Warm up
Ask children to find a space and sit down. Ask children to say why
exercise is good for them.
Ask children to
skip in and out of all the spaces, changing direction when they meet
another child then stopping. Repeat this a number of times.
Run in and out
of all the spaces running and jumping in a space, turning and
stopping. Repeat. Ask children to jump as high as they can each time
they find a space. What shapes can they make in the air? Choose two
or three children to demonstrate what they have done.
Floor Work
Ask children to work in fours and put out a mat for each group.
Remind children of the sequences they built in the last lesson.
Children could follow the sequence strips they made after the last
lesson if they wish. Each pair should repeat and practice their
sequence then perform it for the other couple in the group. They
should describe each other's sequences.
Apparatus
Ask children to place a piece of large apparatus next to each mat.
Remind children that in their partner sequence they have included
jumping as a way of moving away from and towards their partner. They
have also chosen a movement for crossing the mat.
Tell them you
want them to explore the apparatus individually using different
skills. They should find a way of getting onto the apparatus, moving
along, around, under or over it and then coming off onto the floor.
Ask children to repeat and practice this a number of times so that
they teach their new sequence to their partner.
When children
have created and practiced their sequence they should teach it to
their partner. Children then decide upon a leader and both children
move along the apparatus having joined the two sequences together.
Children now
find a way of joining today's sequence on the apparatus to the one
they created as a pair in the last lesson. Children can choose which
sequence comes first. They should find a way of moving smoothly from
one sequence into the other.
Try to make
time for each pair to demonstrate their combined sequences to the
class. Discuss the difficulties of performing a longer sequence. Ask
children to evaluate each other's performance and to say what they
liked about each one.
Cool Down
Put all the apparatus away and then sit in a large class circle. Ask
children to say what they have learnt and what they have enjoyed in
the lessons this term. Ask them what they feel they need to work at
to get better and discuss any clubs they attend or could attend to
keep their bodies healthy.
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