Introduction:

Listen to a slow and fast beat on a drum, piano, etc. Ask the children to move to the beat in a variety of ways. Some ideas could be…

Before students can express themselves at a satisfactory level throuh movement, they need to build up their vocabulary. Students can’t be expected to find out all about movement for themselves!

I believe that health education is very important in primary school as it sets up habits for children into adulthood. If a child belonged to a lower class family that weren’t aware of a certain health issue, then it is the child who can teach their family and get everyone involved.

The purposes of this game are to explore movement/space and passing skills, and to work and communicate as a team. This game is intended for middle school children upwards and there are many variations of the game.

Here are just a few questions I got asked that I had to think about when designing a classroom fitness programme.

Tag Ball

Also see related pages:

My Philosophy for Sports Studies
Physical Education Games
Issues Linked to Designing a Fitness Programme

As with any curriculum area, every individual needs to be accounted for in sports education. Through Murdoch’s ‘Integration Model”, each child and their ability is the starting place.