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.
Ask children to
move around the room without using their feet. Visit as many places
as possible remembering to change direction. Can they do the same
using different pathways?
Floor Work
Remind children that in the last lesson they found ways to balance
on large and small parts of their bodies. Ask them to show a balance
on a large part of their body. Can they find a way to travel around
on this large part of their body? [a slide, pull, sideways roll
etc.] Choose a few examples for demonstration and ask other children
to describe in detail what they see.
Ask children to
balance on some small parts of their body. Can they find ways to
move around on these small parts? Again choose a few children to
demonstrate and ask the others to describe what they see. Discuss
the speed of movement - did it vary when on large or small parts of
the body?
Ask children to
move around the room, sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly,
thinking about the body parts they are using. Now ask children to
add a balance between a slow movement and a quick movement. Remind
children to make a clear shape with their body for this balance.
Choose some children to demonstrate and ask others to describe the
movements and balance shape. What direction and pathways did
children use?
Ask children to
make a balanced shape to start their movement, move quickly, make
another balanced shape, move slowly, finish with a balanced shape.
Ask children to move in and out of their balances in different
directions. e.g. crawl forwards into a balance, slide backwards into
another balance. Give children time to create and practice their
sequence then ask half the class to demonstrate holding their
finishing balance. Repeat with the other half of the class.
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 quietly by their apparatus. Tell children you want them to
find ways of moving quickly and slowly by moving along, under, over,
across and around their apparatus. Challenge children to vary the
direction in which they move. Give time to do this then choose some
children to demonstrate movements that show variations in speed and
parts taking body weight. Discuss what parts of the body were used
to make the slow movements.
Ask children to
find safe places to balance on their apparatus. Can they move into
the balance in one direction and out of the balance in another
direction? Remind children how to work safely on the apparatus. Give
them time to create and practice their balances then choose children
to demonstrate some that use a change of direction.
Children should
now put together their movements to make a sequence - Remind them it
should include balances as well as changes of direction. The
sequence should have a clear beginning, middle and end.
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 find
a space on the floor.
The teacher
slowly leads children around the room following different pathways.
At times the class stops to balance on different small body parts.
Children move out of the balance in a different direction. Children
then sit down while the teacher reminds them of skills learnt in
today's lesson.
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