Physical Education Unit

Historically I am not a sporty person.  I never played team sports during high school and usually keep my physical activity to group classes and yoga.  So, when it comes to planning physical education units I ensure that there are activities that everyone enjoy because I want students to have a better experience than I ever did during sports at school.  I endeavour to ensure that all students are catered for within the one lesson so that everyone can leave happy and feel that they have achieved something (raising their self-efficacy).  

While on placement at Halswell School myself and another student teacher planned a PE unit together.  We made sure that we had a warm-up, team game, and closure that all students could participate in. 

We began by doing Tic-Tac-Toe.  A warm up game based around strategy where students need to work as a team and employing the key competency of thinking.

Students are in teams of three or four versing another team.  Each team has 3 beanbags and the aim of the game is to create three in a row.  Students can move any of their teams beanbags to help them in their strategy.  We played this warm up four weeks in a row because the students wanted to keep on doing it!

For the development we have played hoop ball, an activity based out of the Sports Start Canterbury books.  This is a great activity for large groups and provides an opportunity for all students to participate.  Additionally, we have done Rob The Nest.

As a closure students requested Multi Ball, a wonderful sport that ensures everyone has a go and no one is left out!

All activities foster participation and contribution.