Year 6 - Physical education
Effective leaders
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 identify the attributes of an effective leader and lead small activities for your peers.
Key Notes
- Move: to win the tasks, we have to move efficiently whilst making quick decisions as a team.
- Think: effective leaders have a range of attributes like being fair, communicating clearly, being a positive role model.
- Think: to be an effective leader we have to clearly communicate ideas and tactics to our teammates.
- Feel: as a leader we must ensure that our team follows the rules demonstrating integrity.
- Connect: as a leader, effective communication requires using clear instructions, speaking in a confident positive tone.
Vocabulary To Learn
- leader: a person who guides, inspires and unites teammates towards achieving a common goal
- effective: something that successfully produces a desired result or achieves a specific goal.
- communication: exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, or feelings between individuals or groups
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that leadership means being the boss and that they should be the only ones with ideas.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to win the tasks, we have to move efficiently whilst making quick decisions as a team. Think: effective leaders have a range of attributes like being fair, communicating clearly, being a positive role model.
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 that leadership means being the boss and that they should be the only ones with ideas. Correction: Leadership is about guiding and supporting others, not dominating. True leaders listen, include others, and delegate responsibilities.
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