Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 9
Communication and listening skills in action
I can communicate with peers effectively in a 1 to 1 task.
- Year 9
Communication and listening skills in action
I can communicate with peers effectively in a 1 to 1 task.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: moving into suitable positions and using positive body language enables us to communicate with others.
- Move: clear demonstrations of the correct technique enable us to lead bodyweight exercises.
- Think: knowing how to use positive and constructive feedback requires reflection and helps peers to improve / progress.
- Feel: responding to the needs of peers is a good way to measure increased confidence in your own leadership ability.
- Connect: show respect for each other when trying to decipher the correct technique of a bodyweight exercise.
Keywords
Active listening - paying attention to what someone is saying and showing that you understand them
Positive feedback - acknowledging what someone did well to encourage and praise them
Constructive feedback - giving helpful suggestions on how someone can improve their performance
Common misconception
Pupils think leading is just about giving instructions.
A ledaer also requires active listening and the time and confidence to provide feedback on what has been completed well and how things can be improved.
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Communication and listening skills in action, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 9 physical education lesson on: Communication and listening skills in action, 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 3 physical education lessons from the Health and wellbeing: healthy leadership and effective reviewing skills unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Various small equipment such as bean bags, quoits, ropes and cones, Hopps, Dice, Blindfolds, Bodyweight exercise cards
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
