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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: interpreting and performing a range of action words requires using our whole body or isolated parts of our body.
- Move: actions are movements we can perform in a variety of ways with control.
- Think: imagination enables us to interpret action words such as melt or pop.
- Feel: self-belief enables us to perform a range of actions confidently.
- Connect: fairness requires us to maintain our personal working space.
Keywords
Actions - the movements we perform
Travel - moving from one location to another
Stillness - the absence of movement, stopping, pausing
Common misconception
Travelling is only a whole-body movement and involves moving around the space available.
Travelling can be either a whole body action or be performed by isolated body parts. As well as moving around the space it can also involve going up and down as well as turning on the spot.
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Actions, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Actions, 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 Dance: my moves, my brilliant body unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Additional material: poem and suggested music, whiteboard and pen
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
