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<v ->Hello, my name's Mrs. Wiley</v> and I'm here to take you through the remote learning unit, outdoor adventure activities.

Now, this is the first one in a series of three lessons.

And they've been designed, so you can get involved and take part hopefully, no matter where you are.

So, I hope you enjoy the activities and I hope you manage to get fully stuck in with us.

Now, today's lesson is all about can you plan a strategy to navigate a space with limitations?

For this lesson, you'll need a safe space to work in, a timer, now, that could be on a phone or a tablet or a kitchen timer, household items to create a maze, such as cushions, chairs, boxes, books, side tables, strings, shoes, whatever you've got really and a blindfold such as a scarf, a long sock or a jumper.

You'll also need some tea towels or cushions, which can act as your islands in our second task and an object to act as treasure.

So, maybe things like teddies or books or balls of socks.

Our outcome for today is I can navigate a space with limitations placed on where and how I can move to increase the complexity.

Our keywords for this lesson, there are three of them and we're gonna go through them as my turn and your turn.

So, our first keyword, my turn, physical challenge.

Your turn.

Great, so, a physical challenge is an activity that tests your strength, endurance, balance or coordination.

Next keyword, my turn, personalized.

Your turn.

Brilliant!

Personalized means it's designed to suit your own needs, your abilities or your goals.

And our final keyword for the day, spatial awareness.

Your turn.

Great, well done.

So, spatial awareness is understanding where your body is in relation to objects and the space around you.

We're gonna be doing that a lot today as we move through whatever the space is that we're working in.

Let's get going, shall we?

Let's start our warm-up.

So, I want you to show what you know about preparing for problem-solving activities.

Your first step is you're gonna pick five different moves.

So, for example, jogging, squatting, side steps, lunges, jumps, whatever you fancy, but the only rule is all five have to be different movements.

Step two, you're gonna do each move for 30 seconds.

And then you're gonna repeat and change something to make it harder.

So, it's completely down to you and you're gonna personalize your warm-up.

So, next time you do it, you can increase it in a way that you like that's gonna make it harder for you.

So, you may work a bit faster, you may work a bit harder, or you may change the direction in which you're working.

During the warm-up, can you make it more physically challenging, like can you add a third round maybe?

And can you personalize it even more to change the level of challenge to make it harder, or perhaps you need to work on more control and better technique?

That's down to you and what you need.

And can you be mindful of what is around you and ensure good space awareness?

So, as you move, you prevent bumping into anything as you go, prevent hurting yourself.

There's gonna be a little video now that's gonna show you another pupil doing this warm-up.

Have a little look at the moves they choose and look at what they do to make it harder in the second round.

Then have a go yourself and come back to me and we'll get stuck into the lesson.

Have fun!

Okay, so this lesson about planning a strategy to navigate a space with limitations is split into two learning cycles.

The first one is about testing our thinking and the second one, we're gonna do some island hopping.

Let's get started on testing our thinking.

Okay, so, Jacob and Laura are discussing today's learning outcome.

Jacob said, "How would planning a strategy to help me move through space with limitations assist me?

" And Laura says, "It will help improve our problem-solving skills and teach us the important skill of being flexible, so we can cope when things don't go as planned.

It will also help us develop our spatial awareness and help keep us safe.

" That's right, Laura.

So, Jacob, by doing this lesson today, you're going to be able to improve all those skills, which will hopefully help you in lots of different ways throughout physical activity, but also in life in general.

And Jacob says, "I imagine if we are navigating through spaces, we will need balance to keep us stable and prevent us falling?

" It's absolutely true, Jacob.

Laura says, "Yes, for sure.

This will involve us coordinating our muscles, joints and nervous system to help us stay steady, safe and in control as we move.

Balance will allow us to change directions smoothly, move through tight spaces, step over and around obstacles with confidence and stop and start quickly when we need to.

" That's absolutely right, Laura.

And I'm sure you can think of lots of different times when you need to be able to do just those things.

Let's check our understanding so far.

Which component of fitness will help us to stay steady, safe and in control as we navigate spaces?

What do you think?

Is it A, flexibility, B, power or C, balance?

Really great job if you said balance.

Balance is so important to help us remain stable, prevent us falling over and hurting ourself.

Jacob said, "When planning a strategy, we're also going to need to use logical thinking.

But what is logical thinking?

" Logical thinking helps us plan, make good decisions and solve problems.

It supports our learning in lessons, smart movement in PE and working well with others and making safe, confident choices in everyday life.

So, logical thinking is going to come into so many things that you do.

And you are absolutely right, Jacob.

If we're planning a strategy, that's an important time when we can make use of it.

Laura says, "Let's challenge our logical thinking.

" Good idea, Laura.

Your task then while we're developing our understanding of this concept of logical thinking and problem solving, you need to choose three movements.

For example, jump, squat, balance.

You are gonna decide the order you will perform them and how many times you repeat the sequence.

So, for example, I would go jump, squat, balance and I'd repeat that five times in a row.

Up to you, what you do though, you make it personalized to you.

Halfway through, change one rule.

So, for example, you could reverse the order, or you could change the order of two of your movements.

But the challenge is to remember the sequence and keep moving smoothly whilst adapting the plan.

So, we are logically gonna be thinking about our plan and what it is we're doing and then we're gonna apply it.

So, if you look at the student in this video here, let's see what she's doing.

So, she in the top one is going squat, jump, balance, like we said.

And then let's see what she changes in the bottom.

So, she's changed the order, look.

She's gone jump, squat, balance.

So, she has to use her logical thinking to plan that movement and then put it into action.

Have a little pause, have a go yourself at using your logical thinking in that quick little task to get us activated.

And then come back and we'll move on.

Okay, let's check our understanding again.

True or false.

Logical thinking requires you to think carefully about your actions and possible outcomes.

What do you think, is that true or false?

Great job if you said true.

Now, why?

Logical thinking helps you pause, plan and predict before you act.

So, you can then choose the best option and understand what might happen next.

Well done if you had that.

Let's move on to task A, shall we?

You need to firstly collect some household objects that'll be safe for you to move around.

You're gonna create a maze with these items.

So, you could use things like cushions, you could use things like books, you could use some strings to climb over, a box maybe to climb through or under, anything you like really as long as it's safe for you to move around.

Once you've created that maze and you've set it up, have a little test of it.

Use your spatial awareness to keep yourself safe as you move around.

Really think about the level of personal challenge.

If you go around it once and it feels too easy, maybe try and make it a little bit more challenging.

But likewise, it was a little bit too challenging, or you don't feel safe and make it a bit easier.

Once you've had a go and you've experimented your maze and you're happy with it, your first step is to time yourself completing it and then maybe see if you can beat your time.

Your next step is could you maybe complete it backwards?

Now, obviously, only do that if that's safe for you to do so.

If your space doesn't make it safe to do it backwards, then don't.

But if it does, have a go.

'Cause that's a really good way of testing your spatial awareness.

And finally, if it's safe to do so again, could you maybe blindfold yourself and still complete it?

You'd have to really use your spatial awareness and be really careful as you move, but it'd be a really good challenge for you.

There's a video gonna come up now of a pupil having a go at this in her living room.

Have a look at her ideas of her maze and see how she gets on with those three different steps.

Then have a go yourself and come back to me and we'll move on.

Have fun.

How did you get on with that?

Did you enjoy it?

Hopefully, you created some really fun mazes.

Let's reflect so far.

Did you balance well and remained stable as you moved around your maze?

Jacob said he coordinated his body really well as he moved around his maze and he didn't fall.

Hopefully, you didn't as well.

Did you think carefully about your actions?

Jacob said he definitely used his logical thinking as he worked through each of the potential outcomes of his movements throughout the maze.

Hopefully, you did that and you really thought through what it was you were doing and why you were doing it that way.

Let's move on to the next section of this lesson, shall we?

Island hopping.

Laura said, "My logical thinking was not great in task A.

Do you think you could lead me through this next task and support me?

" Effective leadership provides really clear and personalized instructions to help everyone feel supported and ensure the physical challenge is at the correct level.

How could you support Laura to help her with these problem-solving challenges, do you think?

Laura says, "I definitely need clear instructions that are personalized to me.

I also need some encouragement when I'm doing well to keep me going!

" Now, encouragement's good for everyone, isn't it?

It can give one a little bit boost and help them work a little bit harder and keep going.

Jacob says, "Laura, I would give you some ideas to help you get started and then I'd encourage you with lots of praise.

" That's a great idea, Jacob.

Now, this is really hard when we're working remotely, unless there's someone else in our house that can support us with this.

But it's really important to understand that leading and supporting one another is a skill that we need throughout our lives.

Now, let's check our understanding.

What would effective leadership look like?

Would it be A, ambitious high-end targets?

Would it be B, clear personalized instructions, or would it be C, loud, fast instructions?

What do you think?

Really great job if you said B, clear personalized instructions.

That's important no matter where we are with our learning and performance.

We must make sure what we're explaining is really clear and understandable and it must be really suited to the person we're working with to make sure it works for them.

Laura said, "Problem-solving tasks are only fine if they're done honestly without cheating.

" That's a really good point, Laura.

"If you were racing against another pupil to solve a problem and they won by cheating, how would you feel?

" And Jacob said, "I would feel upset and frustrated.

I would also feel disappointed and confused, wondering why honesty didn't seem to matter to them.

" I think, I'd feel the same.

How would you feel if you were working and someone who was cheating?

Let's test our honesty.

Laura said, "I'm going to set a timer for 60 seconds and count how many star jumps I complete.

Then, I'll write down my score.

You could join in too!

" Come on, then.

Let's grab a little stopwatch or a timer and let's start it for 60 seconds and see how many star jumps we can do, like the pupil in the video on this slide now.

Pause and have a go and then come back to me.

Laura said, "How many did you do?

" Jacob said, "I did 57.

" Good job, Jacob.

"Wow," Laura says, "Good job, I managed to do 51.

" They were quite close, weren't they?

"It would've been easy for me to add a few on to get closer to your score, but that would've been dishonest.

" How many did you do?

I hope you would've been really honest with your scores.

Let's check our understanding again, true or false.

When no one else is watching, there's no need to be honest.

What do you think for that one?

Great job if you highlighted it as false.

Now, the reason being good habits are built by what we do all the time, not just when other people are looking.

Being honest helps you trust yourself and feel proud of your choices.

Cheating will only give a false result, so you don't really learn or improve.

It's really important, isn't it, that we feel proud of what we achieve?

So, there's no point lying about it.

Let's move on to our second task.

You are gonna create small islands across your space.

And use something safe that you could stand on, such as tea towels or small cushions.

You're then going to place bits of treasure around the islands, so, things that you could reach by standing on them.

So, it could be part of a piece of clothing, it could be teddy bears, it could be books.

And what you are gonna do next, is you're gonna collect one item at a time, using the islands to get across.

If you touch the floor space while moving around, that bit of treasure gets taken away.

And then at the end, once you've got back, you need to count up how many items you safely brought back.

So, try not to lose too many by touching the floor.

You're then gonna place the treasure back in the space and add additional challenges.

So, for example, you could have the decision that you stand on an island twice, your island sinks.

You could come up with different rules that suit you and are personalized to your level of challenge.

The pupil in the video a minute ago tried that rule and it was actually really tricky, 'cause she had to keep moving around her islands and working out how many times she'd stepped on them all.

You're finally gonna complete a time challenge, or if you've got someone around at home, then what you could do is practice your leadership skills and you could support them to take them around to see if they could do the challenge.

Maybe you could add a blindfold to them and make it even more tricky.

So, in the video that's coming up in a minute, you'll see this pupil work through the first simple task, whereby she's gonna go out and collect her items of treasure, which, in her case, are teddies.

She's then gonna come back and put them in a pile by the start.

If you do see her in the video, she manages to have a little topple and touch the floor, so she loses that item she was carrying.

Then you'll see her working through her challenge where she adds her personalized level of challenge on and she has, if she stands on a pillow twice, she loses it.

So, you can see her trying to work out which pillow she can still use and move back to make them accessible.

And then, you'll see it with her little sister taking her around and supporting her around while she's blindfolded.

Have a little watch, see how she gets on and then set this up for yourself and have fun doing your problem-solving and logical thinking.

And I'll see you when you're finished.

How did that go?

I hope you enjoyed it.

Did you maintain good balance as you moved across the islands?

Hopefully, you didn't have too many tumbles and you managed to keep hold of most of your safe bits of treasure.

Laura says she only fell off her islands twice.

"So, I think my balance is quite good.

" Hold on, Laura.

Were you honest and did you remove the treasure you were carrying if you fell in, just like the pupil in the video did that we saw?

Laura said she was honest and she removed the socks she'd collected when she fell in both times.

Well done, Laura, being honest.

How about did you get a chance to practice leading someone else by providing clear, personalized instructions about your activity?

You might not have had the opportunity.

Laura said, "Not yet, but I'm going to do this with my older sister when she comes home later on.

I know I need to set her some more personalized and harder challenges as she's older and stronger than me.

" Yeah, good thinking, Laura.

Making sure our leadership is personalized, is really, really important.

Well done if you had a go at that, or you're planning to later.

Let's start to do a cool down now, shall we?

We've worked hard in this lesson.

You're going to move around your working space, completing the following actions.

You're gonna do some arm circles forwards and then move in some arm circles coming backwards as you walk around.

You're then gonna do some upwardly rotations to your left and to your right as you move.

And then, you're gonna come in some leg swings, swing your opposite arm up your opposite leg as you work around your space.

When you are done and take your time doing these things to bring yourself back down to resting, you are gonna come to a stop and you're gonna let your body hang forwards, reaching down to the ground.

Now, while you are doing your cool down, have a little reflection.

Think about your spatial awareness and ability to avoid any household items or islands that may still be in your working space.

So, be careful as you move around them, make sure you don't trip.

Also have a little bit to think about considering your personalized future challenges.

What could you do to add more of a physical challenge and then maybe practice it again?

Think about if you could carry on, testing your logical thinking and personalizing your learning moving forward.

Take your time doing this cool down and having those sorts and then come back to me for a summary.

Good job today, we've covered loads.

You've balanced, which has involved coordinating your muscles, joints and nervous system to keep you stable.

You've used your logical thinking, which has required you to think carefully about your actions and possible outcomes.

You've also been honest and you've been honest when no one else has been watching, which has been a really important thing to do.

And you've tried to utilize effective leadership by providing clear, personalized instructions to support others' success.

And if you've not yet managed that one, hopefully, you can have a go at that a little bit later when somebody else is around.

Really well done today.

I really enjoyed taking you through this lesson.

And I hope to see you again when we move through lesson two in this unit of work.

Bye.