- Year 3
Communicating as a team
I can solve problems by working and communicating within my team in order to be successful.
- Year 3
Communicating as a team
I can solve problems by working and communicating within my team in order to be successful.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: to be successful in the challenges, we have to move as fast as possible and react to make quick decisions.
- Think: thinking tactically and collaborating with our team can help us to be more successful in the team challenges.
- Feel: demonstrating resilience by always trying our best, even when we are frustrated, helps us to complete a challenge.
- Connect: collaborating with teammates using a range of communication styles helps us to be successful.
Keywords
Collaborate - to work together with one or more people to achieve a common goal
Success - to achieve a desired outcome or goal
Team - a group of people who work together with the objective of achieving the same goal
Common misconception
Pupils believe that all effective forms of communication are verbal.
Ensure pupils understand that there are many different ways they can communicate through both verbal and non-verbal communication.
To help you plan your year 3 physical education lesson on: Communicating as a team, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 3 physical education lesson on: Communicating as a team, 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.
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Equipment
Additional materials: Crack the code code cards, 1 ball / 4, benches, 60+ multi-coloured cones.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
