Warm up
Tell children to find a space and sit down. Ask them if they are
cold, warm or hot. What will happen to their bodies when we do our
warm up activity and start to exercise? Tell children that today they
are going to warm up by singing the song 'If you're happy and you
know it' (see teacher factfile). Sing the song and accompany it with
different movement actions. Start with the gentler forms of movement
and build up to the most energetic. Finish by singing 'If your heart
is beating quickly sing boom, boom'.
Introductory Activity and
Experimentation
Ask children to take a hoop and a bean bag and to work individually.
Ask them to practice throwing the beanbag into the hoop. Remind them
to look towards the hoop when they aim. Encourage them to throw from
further away each time they get the bean bag in the hoop.
Challenge
children to see how many times they can throw the beanbag into the
hoop, collect it and then throw it again in 30 seconds.
Ask children
to work with a partner and to put the two hoops in a line with a gap
of about two metres in between. Children stand in front of their own
hoop and try to throw their bean bag into their partner's hoop.
Their partner does the same activity at the same time. Once thrown
the bean bag must be collected and the activity begins again. How
many times can they throw and collect the bean bag within 30
seconds?
Tell children to swap their bean bag for a ball and repeat
the activities. Remind them of ways to control the ball and to
retrieve the ball once it has bounced in the hoop. Was this easier
or harder? Did anyone manage to catch the ball once it had bounced
inside the hoop or did they have to run after it to retrieve it?
Skill
Building
Explain to children that in some games it is important to return the
ball as quickly as possible when someone has hit it - such as in
Rounders or Cricket. Running after the ball and getting it back is
called fielding. Play the game 'Keep the hoop full' (see teacher
factfile) so that children have an understanding of what 'fielding'
is and are able to play the part of the fielder themselves. Explain
what children have to do and start by the teacher being the person
who tries to empty the hoop. When children have experienced the game
and understand what they have to do divide them into teams of about
8 and let them play again.
Concluding
Activity
Teach the children to play 'Bean Bag Circle' (see teacher factfile).
Remind children that they are working cooperatively as a team so
they need to throw in a way that enables their partner to catch the
bean bag. They are also competing against other teams so time is
important.
Cool Down
Leave the hoops where they are and ask children to walk around the
hoop circle. Each time they step into a hoop they must stretch up as
high as they can. When the teacher says 'freeze' the children stand
quite still. When she says 'sun is out' the children gradually relax
their bodies and pretend to melt slowly into the ground. Repeat a
few times then ask children to relax in their melted position while
the teacher recaps on what children have done in today's lesson.
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