- Year 4
Solving problems by cooperating in pairs
I can cooperate with a partner to score points.
- Year 4
Solving problems by cooperating in pairs
I can cooperate with a partner to score points.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: making and holding a shape requires body tension, balance and coordination.
- Think: a successful team adapts and experiments with ideas to improve performance.
- Feel: striving to be our best demonstrates self-discipline and perseverance.
- Connect: communicating ideas respectfully builds trust in a partnership.
Keywords
Communication - sharing ideas, thoughts or feelings through talk or actions
Cooperation - working together towards a common goal or purpose
Perserverance - keeping going and not giving up, even when a task is challenging
Common misconception
Pupils can only stand when making letter shapes. Pupils create letter shapes back to front or they face the wrong way when they are showing others.
Pupils can use a range of body parts and lie, sit or stand to make letter shapes. Stress the importance of reading letters from left to right.
To help you plan your year 4 physical education lesson on: Solving problems by cooperating in pairs, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 4 physical education lesson on: Solving problems by cooperating in pairs, 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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Equipment
The body alphabet poster, individual letter cards, list of action words (see additional materials)
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
