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Year 9 - Physical education

Lead by example

Health and wellbeing: healthy leadership and effective reviewing skills

Unit Summary

This unit will explore ways to lead, motivate and set SMART targets for themselves and others to help construct a meaningful fitness based activity. Pupils will also learn about some of the barriers to participation and how to review progress to help maintain motivation.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to be an inspirational role model to show others the qualities and skills that make a good leader.

Key Notes

  • Move: the correct modelling of a technique makes it easier for classmates to follow.
  • Think: successful leaders can role model desired movements, behaviour and attitude.
  • Feel: when others understand the task your confidence is elevated, giving a sense of achievement in your leadership.
  • Connect: being able to share the ownership of a small group in a leadership task requires collaboration.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • role model: a person that others admire and want to be like because of their qualities
  • accountability: being responsible for your actions and decisions
  • inspirational: something that motivates or encourages someone to be better
  • SMILES: safe, maximum participation, inclusion, learning, enjoyment, success

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils think good leaders are born like that.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: the correct modelling of a technique makes it easier for classmates to follow. Think: successful leaders can role model desired movements, behaviour and attitude.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'role model'

a person that others admire and want to be like because of their qualities.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils think good leaders are born like that. Correction: Effective leadership is developed through experience and learning from mistakes.

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