These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.
These resources were created for remote use during the pandemic and are not designed for classroom teaching.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: when using objects we can move with them or around them.
- Move: copying and mirroring requires us to replicate the actions of others.
- Think: imagination enables us to think how we can move an object or prop in a variety of ways.
- Feel: self-belief enables us to create actions for our partner to mirror.
- Connect: fairness requires us to consider the needs of others.
Keywords
Partner - working with one other person
Copying - to do the same actions as another person
Mirroring - reflecting an action
Common misconception
Mirroring and copying are the same
Mirroring is a type of copying, it specifically requires the movement to be translated to the opposite side of the body to produce the effect of a reflection. Copying can be a direct replication of the action.
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Relationships, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Relationships, 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, 30+ bean bags or juggling scarves
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
