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Year 2 - Physical education

Using simple strategies

Outdoor adventurous activities: team building

Unit Summary

This unit will develop pupils' ability to apply effective teamwork, ensuring that everyone is included and understands their role. Pupils will begin to develop and apply simple strategies to solve problems with a focus on applying effective collaboration skills when working as part of a team.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explore and apply strategies to improve our team's performance when completing challenges.

Key Notes

  • Move: controlling and coordinating my body and the equipment can help my team to use strategies to complete a challenge.
  • Think: creating and applying simple strategies to challenges will help our team to improve.
  • Think: deciding when to use certain strategies will support the team to successfully complete the challenges.
  • Feel: being honest and following the rules within challenges helps us to take responsibility and be a good team member.
  • Connect: including everyone in our team and taking responsibility for each other shows a deep sense of gratitude.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • strategy: a plan for achieving success
  • improve: to make something better
  • challenge: a test of ability or skill

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Some pupils might think that if a strategy doesn't work, they shouldn't use it again.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: controlling and coordinating my body and the equipment can help my team to use strategies to complete a challenge. Think: creating and applying simple strategies to challenges will help our team to improve.

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

a plan for achieving success.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Some pupils might think that if a strategy doesn't work, they shouldn't use it again. Correction: Deciding when to use a strategy is part of the challenge. A strategy that works once will not work every time or against every opponent. Having lots of strategies to try will help you find the one that works best each time.

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