Warm up
Ask children to find a partner then tell them that the warm up
activity today is 'Follow my leader'. Children work in pairs and
take turns to be the leader. The teacher gives a way of moving,
including the kind of pathway, and the leader varies this movement
for their partner to copy. e.g. teacher says ' Move in a straight
pathway using your tummy and hands. Start with the gentler
activities and progress to the more energetic.
Floor Work
Explain to children that in today's lesson they will exploring
different ways of jumping linked to changing direction and later in
the lesson working with a partner. Ask children if they can remember
the important safety points when jumping - e.g. making sure there is
enough space to jump, 'giving in' at the ankles, knees and hips to
absorb the shock when landing, etc.
Ask children to
use the workspace to find as many different ways as they can to
jump. Give children a few minutes to explore the different ways and
then choose a few children to demonstrate different jumps - eg.
landing on two feet, one foot, jumping from two feet to one foot,
one foot to two feet, using hands and feet to leap or bunny jump
etc. Discuss with children what parts of the body were used, which
jumps were higher, the speed, etc.
Explain to
children that you want them to change direction in the air when they
jump. Ask them to run lightly around the room on the balls of their
feet then when the teacher calls 'change' to turn the body around in
the air then continue running after landing. Choose two or three
children to demonstrate this.
Ask children to
turn their bodies on the spot by different amounts - eg. a quarter
turn towards the window, a half turn, a complete turn. Now ask
children to repeat these movements by jumping on the spot. Challenge
children to make up a short sequence of jumps where they change
direction three times by jumping. Practice the sequence a few times.
Tell children
to teach this sequence to a partner. Children then change roles.
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. Tell children that you want
them to work individually to explore ways of changing direction on
the apparatus. Give children time to do this and interact with the
children so that they describe what they are doing and help them to
develop their skills. Choose two or three children to demonstrate
the ways they have found to change direction using the apparatus and
the floor space around it.
Challenge
children to find a way of including a jump while using the apparatus
or floor. Can they use this jump to change direction? Again give
children chance to practice then choose two or three children to
demonstrate again. Discuss if the changes from one movement to
another or the change of direction was smooth.
Tell children
that you want them to make a short sequence that includes three
jumps. Can they adapt their last movements to do this? Could they
include a jump to get onto and off the apparatus? Ask children to
repeat their sequence a number of times. Choose two more children to
demonstrate. Did they include three jumps?
Ask children to
work with a partner and teach each other their sequences which
should include three jumps.
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.
Recap on last
week's cool down activity where a movement was passed around the
circle. [Movements are passed around the circle but children do not
move from their place. The teacher starts 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.
Ask different
children to make a movement for other children to copy around the
circle. Emphasise that this is a cooling down time for the body so
the movements need to be gentle.
Lastly ask
children to sit very still, with straight backs, while the teacher
recaps on skills learnt in today's lesson.
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