stand to make letter shapes.

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