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Hello, my name is Mrs. Wylie, and I'm here to take you through the key stage one locomotion unit.

Today we're gonna be looking at, can you move your body with control when you run?

Now I know you're probably learning remotely, so today we have tried to make this lesson fit for wherever you are, and whether you've got someone around or not.

Hopefully, you'll be able to have a really good session and really get yourself moving.

So for this lesson, you'll need a safe working space.

Make sure there's not lots of things around that could cause you some tricky situations.

Four markers.

Now these could be teddies or maybe cushions that you could use to highlight where you're gonna start and finish.

You need approximately six pieces of treasure.

Now these could be maybe balls of socks or they could be, again, some of your teddies or some of your little toys.

And you'll need a timer.

Now today's lesson, our outcome is, I can move my body with control when I run.

And hopefully, by the end, all of you will be in that place.

Now our keywords, we're gonna go through these as my turn, your turn.

Our first keyword is run.

Your turn.

Brilliant.

So to run is to move quickly on your feet faster than walking.

My turn.

Technique.

Your turn.

Great.

The method or way of doing a skill correctly and efficiently.

And finally, my turn.

Feedback.

Your turn.

Great.

Telling someone what is good and what could be improved.

We're gonna use these words throughout the lesson, and I hope you have a really good understanding of what they mean by the end.

Our warmup.

Let's get moving.

Can you show what you know about running?

As you jog slowly within the space in your home or your garden, spread out four markers.

We need you to quickly run between those markers.

When you reach a marker, crouch down to touch it, and then quickly run to another one.

There's a little video that's gonna come up in a second of someone doing this task in their own back garden.

Feel free to watch and get some ideas so you know exactly what you're doing, then have a go.

Can you challenge yourself to run to each marker?

Can you try and see how many times you can run and touch the markers within 30 seconds?

Can you keep running even if you get tired?

Why don't you have a go?

So let's get stuck into the lesson, shall we?

So, locomotion, can you move your body with control when you run?

We're gonna start by exploring movement, and then we're gonna look at running with good technique.

Let's get going in this exploring movement, shall we?

Now, Jacob and Laura have been talking about how different animals move.

So, Jacob said cheetahs run super, super fast.

They stretch their long legs and they stay light on their paws so they can chase other animals.

Laura says the elephants move with big, stompy steps.

They don't run fast, but they can move really quickly if they need to.

What word might best describe an elephant's movement, do you think?

Could it be A, light, B, quick, or C, stompy?

<v ->Well done if you went for C, stompy.

</v> Like Laura was just saying, our elephants are big and heavy, and they stomp their feet as they move around, but they can do that quite quickly.

Now, Jacob, what do you think he's talking about?

A crab.

Crabs don't run forward like us, they scuttle sideways.

They move their little legs really fast to zip left and right.

And Laura's talking about a sloth.

Sloths move as if they're in slow motion.

They stretch and reach, taking their time, not rushing or really running anywhere.

Kangaroo.

"Kangaroos moved by doing big, bouncy jumps," says Jacob.

"They can go really far with just one jump, so they don't really need to run.

" Jacob says, "The cheetah is definitely the fastest animal.

But how do you think they stay really balanced and in control when they run so quickly?

" Laura's got an answer for him.

"I think cheetahs move with long but comfortable and natural strides so that they're not shuffling and they're not overstretching.

Can you show me?

Could you practice moving like a cheetah while thinking about your stride length?

Have a go.

Did you try?

You should be moving with long but comfortable and balanced strides, like you can see in this image on the screen.

Her strides are lovely and long, and balanced.

Pretty fast too, I'd say.

Okay, here's a task for you.

Let's explore some movement ourself, shall we?

Let's look at some animal races.

Can you practice moving between your markers like these animals?

So hopefully, you still have your markers set up from how they were in the warmup.

Hopefully, you've got a really clear start and finish point that you can work between.

Let's see if you can move like a cheetah first who sprints super fast, then have a go at an elephant using really big, heavy stomps, then a crab, sideways shuffling, a sloth, slow motion.

Do you remember the last one?

Kangaroo.

Two-footed jump.

Seeing how quickly you can move between your markers.

Now in a second again, there'll be a video for you to have a look at another child having a go at this task.

Feel free to have a look and get some ideas of how they do it before you have a go.

Good luck.

Okay.

Let's take a moment to reflect, shall we, on what we've been doing in our exploring movement activities.

Do you think you run with balance and control?

Laura said when she moved like a cheetah, she was able to move quickly with balance and control.

I wonder if you felt similar.

What about your think, did you know the correct technique for running with control?

Did you remember any of the things we've been looking at?

Laura said she tried to balance her strides, so they were long but comfortable, like that image that we saw earlier.

Okay.

Let's move on to that second section, shall we?

Running with good technique.

Jacob says, "I want to practice running with good technique.

" Well done, Jacob.

And Laura says, "When we run, we must remember to be in a safe space and away from objects so we don't get injured.

" Double check your working space.

Are you in a safe space?

Is it still really safe to move around?

Laura and Jacob have been talking about good technique when running.

Jacob said, "Where do you think my head should be positioned when I run?

" Have you got any ideas?

Laura says, "Looking forward so we can see where we are going and to keep our body upright.

" Can you practice running carefully while looking at the sky to see how off balance you feel?

Have a go.

Look up really high and see if you can run.

Only go a little distance though.

We want to stay safe within our working space.

Have a go.

Good job.

Did you feel all funny and off balance?

It's important to keep our head position looking forwards, isn't it?

Also keeps us safe.

Jacob says, "How about my body position?

What should that look like to keep me balanced and moving with control?

" Laura.

"We should stand up tall to help with our balance and momentum.

" So we want to be nice and up tall when we're running.

Can you practice running whilst leaning really far forward to see how off balance you feel?

Could you have a go?

Could you try leaning and running, and see how it feels?

Go on.

Good job, those of you who had a go.

You feel like you're falling forwards, don't you?

That's why it's so important to get ourselves up nice and tall, so that we're in good control, and helps us stay nice and balanced without falling over.

Okay, let's have a go.

Can you show me?

Can you practice running with a good body and head position?

Go and have a go.

Great.

Hopefully, you've taken those points that we've learned earlier on.

Your head should have been up, your eyes looking forwards, and your body should have been nice and tall.

This will really help us maintain a really good running speed and momentum without falling over.

It will keep us nice and balanced, enable us to move really quickly.

So Jacob says, "What about my legs and arms?

How do they work together?

" I think Laura's gonna have all the answers today.

Laura says our arms drive forward, while the opposite knee lifts to keep us balanced, landing our feet safely on the floor.

So, Laura's talking about making sure our arms are driving forwards and our knees are lifting high, making sure that we're not too wobbly.

We've got some nice good control within our body.

Can you practice running with the same arm and leg working together, and see how you feel.

So let's have a go, shall we?

Try running with right arm and right leg, and then left arm and left leg.

See how you feel.

Brilliant, those of you who had a go, even if you did it on the spot.

Running with the same arm and with the same leg feels very unbalanced, doesn't it?

So we need to remember what Laura says and really think about keeping ourself balanced with our opposite arm and our opposite leg working together.

So Jacob says, "So I need to run tall like a rocket, keeping my eyes looking forward where I want to go, and driving my arms and legs.

" I think he's got it.

Laura says, "Yes.

But remember that practice makes perfect.

So even if you start to get tired when you're practicing, you must keep working hard to improve.

" And that's so important with everything, right?

If we keep trying, we're gonna get better and better.

So if we keep practicing our running with all those good technique points, we're only going to improve.

Let's have a little check for understanding, shall we?

So as well as good technique, what else is important to improve our performance and control?

Do you think it's A, practice once then rest, B, keep practicing even when we get tired, or C, to go as fast as possible?

What do you think?

Great job, those of you who thought it was B.

So we keep practicing even when we get tired, and that's what we've just been saying.

Practice makes perfect.

Keep trying.

Okay, let's have a look at this student who's running on your screen now.

Can you watch her and give us some feedback on her running technique?

Can you think about giving feedback that is kind and supportive?

Maybe how you would like to receive feedback yourself.

Remember the key points we've been talking about.

Think about her head position.

Think about her arms, think about her legs.

Is she balanced?

Have a think.

Yeah, so Jacob thinks you need to move your opposite arm and leg in time with each other to keep you balanced, but your stride length is good.

So if you watch this little girl here, you can see her left arm and her left leg are coming through together.

So she looks like she's rocking from side to side.

I don't know if you spotted that or you spotted anything else, but good job on thinking about your feedback being kind and supportive.

Let's do another task, shall we?

It's important to get moving and get practicing.

You're gonna spread six pieces of treasure around your working space.

When she practices task, she spread them around her garden.

But you could do this wherever you are working.

Practice your running technique.

Start in the middle.

We want you to run and collect one piece of treasure at a time, making sure you keep your head up and run into space.

You use a good stride length.

You move your opposite arm and leg together.

Remember like earlier we said, right arm with left leg and vice versa.

Rest for 30 seconds.

Repeat and time how long it takes you to collect the treasure.

Repeat and try to beat your time.

If anyone is able to help, you could see if they could give you some feedback on your running technique.

There's gonna be a video again in a minute.

You'll notice she's positioned all of her six pieces of treasure in really safe spaces with nothing that she could run into and bump her head on.

So think about where you are gonna put yours.

She's got her own little iPad in the middle where she's timing how long it takes her to pick up all six pieces.

You could do something similar or use a phone, or a stopwatch, or a kitchen timer, whatever works for you.

Try your best each time you have a go to see if you can cut them quicker.

Have a little watch and see.

How did you find that task?

Did you enjoy it?

Did you get a really quick time of getting all six pieces?

Well done for having a good go.

Let's have a little reflection and see what we think we've learned.

Did you run with balance and control this time?

Hopefully.

Jacob said, when looking ahead, he stayed light on his toes, and ran using his opposite arm and legs.

He felt he ran with good balance and control.

Well done, Jacob, for picking up those good points.

How about you though?

Have a think for yourself.

What about your feel?

Did you continue to run even if you felt tired?

Jacob said he tried really hard to keep practicing his running technique, whilst challenging himself to improve his time.

I wonder if you kept going and tried again to beat your time, even if you found it was a bit tiring.

What about your thinking?

Were you able to concentrate and run into space?

Jacob made sure he was working in a safe space to give him plenty of room to practice his running technique.

I don't know about you, but when I watched her run, I really noticed her accelerate and run faster when she was in good space, and slow down when it got a little bit too busy around the edges.

Did you appreciate the example pupil's performance and come up with some good feedback for them?

So when you watched her doing her running, were you really sensitive about what you said back to her?

I hope so.

Laura said she thought the stride length was really good, but their head needed to face forward.

They needed to focus on using the opposite arm and leg together.

That's what Jacob noticed too, wasn't it?

But Laura also noticed that she thought her stride leg was really good, and that her head needed to face forwards.

So she's also really highlighted some great things she did that would've made her feel really good about her work, and hopefully motivated her to work on those opposite arm and legs.

Let's cool you down after all that hard moving.

Move around your space really slowly now.

Start to slowly bring your body temperature down and relax.

Think about keeping your head up, your strides long and relaxed, and your opposite arm and legs working together as you run slowly around your working area.

Whilst you're moving slowly around your space, think about other examples of when it's important to keep trying even if you get tired.

What could you do between now and the next lesson to practice your running technique, Could you practice some of those tasks again?

Or maybe you could be super creative and come up with your own.

But try really hard to think about what you need to do to get better.

Okay, so let's have a little summary, shall we, of what we've done today.

We've run with balance and control using our opposite arm and leg, focusing forwards with comfortable steps.

We've concentrated, which has enabled us to run into spaces and to really focus on our technique.

We've continued to run even when we start to feel tired, and long term, that's going to really improve our performance.

And we've watched others carefully, which has demonstrated our empathy.

Really well done today, guys.

I think you've done a brilliant job.

Keep practicing that movement.

Make sure our run is always nice and balanced, and I'll see you again next time.