Warm up
Ask children to find a space and sit down. Ask them how their bodies
feel and what we normally do at the start of a lesson (warm up). Ask
one child to explain why.
Tell children that today they are going to
learn a new warm up game called 'Cups and Saucers', explain the
rules to them and play two rounds (see Teacher Factfile for game
and instructions).
Introductory Activity and
Experimentation
Remind children about the importance of avoiding other children and
using the space safely as well as being able to stop quickly. Spend
a few minutes playing the game Stuck in the mud that the children
learnt last week (see Teacher Factfile).
Teach children how to play
Sticky Toffee (see Teacher Factfile) and again emphasise the
importance of using the working space safely and working
cooperatively. Emphasise that the chain must never be longer than
four people.
Skill
Building
Ask children to take a bat and small ball then give them a few
minutes to work on skills learnt in the last lesson - balancing,
bouncing the ball down and tapping the ball up. Ask a few children
to demonstrate what they have been doing and ask other children to
describe their actions. Recap on the important things they need to
do when using a bat and ball - keeping eyes on the ball, gripping
the bat correctly etc.
Show children how to tap the ball along the
ground firstly in a straight line and then around obstacles like
hoops or cones. Discuss why it is important to keep the ball close
to the bat and also to point feet in the direction children are
travelling. Give children plenty of time to practice this.
Ask
children to find a partner and put one ball away. Demonstrate how to
hit the ball gently along the ground to a partner who must then roll
the ball back. Change roles. Remind children to watch the ball at
all times and to keep the flat side of their bat facing their
partner. Choose two or three good examples for children to
demonstrate.
Tell children to roll a ball to their partner who then
has to gently tap it back along the floor. Again change roles.
Let
children experiment by tapping balls with different kinds of bats -
small round, large round, oblong, small cricket bats - and also
sticks such as Uni hoc or hockey sticks if available. Ask them to
say which they found easiest to use when trying to control a ball.
Concluding
Activity
Explain that children are going to use the skills they learnt today
to play Tap Relays (see Teacher Factfile). Explain the rules of the
game to the children and ask the children to say what they must
remember to do when tapping the ball along the ground.
Divide the
children into teams and play the game. Put the apparatus away.
Cool Down
Remind children how to play the circle passing game learnt in the
last lesson with the chant 'Her hair, was fair, and she wears a
delicate shade of ginger. Children then pass their ball on to the
next person in the circle on the beat but on the words 'delicate
shade of ginger' each child must strike the ball they are holding
against the ground in front of them to the rhythm of the words. The
ball begins to pass around the circle again to the words 'Her hair,
was fair, and she wears'.
Ask children to describe what has been
happening to their bodies during this lesson. Why is this? Does it
happen after a Maths lesson or an Art lesson?
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