Years 3-4 PE Learning Challenges

Years 3/4: Athletics Aims of the Unit To develop the consistency and number of techniques children are able to use in a wide range of athletics events.

Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

•Ask the children to run for short distances and times, and for longer distances and times. Encourage them to keep a steady pace. They could work in teams or on their own.

Sprints

•Ask the children to practise the five basic jumps, e.g. one foot to same foot (hop), one foot to two feet, two feet to two feet, two feet to one foot, as single jumps and then in simple combinations. Teach them to combine the basic jump actions and to form simple jump combinations.

Long Distance Running

Ball Throwing

Long Jump High Jump

•Ask them to show different ways of throwing a ball. Teach them to throw using slinging, pushing and pulling actions .

•Help the children to see that they are better at running at a high speed for short times and distances than for longer ones. Teach them how to pace their effort over different distances.

•Help the children to see that they can throw equipment further using some methods than others. Teach them to choose the best method for the ball they are given.

•Help the children to see that different types of jump are better for getting height or distance. Teach them how to choose the best method.

Years 3/4: Gymnastics Aims of the Unit To establish a suitable approach to basic body management, exercise and control that will provide the foundation for development of skills in gymnastics and a wide range of sports.

Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

•Perform a range of actions and agilities with consistency, fluency and clarity of movement.

Vault Body Management

•Make similar or contrasting shapes on the floor and apparatus, working with a partner.

•Combine actions and maintain the quality of performance when performing at the same time as a partner.

•Combine actions to make sequences with changes of speed, level and direction and clarity of space.

•Gradually increase the length of sequences.

•Work with a partner to make a short sequence using the floor, mats and apparatus, showing consistency, fluency and clarity of movement.

Key Step Gymnastics (Key Stage 2 – Y3 & 4)

Floor Exercises

Years 3/4: Invasion Games Aims of the Unit This unit should teach children the skills and tactics required for invasion games as well as the basic rules of specific sports.

Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

ATTACKING:

Handball

Passing – over and underarm, bounce pass, short and long, foot, chest, stick

Football

Receiving – body, overhead, instep, sole, stick

Netball

Dribbling – bouncing, inside/outside foot, stick

Hockey

Shooting – sport appropriate

Benchball

Movement – finding space

Communication – calling for ball

DEFENDING: Marking – opponents without ball, goal areas

Tackling – hand, foot, stick Intercepting - hand, foot, stick

Years 3/4: Racquet Ball Sports Aims of the Unit This unit should teach children the skills and tactics required for net / wall games as well as the rules of specific sports.

Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

Perform the basic skills needed for the games with control and consistency

Tennis

Keep a game going using a range of different ways of throwing

Badminton

Vary the speed and direction of the ball

Table Tennis

Play games using a racket, getting their body into good positions, hitting a ball fed to them accurately, and increasingly keeping a rally going using a small range of shots Choose good places to stand when receiving, and give reasons for their choice Try to make things difficult for their opponent by directing the ball to space, at different speeds and heights Use the rules and keep games going without disputes

Years 3/4: Bat and Ball Sports Aims of the Unit This unit should teach children the skills and tactics required for striking and fielding games as well as the rules of specific sports.

Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

Use a range of skills with increasing control

Cricket

Strike a ball with intent and throw it more accurately when bowling and/or fielding(bowling from a standing position)

Rounders

Intercept and stop the ball with consistency, and sometimes catch the ball

French Cricket

Return the ball quickly and accurately Choose and use batting or throwing skills to make the game hard for their opponents (Blocking shots with bats) Judge how far they can run to score points Choose where to stand as a fielder to make it hard for the batter Work well as a team to make it hard for the batter Are familiar with and use the rules set, and keep games going without disputes Roll ball along ground at a selected target using a putter Lift ball into the air using an iron

Golf

Years 3/4: Outdoor and Adventurous Aims of the Unit To enable the children to access and experience new physical challenges outside the normal sporting arena. Children should be allowed to apply their new skills and understanding and work both individually and as part of a team Skills and Tactics

Suggested Activities

To develop the range and consistency of their skills and work with others to solve challenges

A minimum of one Outdoor and adventurous activity per year.

This can be on or off site using outside agencies – ie – orienteering, climbing, mountain biking, geocaching, problem solving, canoeing etc.

To choose and apply strategies and skills to meet the requirements of a task or challenge Orientate themselves and move with increasing confidence and accuracy when following trails and simple orienteering courses Use skills with control in problem-solving activities Realise that activities need thinking through, and recognise that planning is useful Choose sensible skills and approaches for the challenges set Meet the challenges effectively in teams and individually