Year 3 - Physical education
Relay
Athletics: athletic challenges
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Unit Summary
The unit of work will focus on how we can use our bodies to run as fast as possible, exploring the correct technique individually and within teams to improve performance. Pupils will also begin to evaluate how to jump as far as possible and compare throwing accurately with throwing for distance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to run as fast as possible as part of a team.
Key Notes
- Move: to run fast we must focus ahead, pump our arms, have a driving leg action and be light and springy on our feet.
- Move: when waiting for the baton, our hand should be ready with our palm pointing up and we should look forwards.
- Think: we can reflect on our relay changeover and work together to explore how to make our baton exchange faster.
- Feel: continuing to try even when the relay changeover doesn't go well demonstrates resilience.
- Connect: trusting our teammates when taking part in a relay race and communicating ensures we don't drop the baton.
Vocabulary To Learn
- relay: a type of race where a team of runners takes turns running different sections of the race
- baton: stick that is passed from one runner to another in a relay
- changeover: the moment when one runner hands the baton to the next runner
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils think they need to stand still and wait for the baton to be passed to them before they start running.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to run fast we must focus ahead, pump our arms, have a driving leg action and be light and springy on our feet. Move: when waiting for the baton, our hand should be ready with our palm pointing up and we should look forwards.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'relay'
a type of race where a team of runners takes turns running different sections of the race.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils think they need to stand still and wait for the baton to be passed to them before they start running. Correction: Encourage pupils start jogging as their teammate approaches them.
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