Year 6 - Physical education
Communicating as a leader
Outdoor adventurous activities: leadership
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Unit Summary
This unit will enable pupils to identify the different attributes that make an effective leader and apply effective leadership skills to support and guide others. Pupils will learn to lead their team in different games and competitive challenges, supporting their team to apply effective tactics.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to communicate effectively and understand why communication is important as a leader.
Key Notes
- Move: we have to complete the challenges as fast as possible to be successful.
- Think: as a leader, we should communicate through both verbal and non-verbal cues to enhance team performance.
- Think: to be an effective leader, we should ensure that tactics are communicated clearly to all team members in games.
- Feel: when taking on a leadership role, we are responsible for supporting teammates and encouraging them to keep trying.
- Connect: to lead a team effectively, we need to communicate instructions clearly and listen to all teammates' opinions.
Vocabulary To Learn
- leader: a person who guides, inspires and unites teammates towards achieving a common goal
- non-verbal communication: exchanging information without speaking, using gestures, body language or facial expressions
- team: a group of people who work together with the objective of achieving the same goal
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe talking loudly or shouting is how they should communicate as a leader.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: we have to complete the challenges as fast as possible to be successful. Think: as a leader, we should communicate through both verbal and non-verbal cues to enhance team performance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'leader'
a person who guides, inspires and unites teammates towards achieving a common goal.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe talking loudly or shouting is how they should communicate as a leader. Correction: Explain to pupils that shouting instructions isn't the same as giving clear, helpful directions. As well as this, good communication works both ways and leaders should allow their teammates opportunities to speak too.
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