Fundamental Movement Skills
Students will learn to accurately control the fundamental body management, locomotor and object control skills needed to perform in a range of activities during their learning journey and carry out indoor athletics activities that require control in running, jumping and throwing in order to be successful. Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).
Gymnastics
Students will explore the fundamental movement skills of balancing, travelling and jumping through the theme of matching, mirroring and contrasting movements, both on the floor and apparatus, and work with a partner to explore, select, evaluate and refine creative movements and balances in order to create simple sequences of movement incorporating control, body tension and extension to demonstrate clarity of shape and execute movements with precision and aesthetic quality. Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).
Dance
Students will improve their technical and performance skills and understanding of the composition process of exploring, selecting, refining and performing to create simple motifs and phrases from a given stimulus to compose individual and partner pieces that they will develop using simple compositional devices. Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).
Games
Invasion: netball, basketball, football, rugby (ending, receiving, dribbling, dodging, shooting and basic principles of attack and defence); Striking and fielding: cricket and rounders (catching, throwing, hitting, batting, bowling and fielding); Net: tennis (hand-eye coordination, footwork and positioning, basic ground strokes and basic serving action). Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).
Athletics
An introduction to formal athletics through sprinting, endurance, throwing and jumping events safely using a variety of athletic equipment within the rules of the competition in order to achieve their personal best. Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities
Students will solve problems, overcome challenges and build trust through activities including den building, challenge courses and orienteering whilst improving their leadership and communication skills. Students are assessed in their use of their heads (knowledge and understanding, tactical awareness, decision making, leadership and evaluation), their hearts (resilience, confidence, determination, effort, dedication, commitment and respect), and their hands (technique and application of skills, fitness levels, teamwork and competitiveness).