Spring 1 – Year 3
Hockey
As in all units, children develop physical, social, emotional and thinking whole child objectives. Children will learn to contribute to the game by helping to keep possession of the ball, use simple attacking tactics using sending, receiving and dribbling a ball. They will start by playing uneven and then move onto even sided games. They will begin to think about defending and winning the ball. Children will be encouraged to think about how to use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition. Children will understand the importance of playing fairly and keeping to the rules. They will be encouraged to be a supportive teammate and identify why this behaviour is important
Dance – Willow Pattern
In dance as a whole, children think about how to use movement to explore and communicate ideas and issues, and their own feelings and thoughts. They create and repeat short dances inspired by a range of ideas and use language associated with movement to evaluate and improve their own and others’ dances.
Children develop their ability to create, perform and appreciate dance. They will explore story telling through dance focusing on characterization and sequencing events. The dances should have more than three sections. As they work they improve their ability to work with a partner and in small groups. This unit of work is linked to their English from the Willow Pattern book by Allan Drummond.
Spring 1 – Year 4
Year 4 – Football
The children develop passing techniques. They also begin to learn how to outwit their opponents when playing invasion games. They will also develop an early understanding of simple concepts of attack and defence. They will be introduced to basic rules and will begin to understand why rules are important in games.
”Try to get into good positions for shooting or reaching the “goal”
In all physical education units, children will continue to improve their observation skills and describe what is good about others' performances
The children develop skills in controlling and receiving. They also develop simple attacking tactics using a range of equipment and skills, and start to think about how to organise themselves to defend their goals. They will also develop an early understanding of simple concepts of attack and defence. They will be introduced to basic rules and will begin to understand why rules are important in games.
In all physical education units, children will continue to improve their observation skills and describe what is good about others' performances.
In all Games activities, children think about how to use skills, strategies, and tactics to outwit the opposition. In invasion games, they enter their opponent’s territory with the “ball” and try to get into good positions for shooting or reaching the “goal”.