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Athletics Unit of Work Year 3 4
Contents 6 week overview 6 Lesson
Plans Supporting Resources
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Athletics Running challenge Slow pace running
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Pace the speed you are running
Number in group 3 (same running
ability) Challenge Run around Wales 1. In
your group of 3, pick out 4 different points (at
least 100m apart) and around the edge of the
field/yard (eg tree, gate, fence, building).
This will be your trail/circuit. 2. In your
group, decide the start and finish position (this
will be the same). 3. Keeping together in your
3s run around your trail (finishing where you
started). Try to jog all the way around each
time a member of your team stops you must take
off 2 penalty points from your team score. Each
team starts with 8 points. Start on the
whistle. Tip - run at a pace which allows you
to have a chat with your team mates Alternativ
e place cones to form trail rather than
use Landmarks. Progression timing
individuals to run around trail
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3.
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4.
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1. Start/finish
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Cross curricular links Geography towns around
Wales
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Pace the speed you are running
Group size 3
Challenge Going for Gold

• Start and stop on the teachers whistle
• In your group, run continuously (without
  stopping) for 2
• minutes. Your group has 3 points.
• 3. Place a marker where you start and a marker
  where you finish.
• 4. Run at the pace of the slowest person and keep
  together.
• 5. If a member of your group stops or you split
  up take away 1 point each time.

Finish
start
Gold medal 3 points Silver medal 2
points Bronze medal 1 point
Tip run at a pace where you can breathe
easily!
Extension challenge repeat and beat finishing
cone or pupils time themselves
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Athletics Running challenge Slow pace running
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1 shuttle
2 feet to 2 feet jump
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3 shuttles
One foot to other foot jump
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5 shuttles
1 foot to the same foot jump
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1 shuttle
1 foot to both feet
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3 shuttles
2 feet to 1 foot jump
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Card Chaos

• Organisation
• Class split into 4 groups (hearts spades
• diamonds clubs)
• Equipment
• Cards for group
• Hoop ( x1)
• Activity cards (x20)
• Rubber spots (x12)
• Activity
• Class is split up into equal teams and placed on
  outside rubber spot where team card is placed
  (hearts etc)
• On command one member from each team
  runs/walks/jogs to central hoop and picks up
  their activity card (a heart picks up a heart
  card etc) Team member then has to do what is
  written on the card (3x shuttle runs jump from
  spot to spot as stated on card) before next
  member goes.
• Each team should keep a count of how many
  shuttles they do
• Winning team quickest/most amount of shuttles

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Raging River!

• Organisation
• Pupils place themselves where they think they
• can cross the raging river without getting wet!
• Equipment
• Rope or chalk To account for differentiation the
  rope/chalk
• Should be narrow at one end widening at the other
• Activity
• Cross the raging river without getting
• wet (look out for the crocodiles! and the crumbly
  banks)
• Begin with standing jump and develop to running
  take off

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Jumps

• Challenge
• In your team, make up your own activity station,
  which your class mates will be able to try out.
• Things to think about
• Make it safe! You may need to use mats
• What equipment?
• What rules (what do your class mates need to know
  to?)
• How many goes/attempts?
• How to score/record at this activity station?
• Draw your activity station in the box
• Equipment Shopping List

Rules Attempts Scoring
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Pulling challenges

• 3. From a kneeling on one knee position
• Can you throw the ball to your partner?
• Overhead with 2 hands?
• Taking the ball back and high above your head?
• With bent elbow?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

• From a sitting position
• Can you throw the ball to your partner?
• Overhead with 2 hands?
• Taking the ball back and high above your head?
• With bent elbow?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

• From a standing position
• (1 foot forward progressing to transferring of
  weight from back foot to front foot)
• Can you throw the ball to your partner?
• Overhead with 2 hands?
• Taking the ball back and high above your head?
• With bent elbow?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

• From a kneeling position
• Can you throw the ball to your partner?
• Overhead with 2 hands?
• Taking the ball back and high above your head?
• With bent elbow?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

NB All practices can be performed 2 handed and
progress to one handed
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Throwing

• Challenge
• In your team, make up your own activity station,
  which your class mates will be able to try out.
• Things to think about
• Make it safe!
• What equipment?
• What rules (what do your class mates need to know
  to?)
• How many goes/attempts?
• How to score/record at this activity station?
• Draw your activity station in the box

Equipment Shopping List Rules Attempts Scori
ng
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Running

• Challenge
• In your team, make up your own activity station,
  which your class mates will be able to try out.
• Things to think about
• Make it safe!
• What equipment?
• What rules (what do your class mates need to know
  to?)
• How many goes/attempts?
• How to score/record at this activity station?
• Draw your activity station in the box

Equipment Shopping List
Rules Attempts Scoring
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Clean the playground!
On the whistle pupils throw as much rubbish
(balls, beanbags quoits etc) over the net into
the opponents half as possible.
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Pushing challenges

• 2. From a kneeling on one knee position
• Can you push the ball to your partner?
• Two handed in front of your chest?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

• From a sitting position
• Can you push the ball to your partner?
• Two handed in front of your chest?
• Follow the direction of the ball with your arms
  and fingers?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

• From a standing position
• (this stage can be repeated at sitting and
  kneeling positions)
• Can you push a small ball/soft shot to your
  partner?
• Using one hand placing ball just under chin?
• Using a step forward of the leg opposite the
  ball?
• During preparation take body weight on back foot?
• During preparation rotate hips and shoulders away
  from direction of throw? (read watch/look in the
  mirror) (push low to high)
• Bend both legs before push?

• 3. From a standing position
• (1 foot forward progressing to transferring of
  weight from back foot to front foot)
• Can you push the ball to your partner?
• Two handed in front of your chest?
• As high as possible?
• As long as possible (distance)?

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Slinging challenges

• Can you roll the ball to your partner
• Softly?
• As hard as you can?
• Whilst lying on the floor?
• From a kneeling position?
• From a sitting position?
• Without moving from the line?
• With a run up to the line?
• With two hands?
• With one hand?
• With the other hand?

• Can you roll the ball with one hand to your
  partner
• With feet and knees together?
• Bending forward at he waist?
• With a step forward on the leg opposite the ball?

• Can you throw a quoit from a standing position
• Taking the throwing arm back as far as possible?
• Transferring the weight from the back foot to the
  front foot?
• Turning the upper body away and then in the
  direction of the throw?

• 3. Can you throw the ball underarm to your
  partner
• From a kneeling position?
• With a bent throwing arm?
• With a long throwing arm? (is this better?)
• From a standing position?
• With the leg opposite the ball forward and the
  arm long?
• For height?
• For distance?

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