Warm up
Ask children to find a space and sit down. Choose a child to
describe how their body feels and how they think it will change
during the lesson.
Remind children
that in the last lesson they explored ways of moving at different
levels. Ask children to move slowly so that their body is sometimes
touching or near the floor, sometimes far above it. Repeat when
moving quickly.
Floor Work
Ask children to travel around the room on their feet. Choose a few
children to demonstrate different ways then ask the rest of the
class to say what part of the body was highest [the head]. Challenge
children to find ways of making the head go even higher. Interact
with children, encouraging them to develop their movements. Choose a
few examples and discuss how arms play an important part in getting
the body higher by swinging upwards. Tell children to run and jump
around the workspace, using some examples seen and swinging their
arms upwards to make the body higher.
Ask children to
travel around the room using their hands and feet. Give them time to
investigate different ways then choose some different movements for
demonstration. Ask other children to say how taking weight on arms
and legs changes the part of the body that is highest [ the bottom
or tummy, etc.]
Challenge
children to find ways of making their feet the highest part of their
bodies. Choose different ways for demonstration and ask other
children to describe the movements they see in detail thinking about
shape, level, time, weight etc.
Apparatus
Remind children about the agreed rules for putting out apparatus
safely then divide them into groups to put the apparatus out. . Ask
children to sit quietly when they have completed the task given and
to watch and check that other children have put out apparatus
correctly. Have enough apparatus for five or six different groups.
Ask each group
to sit by a different set of apparatus. Explain that you want
children to find ways of working at high and low levels on the
apparatus. They should explore the apparatus by moving under, over,
across, along, around and through to get their bodies near to the
ground and far away. Interact with children to remind them about
working safely and help them improve their skills. Choose different
examples for children to demonstrate and get other children to
discuss in detail what they see. Try to pick out examples of
climbing, hanging and swinging. If any movement is missing try to
draw these ideas from the children.
Children could
either move to another set of apparatus or stay where they are. Tell
children you want them to find a way of climbing onto the apparatus
and then to find a safe place from where they can safely jump to the
floor. Remind them about rules for safely using the workspace. Give
children time to explore and practice these movements. Again choose
different examples for demonstration. Ask children to describe what
part of the body is leading the movement when children climb onto
the apparatus.
Ask children to
climb onto the apparatus as they have practiced then to find a safe
place to hang and swing. Ask them to repeat this movement a number
of times. Choose some different examples for demonstration. Discuss
the part of the body that is taking the weight for the hanging or
swinging movement.
Tell children
they should now join their three movements together to make a
sequence - climbing, hanging/swinging and jumping off. Ask them what
the middle part of their movement will be then remind them about a
clear beginning and ending position. Can they suggest any to use?
Let children perform and practice their movement a number of times.
Choose some children to demonstrate while others describe the
sequences and make any suggestions as to how they can be improved.
Cool Down
Remind children about rules for putting the apparatus away safely
then ask children to do so. When they have finished ask them to
stand in a space on the floor.
Ask children to
stretch up as high as they can then swing their hands from side to
side above their heads. Children then gradually bring their hands,
arms and head down so they hang in front of the body. The arms can
be swung backwards and forwards. Slowly uncurl the body and stretch
up tall again then let the body sink slowly until they are sitting
on the floor. The teacher reminds children of skills learn in
today's lesson.
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