Year 3 - Physical education
Balancing skills in pairs using an imaginary prop
Health and wellbeing: mindfulness and meditative balances
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Unit Summary
The unit will explore how we feel in our minds and in our bodies, when we experience various emotions. Pupils will learn how to execute meditative balances while focusing, to help combat feelings of anxiety. Pupils will gain an awareness of how to apply these techniques in day-to-day life.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to communicate non-verbally with your partner, using an imaginary prop to improve your focus and balancing skills.
Key Notes
- Move: executing stick movements effectively requires focusing with good balance and slow, deep breathing throughout.
- Move: balancing in pairs with control increases the length of time we can balance and improves our ability to focus.
- Think: listening to positive and constructive feedback helps us to improve the quality of our movements and balances.
- Feel: showing integrity by providing constructive feedback ensures we support others to improve their performance.
- Connect: striving to collaborate effectively to produce high quality movements shows great respect.
Vocabulary To Learn
- balance: maintain stability and control over the body's position to remain stationary
- movement: the act of changing position or location
- partner: someone who collaborates or works together with another person or group toward a common goal
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils forget to balance the imaginary stick in their pairs and create movements that wouldn't work if they were using a real stick. Pupils also lose their focus during the movements and rush them.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: executing stick movements effectively requires focusing with good balance and slow, deep breathing throughout. Move: balancing in pairs with control increases the length of time we can balance and improves our ability to focus.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'balance'
maintain stability and control over the body's position to remain stationary.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils forget to balance the imaginary stick in their pairs and create movements that wouldn't work if they were using a real stick. Pupils also lose their focus during the movements and rush them. Correction: Provide lots of examples to support pupils to create movements while balancing an imaginary stick. Remind pupils of the importance of focus, control and slow deep breathing.
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