Warm up
Ask children to work in fours and put out a mat for each group in a
space then ask them to sit quietly on the mat. Tell children that
the warm up activity today is a game called 'Aliens'. Explain the
rules of the game and ask children to try to include movements they
have used in earlier lessons.
Each mat
represents a planet. The children are explorers travelling through
space in the way that the teacher describes - travel around the
planets slowly on your toes, travel around the planets with heavy
footsteps, slide around the planets using your hands to pull
yourselves along etc. When the teacher calls 'Aliens' the children
have to move quickly to a planet and find a way of balancing on
their bodies other than their feet. The teacher then describes
another way to move around the planets.
Floor Work
Ask children to skip around the workspace avoiding the mats and
other children. When the teacher calls 'turn' children must sit down
on the floor and then turn around or turn over before moving off on
their feet again. They can now use the mats if they wish. Choose two
or three children to demonstrate the movement they made and get the
rest of the class to describe what they did. Emphasise that the
change of movement should be smooth. Give children a few minutes to
repeat the activity.
Next ask
children to run, jump and turn their body in the air as they did in
the last lesson. Give them a few minutes to do this then tell them
that when they land they should sink down to turn or spin their body
on the floor. Again they can use the mats if they wish. Discuss
whether they would use a straight or a curved pathway to do this.
Interact with children while they practice this then ask two or few
children to demonstrate and discuss their movements.
Tell children
you now want them to work with a partner to develop a sequence of
running, jumping and turning their bodies. This time the sequence
should be based not on following what the partner does but on
meeting the partner and crossing or passing each other safely at
some time in the sequence - e.g. they might meet then jump and turn
in order to move off in another direction. Children may wish to use
the mat for part of their sequence. Give children plenty of time to
practice this then ask for volunteers to demonstrate their partner
sequence.
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 explore the apparatus and to find different ways of turning
on it, around it, along it, under it and on the floor beside it.
Remind children that they can use different parts of their body to
take their weight while they turn or spin. Can they use any of the
turning or spinning movements that they made on the floor?
Give children
plenty of time to explore and practice their movements. Interact
with children to help them develop and extend their skills as well
as describing what they are doing. Choose two or three children to
demonstrate their movements and ask the rest of the class to
describe what they are doing, what parts are taking the weight when
turning, how smooth the changes between movements are etc.
Ask children to
work with the partner so that each child starts their movements at
opposite ends of the apparatus. Can they find a way to cross or pass
each other when they meet on the apparatus? Remind them they can
always move sideways to the floor if necessary. Emphasise the need
for passing safely.
Again choose
two or three children to demonstrate how they managed to cross or
pass their partners on the apparatus.
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.
Ask children to
stand up in the circle and to follow the teacher who leads them into
a spiral shape and out again, gradually decreasing the speed of
movement. When the spiral is completely opened into a circle again
the children copy the teacher as he/she gradually sinks into the
ground and relaxes on the floor. The teacher recaps on the skills
learnt in today's lesson.
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