Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 8
- Year 8
Redefining success
I can define what success can look like in a range of competitions.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: swinging your arms will increase the distance your object is thrown.
- Move: the point of release will determine how high and how far your object travels toward your target.
- Think: establishing the aim and rules of a new activity inform tactical decisions in competition.
- Feel: working toward, achieving and celebrating a personal best builds confidence and self-esteem.
- Connect: shifting the focus away from the outcome of a competition builds stronger relationships between participants.
Keywords
Personal best - achieving or surpassing individual your record
Teamwork - work done by a group acting together
Processes - actions, strategies and routines athletes follow to improve skills, maintain consistency and achieve goals
Common misconception
Winning is the only metric of success and losing is always bad.
You can make improvements to your own/your team's performance in many different ways, regardless of the outcome of a competition.
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Redefining success, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 8 physical education lesson on: Redefining success, 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 Inclusive sports: teamship, communication and awareness of others unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
1 hoop per group. 3 bean bags and 3 cones per group, timer/stopwatch.
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
