Year 6 - Physical education
Organising people
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 understand ways of organising people into teams and make sure that everyone is included.
Key Notes
- Move: to complete the games as quickly as possible, we need speed and fast reaction times.
- Think: it is important to understand that if the size of the team is too big or too small, the game may not work.
- Feel: ensuring that everyone feels included in the game shows respect and empathy.
- Connect: effective leadership requires excellent communication so all members of the team understand their role.
Vocabulary To Learn
- leadership: to guide, inspire and unite our teammates towards achieving a common goal
- communication: exchanging information, ideas, thoughts or feelings between individuals or groups
- group: a set of players working together to complete a task or activity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils believe that adding more players and making the task bigger, makes it better and more enjoyable.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: to complete the games as quickly as possible, we need speed and fast reaction times. Think: it is important to understand that if the size of the team is too big or too small, the game may not work.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'leadership'
to guide, inspire and unite our teammates towards achieving a common goal.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils believe that adding more players and making the task bigger, makes it better and more enjoyable. Correction: Too many players can mean some stand around and don't get get chance to join in properly. Ensure the number of players, attackers and defenders is suitable for the task.
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