Lesson 3 - Team Games

• To play a key role within a team and show determination to be successful.
• Promote effective communication and feedback within their team to increase self-esteem.

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

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

• Marker cones.
• Bibs, hurdles, and bean bags.
• Playground, field, or hall.

Discussion question: Ask the children what “Teamwork” means to them?

Talk to the children about what roles and responsibilities are needed in order to shape a successful team and how they plan to apply these in today’s lesson.

Can they provide any examples of teams who are successful and the reasons why?

Active learning: Children will play a warmup game of Stuck in the Mud. Give 2 children bibs (these will be the taggers). After each game increase the number of taggers to make the activity more difficult. Encourage children to show cooperation and respect by releasing their teammates if they are stuck.

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?
• How can positive praise and feedback support your team to be successful?

• Form a circle at the end of the session and encourage children to give feedback on the lesson.
• Ask children what teamwork skills they may have used today?
• Ask the children what they did in the lesson to be successful.
• Ask why a growth mindset is needed when working within a team?
• How did communication support the team in the lesson?