Lesson Theme: Traveling
Age Group: Upper Infants 10 - 12 years
Lesson Length: 45 min
Lesson Outcomes: Students will know different activities in gymnastics while working as a group and problem solving.
Equipment Needed: Benches and Tables
Warm Up: Get the students to jog on the spot and then jog in different directions into space. The get the students to try skipping, hopping and jumping into space.
Floor Work: In groups of four get children to take turns travelling across the mat, finding different ways in which to do so. Ask them to find three different ways of travelling at low, medium and high levels. Get the children to perform their work for the other children and they can peer assess. Ask the children to combine three different ways of travelling with thee different shapes or balances. Then ask them to use different methods of travel between each corner of the mat. At each corner of the mat they should perform a shape or balance before using their next method of travel. Once again get the children to perform their sequences and the other children to peer assess.
Apparatus Work: Ask children to get out the benches and tables. Organize the children into small groups and give an area to work in, either with mats, benches or tables. Ask the children to explore creating shapes and balancing on the different pieces of apparatus. Give each group a number and ask the children to find how many different balances they can make on a certain number of body parts. Rotate the groups giving equal opportunity for everyone to experience different apparatus.
Cool Down: Ask the children to walk around room and freeze when told. Now curl down low putting hands around ankles and tucking in head between knees. Slowly uncurl so that they stand up straight on balls of feet with arms stretched high. Maintain balance with control.Relax, shake out and then rest.
Age Group: Upper Infants 10 - 12 years
Lesson Length: 45 min
Lesson Outcomes: Students will know different activities in gymnastics while working as a group and problem solving.
Equipment Needed: Benches and Tables
Warm Up: Get the students to jog on the spot and then jog in different directions into space. The get the students to try skipping, hopping and jumping into space.
Floor Work: In groups of four get children to take turns travelling across the mat, finding different ways in which to do so. Ask them to find three different ways of travelling at low, medium and high levels. Get the children to perform their work for the other children and they can peer assess. Ask the children to combine three different ways of travelling with thee different shapes or balances. Then ask them to use different methods of travel between each corner of the mat. At each corner of the mat they should perform a shape or balance before using their next method of travel. Once again get the children to perform their sequences and the other children to peer assess.
Apparatus Work: Ask children to get out the benches and tables. Organize the children into small groups and give an area to work in, either with mats, benches or tables. Ask the children to explore creating shapes and balancing on the different pieces of apparatus. Give each group a number and ask the children to find how many different balances they can make on a certain number of body parts. Rotate the groups giving equal opportunity for everyone to experience different apparatus.
Cool Down: Ask the children to walk around room and freeze when told. Now curl down low putting hands around ankles and tucking in head between knees. Slowly uncurl so that they stand up straight on balls of feet with arms stretched high. Maintain balance with control.Relax, shake out and then rest.