Warm up
Ask children to find a space of their own. Remind children that in
the previous lessons they learnt about moving in different pathways.
Tell children that the warm up activity today will be to find
different pathways using their feet. Ask children to walk, skip,
jog, run, jump, hop, etc. in different pathways gradually increasing
speed and effort.
Floor Work
Explain to children that in the next four lessons they will be
developing the skills learnt in earlier lessons in partner
activities.
Ask children to
choose a partner. They will take turns to be the leader. The leader
moves around the room making an interesting pathway with their feet
for their partner to follow. They should consider speed and movement
so that their partner finds it easy to follow. Children then swap
roles.
Now ask
children to repeat the activity with the leader choosing any way of
travelling that they wish. The child following must copy the
movement exactly. Children again swap roles. Choose some pairs to
demonstrate their movements to the rest of the class. Children
discuss if the movements were followed correctly. They should
comment on the speed of movement, the part of the body taking the
weight and the pathways that are made.
Ask children to
repeat the activity but this time to try to include a change of
direction. Can they make pathways where they move their bodies
sideways rather than just moving forwards? Can they make circular
pathways that bring them back to the space where they started?
Apparatus
Remind children of the rules for putting out apparatus safely.
Explain that today they are going to choose four pieces of
apparatus, including one bench or stool, and position it themselves
so that they can use it to travel in different pathways.
Ask children to
sit next to their apparatus. Tell children they should explore the
different pathways they can make using this apparatus. Tell children
to stop and describe some of the pathways they have been able to
make - straight, zigzag, curved, circular, wavy etc.
Tell children
they can use any parts of their bodies that they wish but they
should work individually to make up an interesting group of pathways
using this same set of apparatus. Ask children to repeat the
sequence a number of times so that they can remember it. Interact
with them asking them to describe what they are doing and help them
develop their skills. Choose some children to demonstrate their
sequence to the rest of the class and ask the class to describe what
they are doing. Can they suggest any ways to make the sequence more
interesting?
Ask children to
perform their sequence once more and then to teach it to a partner
by working as 'Follow my leader' on the apparatus. Children then
change roles.
Remind children
about the importance of having an interesting starting and finishing
position and ask them to include this in their sequence. If time ask
a few more children to demonstrate with two children working
together - the second copying the leader's movements. Discuss how
effective the starting and finishing positions were.
Cool Down
Remind children about the 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 and sit down in a large circle with the
teacher.
Explain that
movements will be passed around the circle but children will not
move from their place. The teacher will start the movement such as
standing up and stretching and this gradually moves around the
circle. When the movement returns to the teacher she changes it for
something else such as kneeling down and resting her head on her
arms. Repeat this with a few gentle movements then ask children to
sit very still, with straight backs, while the teacher recaps on
skills learnt in today's lesson.
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