G1 Gymnastics: Parts High & Parts Low

I have designed the six lesson plans to be printed back to back with the warm-up on one side and the floorwork on the other.

Adapted from the work of Val Sabin, I have rejigged them and adapted them for working in a G1 PE class.

Please click on this link for my six gymnastic lesson plans: G1 Gymnastic Lesson Plans

Essential Agreements G2 - G5

Three stages in creating our Essential Agreements in PE.
1. Have the students answer the question "in PE we think it is essential to..."
2. Place their answers into a programme that will highlight the most common words used by the students when answering the question (e.g. worditout or wordle)
3. Using the most common words, work with the students to create a list of essential agreements we can all work towards this school year.

The most frequently used words for all four classes combined (G2-G5)

Word Frequency inquiry with the G4's Essential Agreements

Day 1 @ PIE: Essential Agreements in Physical Education

The students get to record what they think is essential and important to their own and others learning in physical education. Once the responses have been agreed upon, we will make a list of the ideals that as a class/grade we will work with/towards this school year.

A Proposed Draft Conceptual Map for Physical Education

In designing and creating this map I took the main ideas that underpin our physical education lessons and separated them into the three different types of learning in order to help organize them around how we would teach. The concepts are broken down into Conceptual, Competency and Character.

Conceptual ideas are based on understanding and are therefore able to be taught through inquiry
Competencies are taught through a model that supports skills (context, deconstruction of expert performance, modeling, guided practice and independent practice).
Character learning is taught through a process of considering, acting and reflecting

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Grade 3: The Relationships Between the Effectiveness of Team Play and the Sporting Level of A Team (Football & Ethics in Sport)

Linked to: Grade 3 Questions, Puzzles, Wonderings and Statements on Ethics in Sport (Football)

The above link was created by the students of Grade 3 at the start of the unit. Now the unit is coming to an end I have chosen a couple of relevant questions (below) generated by that first exercise on ethics that hopefully the students can answer themselves.

Please note: All questions have been reproduced in the students own words.

I moved some of the answers into a table to make them easier to read! The answers below are ripe for discussion when we revisit the concept of ethics in sport next school year. Particularly when we examine the concept of relationships in team sports.

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Grade 3 Reflection on "What Do You Notice?"

In response to the "What do you notice?" exercise at the beginning of the unit: Grade 3 - What Do You Notice? The students of G3 reexamined the photos and post it notes that they added to the board  at the start of the unit. Now the unit is drawing to a close they have the opportunity to go back, reflect and reposition the post it notes if they think they are in the wrong category.

Reflection - I Used to Think/Now I Think: Grade 3 Football

A Reflection on Team Play in Football by G3 (Relationships)

Enduring Understanding: The Relationship between the Effectiveness of Team Play and the Sporting Level of a Team

Grade 3 Reflection on "What Do You Notice?"

In response to the "What do you notice?" exercise at the beginning of the unit: Grade 3 - What Do You Notice? The students of G3 reexamined the photos and post it notes that they added to the board  at the start of the unit. Now the unit is drawing to a close they have the opportunity to go back, reflect and reposition the post it notes if they think they are in the wrong category.

Reflection - I Used to Think/Now I Think: Grade 3 Football

A Reflection on Team Play in Football by G3 (Relationships)

Enduring Understanding: The Relationship between the Effectiveness of Team Play and the Sporting Level of a Team