Year 7 - Physical education
Social skill challenges
Outdoor adventurous activities: teamwork, fitness and movement skills
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Unit Summary
This unit explores skillful movement and physical fitness through teamwork challenges. Pupils will develop teamwork skills and understand both why and how to warm up for different types of physical activity.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to cooperate with others to be successful in team challenges.
Key Notes
- Move: success in challenges requires working together quickly, handling balloons and equipment with precision and care.
- Move: throwing a ball requires the opposite foot to step forward, following through and pointing at the target.
- Think: considering the unique talents of everyone is an effective strategy to ensure everyone plays to their strengths.
- Feel: working together as a team to achieve challenges gives a sense of belonging.
- Connect: social interaction can include verbal and non verbal communication with your peers.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cooperation: the action of working together to achieve common goals
- timing: the judgement and control of when something should be done
- strategy: the plan of action designed to achieve an overall aim
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A team will still be successful as long as some of its members contribute and work hard.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: success in challenges requires working together quickly, handling balloons and equipment with precision and care. Move: throwing a ball requires the opposite foot to step forward, following through and pointing at the target.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'cooperation'
the action of working together to achieve common goals.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A team will still be successful as long as some of its members contribute and work hard. Correction: Everyone should be given the opportunity to use their voice and have a role to ensure success. Every pupil needs to be encouraged to share their ideas and listen to others in each learning cycle.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Build a successful team to cross the river Study Guide
- Explore your school site Study Guide
- Fitness challenges as a team Study Guide
- Orienteering Study Guide
- Playground games and fundamental movement skills Study Guide
- Problem solving Study Guide
- Problem solving challenges as a team Study Guide
- Sheep pen communication challenge as a team Study Guide
- Trust exercises Study Guide
- Understand how your body responds to exercise Study Guide
- Working as a team to raise your heart rate Study Guide
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