Lesson 3 - Team Games

• To be part of a small team and show determination to be successful.
• To promote effective communication and feedback within their team.

Teamwork, respect, determined, happy, resilience, cooperation, confidence, connecting, pressure, experiences, brain, perseverance, teamwork, growth mindset, positive, reflection, success, proud, achievement, reactions, relationships, reflection.

• Develops character building (resilience, confidence, and independence) and supports learners physically and mentally.
• Supports pupils to lead and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

• Marker cones.
• Bibs, hurdles, beanbags, and balls.
• Playground, field, or hall.

Discussion question:  Ask the children what skills they need to work in a team?

Ask what “teamwork” means to them?  Can they provide any examples of teams who are successful and the reasons why?

Active Learning: Children will play a game of cat and mouse. Give 1 or 2 children a bib to wear, they will be the cats, and provide the rest of the children with a bib to tuck into the back of their shorts, so they are the mice. Encourage children to travel in different ways whilst they avoid being caught (having their bib pulled out of their shorts). Once a child is caught, they will need to stand on the sidelines until the game is complete. Increase the number of cats as the games go on to make the activity more difficult. Ensure children show respect and demonstrate good teamwork.

1. Set up traditional relay races over a short distance, throughout the lesson increase this distance to make the task harder and encourage resilience. Divide the children into 4 or 5 equal teams and facilitate simple relay races, with clear rules, to help children learn the core values of healthy competition.
2. Still in the relay race lay obstacles (i.e. cones, hurdles, and beanbags) on the ground to create a challenge for the children to overcome.
3. Give the children a baton to transfer whilst completing the race through the obstacle challenge.

Ensure all children show respect to their teammates and the other teams alike. The atmosphere for children to perform in a competitive environment is key, encourage children to cheer for their team.

Discussion Questions:

• What do qualities do successful teams demonstrate?
• Did positive praise and feedback support your team to be successful today?

• Form a circle at the end of the lesson to review and give feedback on the lesson.
• Ask children what teamwork skills they have used today?
• Ask the children what they did in the lesson to be successful.
• How did communication support the team in the lesson?