Team activities: solving problems
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can work with a team and solve problems.
Key learning points
- Move: moving successfully with equipment requires good coordination and teamwork.
- Think: concentrating on the team’s actions ensures we know when it is our turn.
- Connect: being honest and taking turns fairly means everyone can enjoy the game.
- Feel: coordinating movements with others requires good communication.
Keywords
Coordination - the ability to move 2 or more body parts at the same time
Concentrate - focusing attention and ignoring distractions
Teamwork - a group effort to complete a task successfully
Common misconception
Pupils don't concentrate, so they don't realise when it is their turn. Other team members shout at them to take their turn.
Encourage players to pay attention to their team so they know when it's their turn. Other team members can kindly prompt them if they miss their turn.
Teacher tip
The theme of this lesson can be tweaked to suit your current topic, e.g. move toys from one planet to another or going on holiday. Remember the Peak-End rule: pupils are likely to judge a lesson based on how they feel at the end. Help them to think positively with prompts at the end of a lesson.
Equipment
2 hoops per team, large balls, foam javelins or pool noodles, ropes, large boxes or large cones
Content guidance
Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.How do we work fairly in a team?
Q2.What do we show when follow the rules of a game?
Q3.What do we do by talking to others?
Q4.How can we solve problems together?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.How do we know when it’s our turn in a team?
Q2.What should we do if a team player doesn’t take their turn?
Q3.How can we improve our teamwork?
Q4.How can we move together as a team?
To help you plan your 1 physical education lesson on: Team activities: solving problems, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 1 physical education lesson on: Team activities: solving problems, 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.
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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.
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