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Lesson 5 of 12
  • Year 2

Cooperation and communication

I can cooperate and communicate well to successfully complete challenges as a team.

Lesson 5 of 12
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  • Year 2

Cooperation and communication

I can cooperate and communicate well to successfully complete challenges as a team.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Move: moving quickly, with coordination, increases the chance of our team completing challenges.
  2. Think: making effective decisions about tactics to use can help my team complete challenges successfully.
  3. Feel: supporting others during challenges demonstrates courage and honesty.
  4. Connect: showing gratitude to our teammates helps our team to successfully cooperate.
  5. Connect: working effectively as a team to apply strategies enables success in the competition as well as enjoyment.

Keywords

  • Cooperation - working together and helping others to achieve a goal

  • Communication - sharing ideas, thoughts or feelings with others

  • Team - a group of people who work together to reach a goal

Common misconception

Some pupils may think that when they are working in a team, everyone should stay together and do the same thing.

Sometimes, a good tactic to quickly complete a challenge is to split the challenge into smaller tasks and share them out amongst the team. A team can still be working towards the same goal, even if everyone is working separately on different tasks.


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Equipment

90+ cones, 15 tennis balls, 30+ beanbags, 30+ quoits, 30+ ropes

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - physical activity

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2025), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Prior knowledge starter quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
Which of these can be used to communicate information?

warming up
Correct answer: using signals
cooling down

Q2.
Which of these words means moving different body parts together?

Correct answer: coordination
coach
collaborate

Q3.
Which of these phrases might encourage a teammate?

Correct answer: well done
your fault
bad throw

Q4.
What is most likely to help you to successfully complete a challenge?

tables
tape
Correct answer: tactics

Assessment exit quiz

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4 Questions

Q1.
What can you improve to help you to move more quickly?

Correct answer: your coordination
your catching
your communication

Q2.
Which of these words means working together to achieve a goal?

coordination
communication
Correct answer: cooperation

Q3.
Which of these tactics can help a team complete challenges more quickly?

move slowly
work silently
Correct answer: share the tasks

Q4.
What can you do to cooperate with your teammates or partner?

ignore them
Correct answer: support them
argue with them