Year 8 - Physical education
Designing and leading your own playground games
Outdoor adventurous activities: physical and intellectual challenges
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Unit Summary
This unit explores pupils' ability to respond effectively to problems and physical challenges, both individually and in cooperation with others. Developing awareness of others and ability to work in teams is essential to success in life and in this unit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to design and lead playground games that develop physical and social skills.
Key Notes
- Move: staying on our toes with our knees bent allows us to respond quickly to stimuli.
- Move: tracking the ball with your eyes ensures readiness to respond if required.
- Think: reflecting on the success of games requires an objective view and balance of both positives and negatives.
- Feel: a sense of satisfaction comes from creating an activity that others enjoy playing.
- Connect: effective leadership requires you to give instructions in a clear and direct manner.
Vocabulary To Learn
- design: to create a plan or bring an idea to life
- instruct: telling or ordering someone to do something, typically in a fairly direct way
- reflection: carefully consider how something went including the result and the learning that can be taken away from it
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- New games are often hindered by preexisting rules and scoring systems which remain the basis and stunt creativity.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: staying on our toes with our knees bent allows us to respond quickly to stimuli. Move: tracking the ball with your eyes ensures readiness to respond if required.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'design'
to create a plan or bring an idea to life.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: New games are often hindered by preexisting rules and scoring systems which remain the basis and stunt creativity. Correction: Pupils must think outside the box and forget about pre-existing activities when creating their own games. It is important to instil the confidence to try something new even if it doesn't work.
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