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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: stepping into the throw and extending your throwing arm helps increase throwing accuracy.
- Move: catching involves being on the balls of your feet, having your hands up ready and watching the object carefully.
- Think: concentrating and looking at your partner will increase success when throwing and catching.
- Connect: working with others enables success as well as enjoyment and engagement when playing games.
- Feel: playing honestly requires an understanding of how to keep the score and why we don't cheat.
Keywords
Throwing - using your hand to send a ball through the air to a specific target or area
Catching - to take hold of something that is thrown
Concentration - paying close attention to a given task
Common misconception
A fear of being hit by the ball can cause pupils to flinch, shy away or close their eyes.
Ensure pupils understand that they need to keep their eyes on the ball, focusing on it until it is in their hands.
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Throwing and catching, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Throwing and catching, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 1 physical education lessons from the Ball skills: sending, receiving and dribbling unit, dive into the full primary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
1 ball between 2 pupils, 1 beanbag per pupil, 30+ cones, hoops.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
