Lesson video

Okay, welcome to the second of our Year Three athletics lessons, and this is a really simple lesson.

It's got three parts to it.

The first part is all about running with a little bit of jumping, so that's our warm up.

The second part of the lesson is mainly focused on throwing and then we'll finish up with a cool-down, which will be some simple stretching, but I shall tell you about those as we go on through the lesson.

Enjoy yourselves and make sure that you're safe and you've got a grownup with you.

Okay, can I just remind you that for athletics lessons, you must have a grownup with you.

Maybe you could even get them to join in.

You need to make sure the lesson takes place in a space that's big enough for you to run around it.

That should really be outside, if you can find an outside space.

Make sure you've got enough space for you to work safely in, especially above your head, use non-slip trainers on your feet, make sure the floor is not slippy, and wear comfy clothing and have your hair tied up if you've got long hair, and remove all jewellery, and that applies for all of our athletics lessons.

Okay, so we need to work out what equipment we need for this lesson.

So we've got two main parts to the lesson and for the first part of the lesson, which is a warmup, we just need a variety of different PE type of equipment.

So we could have balls, we could have cones, we could have hoops, you could use even some rolled up towels.

You can use cuddly toys, drinks bottles.

So a variety of different things that you can lie on the floor to form a route for you to run and hurdle over.

The second part of the lesson is a throwing session, and for that you need some targets to put on the floor.

So this could be hoops, we could use a towel, we could use sheets, we could use a cushion, and you need something to throw in.

You need 10 objects to throw.

In an ideal world, you'd have some beanbags, but I do know that most people won't have beanbags at home, so you could use rolled-up socks or you could even use some scrunched-up newspaper, but you need 10 things to throw.

So pause the video and go and find those things, and when you've got them, come back to the video and then we can get on with the lesson.

Right, so we've got three main parts of the session.

The first part of the session is the warmup and that's called What's In My Path? After we've done that, then we will have a second main part of the lesson which is about throwing and that's called Bullseye.

And then the final part of the lesson, which is the cool-down or the warm-down, some people would call it and that's called Letter Stretches.

For that part of the lesson, you will need no equipment whatsoever.

Okay, so we've got three key words for you to remember from today's lesson.

The first key word is "hurdling," and that is when we can run and jump over an object or an obstacle.

The second key word is "agility," and that is where we can move quickly and easily and change direction, and the third keyword is "accuracy," and that's where we can throw something to hit a target.

Okay, so we've got all our equipment and I want you now to make a path with that equipment.

So you've got hoops, you've got bottles, you've got cuddly toys, you've got rolled-up towels, you've got balls, you've got a variety of different things.

And I just want you to make a path for you to run over, and you just need to make sure that every item has got at least two strides either side of it, so you don't end up having to jump over more than one item at once.

You can see this on the photograph that I'm going to show you in a second.

Okay, so you've got your equipment and you've got it all spread out in your path, just like on the photograph.

So the first part of the warmup is a walking speed warmup, and you're going to start off in one corner and you're going to try and plan a route where you're going to walk over every item of equipment you've put out, under control and get back to where you started from, just like in the video I'm going to show you in a minute.

After you've done it once and you've done it really, really well, I then want you to try and do three laps without stopping at walking speed.

Once you've done that really, really well, the next thing you can try and do is get a grownup to time you for 20 seconds, and I want you to see how many laps you can walk in 20 seconds following that route, but remember, you're not allowed to run.

It's a walking speed, a controlled walking speed warmup where you walk over all of the items and get back where you started from, just like in the video the little boy is going to show you now.

Well done.

So you've done that at walking speed and you have really, really good control.

Well, the next challenge is let's see if we can make it a little bit harder.

Let's see if we can do it running.

Let's see if we can do it running without stopping.

Let's see if we can run more than one lap.

So what you are going to try and do is you're going to start in the same corner and you're going run one lap where you take one or two strides in between the objects and get back to where you started from.

Once you've become good at that, the next challenge is for you to do it three laps without stopping, and then I want you to see if a grownup can time you for 20 seconds and you see how many laps you can run in 20 seconds where you start and finish at the same place.

Okay? Hey, that was really good.

Now I want some questions for you to answer.

The first question is what ways did you use to get over those obstacles? Was there any difference between when you were running and walking? I think the best way of doing it was where you took off from one foot and you landed on the other.

So it was just like a running stride.

So it wasn't a jump.

You didn't go very, very high.

You got back on the floor as quickly as possible.

That is called hurdling, and if you've ever watched the Olympics, you'll see some very, very fast hurdlers, but they're going over proper hurdles that are probably as high as you are tall, but it's the same action, so it doesn't really matter how high the object is.

It's the same thing you have to do.

You've got to get yourself back on the floor as quickly as possible to run to the next obstacle.

That is called hurdling.

Well done, good effort.

Now we're going to move on to the main part of the lesson, which is a throwing part.

Okay, so the object of this lesson is, or this part of the lesson is that you are going to throw with accuracy from three metres to try make your ball land on the target.

And if you can make it land in the very middle of the target, that's a bullseye and you get five points.

If it lands in this next section, that's three points, and if it lands in the outer ring of the target that's one point, okay? And you're going to get 10 throws.

That's your challenge.

10 throws at the target from three metres, one hand, one at a time.

Well done.

So you had 10 throws.

The next challenge is to see if we can make it a bit more interesting by trying to change the way we throw.

So we've got three main types of throw We've got an underarm throw, where you swing with one hand and it goes past your hip.

The other type of it is an overarm throw where you actually throw from above your shoulder.

And the third type of throw is where you push it, so you step and you push and I would suggest you try and do this, maybe even with two hands.

So you push the ball away from you towards the target, and I want to see which of those is the most accurate.

So have 10 throws underarm, then collect them all up, then have 10 throws overarm, and then collect them all up, and then 10 throws with a pushing action, and obviously that will be 30 throws in total.

When you've had 30 throws and you're happy and you can keep practising until you become really, really good.

When you're ready, come back to the video and let's see what we can do next Well done.

So you've been throwing and you've been throwing for accuracy with different styles: underarm, overarm, and with a pushing action, or step and push, as it said on the video.

So I've got a question for you and that question is what sports do you think, can you think of any sports that involve throwing accurately? I'm going to give you five seconds and see if you can come up with some sports.

Okay, I've put some on the video on the screen.

Can you see them? So we got basketball, we've got cricket, we've got badminton.

we've got snowballing, we've got Frisbee.

Can you think of any other sports? What other sports have I missed off? Have a think about that one.

Okay, I'm sure you can think of one that I've not thought of.

Well done, anyway.

Let's move on to the warm-down or the cool-down now 'cause you've done really, really well with your throwing and you did really, really well with your warm-up.

Right, so the final part of our lesson is our cool-down because we have to have a cool-down in any PE lesson and it's a stretching exercise and it's really, really simple.

You don't need any apparatus or any equipment at all, just you and a little, and a big space to work in.

And what I want you to do is I want you to see if you can find some stretches that are like letters of the alphabet.

Now remember you've got to hold your stretch for five seconds and you have to breathe in and hold your breath for five seconds as you're doing your stretch, and I want you to repeat each stretch three times.

So the first stretch I want you to think about doing is a stretch that maybe makes a T shape, so a big capital T from the alphabet.

That's right, so we need to have our feet together and our arms out straight in a T shape and you're going to hold it for five seconds.

The other shape you can try and do is an X shape from the alphabet, and again, hold it for five seconds, feet wide apart, arms wide apart, in a big X or a big star shape.

The third shape I want you to try and stretch in is an L shape.

So you probably have to sit down for this one.

And I want you to sit down with your legs straight in front of you, your toes pointed, and your arms above your head, and I want you to put your thumbs together.

So lock your thumbs together so your arms are straight.

So you make the shape of a big capital L.

And the final shape is a P shape.

That's a bit more complicated, but maybe you could stand up, put your arms together and make a loop with your arms. And I want you to bend forward and twist so you look like a P shape.

Okay, well done.

So that's four stretches and you hold each of them for five seconds.

Hold your breath for five seconds, and you repeat it three times, so it's 12 stretches altogether.

So I'll leave you to go do that.

And when you've done your stretches, come back to the video for the final part of the lesson.

Well done.

Okay, so you've done really well in today's lesson.

You did three main parts of the lesson.

You did your What's In My Path? Warmup, where you run around and you do, you were doing some hurdling.

And then after we'd had a little rest, we then did some throwing.

We did Bullseye and Bullseye was an accuracy game where you were throwing with different styles and you were trying to work out which is the most accurate from underarm, overarm, and pushing, and the final part of our lesson was the cool-down where we did some stretching, but we stretched in the shape of the alphabet or some letters from the alphabet.

Okay, now I want you to finally answer one question so don't go away and I want you to think about what is the reason we do a warmup? So I asked you why do you think we do a warmup, okay? I've got two for you to pick from.

Does it help prevent injury or does it help you get ready for exercise or is it both? I'm going to give you five seconds to think about that, okay? Is it preventing injury or does it help you get ready? That's right, it's both of them, okay? So we to always warm up for a lesson to prevent injury and to get us ready.

Okay, so you've done very, very well in today's lesson and I look forward to meeting you again for the next lesson.

Well done.