By Smart Coach This plan is freely available for viewing
Part of Smart Coach - Year 0-2 Programme

Lesson Plan Overview

Focus is on students moving and having fun in game situations.

Key Objectives

What was your favourite game today? why?

What skills did you have to use in these games you played today?

Lesson Steps

Step 1
Bean Bag Slide
Step 2
Wheelies
Step 3
Hula Tails
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Warm Up

Bean Bag Slide

Split the group into two teams. Introduce five or six beanbags into the game, with red cones in the middle spliting the two teams. Teams must stay in their own half of the area and try to slide the beanbags along the floor hitting the opposition teams feet. Children can jump and dodge or even stop beanbags with their hands. If a child gets hit on the foot they must go and sit at the back of the area behind the opposition. When out if a team mate slides a beanbag all the way across then children can collect the beanbag and join back in the game.

If a child throws the beanbag rather than sliding then they are out and must wait behind the opposition area until they collect a new beanbag.

Encourage children to play the game standing up at all times rather than kneeling down to slide the beanbags.

Remove the line of red cones from the game. Children are now free to run on each side of the area.

Modifications

Use tennis balls, make playing area bigger/smaller

Special Needs Modifications

use a bigger ball, use a soft ball

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Activities

Wheelies

Children start with a hoop each. Give time for children to master rolling and following the hoop.

Encourage children to run along side the hoop and push the hoop when it starts to slow.

When the teacher shouts a colour children should try to push and roll their hoop along the floor into that coloured zone. Once a child has entered the coloured zone they can go back out and wait for the next colour.

Instead of shouting out the colour the teacher now holds up a cone to indicate which zone children should enter.

Remove the coloured zones and pick two or three children to be the catchers. The catching children each receive a soft ball. Catching children need to roll or throw their ball through a child's hula hoop to get them out. Children must not guard their hoops with their bodies and try to roll their hoop as much as possible. When out children must exit the area and wait for the next game.

Encourage children to practice rolling their hoop when they exit the game until it is time to join back in the game.

 

Modifications

Add more taggers. make playing area bigger or smaller

Special Needs Modifications

if out can become a tagger also.

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Hula Tails

Children receive a hula hoop each. Children must find a space and explore which body parts they can use to spin the hula hoop on.

Challenge some children by asking them to travel whilst they spin the hoop.

In pairs ask children to try and roll the hoop along the floor to each other gradually increasing the gap each time.

Can children roll the hoop then crouch down and run through the hoop whilst the hoop is still travelling without knocking the hula hoop over. Try rolling or throwing a ball through the hoop whilst the hoop is travelling.

Split children into groups of six. Children form a circle holding o hula hoop in between each child. Ask one child from the circle to tuck a bib into the back of their shorts to act as a tail. One child stays outside the circle and must try to grab the tail from their shorts. Children in the circle must try to work together by spinning the circle keeping the child with the tail away from the catching child.

Encourage the catching child to use changes of direction and speed to catch the tail.

If anyone lets go of the hula hoop then the game finishes. Continue to change the catcher on the outside of the circle.

Add a cone to the middle. Children must keep this cone in the middle of their circle when rotating round. If the circle moves away from the cone then the game has finished and the tail has been caught.

Modifications

more/less people

Special Needs Modifications

Work with a partner

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