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Physically active homework
GetActive@Home - Keep the ball up
The Get active @ home activity challenge cards can be completed independently, in pairs or as a family. Select the activity card to read and understand how to complete the challenge.
Specific sport focus: Triathlon and Australian Football
Monday
Morning classroom energiser
Morning classroom energiser
10@10 - Triathlon
Duration: 10 minutes
Thinking while Moving in English
Thinking while Moving in English
Active adverbs
Why not integrate physical activity into your weekly spelling activities?
Duration: 20 minutes
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Interceptor
Duration: 20 minutes
Equipment: 1 football per player
How to play: In pairs, players kick or pass a ball to one another. Opponents between the players attempt to intercept the ball. Players change roles frequently. Play in groups of 4.
Organise players into groups of 4 with 2 interceptors and 2 kickers.
The kickers try to keep possession of the ball by kicking into their zones.
The interceptors try to touch or mark the ball between the kicking zones.
When the coach calls ‘Time!’, players rotate roles. Alternatively, every time an interceptor touches or marks the ball in the middle zone, they swap places with the kicker.
Tuesday
Morning classroom energiser
Morning classroom energiser
Chance your move
Duration: 10 minutes
Middle session classroom energiser
Middle session classroom energiser
Names
Duration: 15 minutes
Equipment: One Australian Rules football per group
How to play: Players in a circle handball a football to one another. An interceptor inside the circle tries to intercept the ball. Play in groups of 6 to 10.
Form circles with one ball per group.
One player starts as the interceptor in the middle.
Before the ball is passed everyone takes a turn to call out their own name. (Hint: start with the person holding the ball and finish with the interceptor.)
To begin, the player with the ball calls out another player’s name (the receiver) and handballs the ball to that player.
If the ball is intercepted, the player who touched the ball last changes places with the interceptor.
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Space kicks
Duration: 15 minutes
Equipment: 3 - 4 Australian Rules footballs per group, 4 cones to make a 5 x 5 metre target square per group, 2 markers for point A and point B per group (see image for set-up)
Forming teams: Students divide themselves into groups of 6 using finger jousting.
How to play: Players count how many kicks they can land in a designated space in a set period of time. Players can earn bonus points for running into the space to mark another player’s kick.
Groups are split into 2 even teams — half at position A and the other half at position B.
To begin the game, the player at position A kicks a ball trying to make it land in a 5m by 5m space. After the kick they run to line up at position B.
The player at marker B either runs and marks the kicked ball or gathers it after it bounces. They then run to the back of the line at position A with the ball.
When time at the station is complete, individuals add up their scores for kicks and marks.
Scoring:
6 points = ball lands inside the space after a kick
1 point = ball lands outside the space, then rolls into the space
6 points = for a player who marks the ball.
Wednesday
Morning classroom energiser
Morning classroom energiser
Active spelling
Duration: 15 minutes
Students could use their weekly spelling words for this energiser or as a feedback/consolidation task to correctly spell misspelt words from writing tasks.
Thinking while Moving in mathematics
Thinking while Moving in mathematics
Why not integrate physical activity into your mathematics lessons?
Select a task card from the Teacher resource hub on the School Sport Unit website.
Duration: 30 minutes
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Pairs passing
Duration: 15 minutes
Equipment: One Australian Rules football per pair, 2 markers per pair
How to play: Players form pairs. To begin the game, they handball a football to each other 3 times between a gate then move to other gates to repeat the activity – continue for 30 seconds. Encourage control of the football and accuracy of the pass. Pairs score a point for each gate they handball a ball through.
In pairs, players set up gates within the playing area.
To begin the game, pairs handball the football 3 times to each other, then run with the ball to a free gate and repeat the activity.
Continue for 30 seconds until the teacher calls, ‘STOP!’
The teacher asks ‘How many gates can your pair handball in 30 seconds?’
Repeat the activity with pairs trying to beat their own score.
Thursday
Morning classroom energiser
Morning classroom energiser
10@10 - Triathlon
Duration: 10 minutes
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Move as if
Duration: 10 minutes
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Fast start - Endzone ball
Duration: 15 minutes
Friday
Are you looking for a quality school sport program? The Sport education teaching resource contains units for sports in the Representative School Sport Pathway and those reported as popular amongst primary school students. It has been created to support schools in implementing a game-based approach during weekly school sport sessions, while also providing students with the opportunity to experience the major characteristics of sport and its wellbeing benefits.
You may like to choose one of the sport sessions from the Sport education teaching resource for your weekly school sport session.
Duration: 60 minutes
Afternoon classroom energiser
Afternoon classroom energiser
Wadai
Duration: 15 minutes
Recognising student achievement during the challenge
Providing regular acknowledgment and recognition of students will help keep motivation high throughout the 10 weeks. Ways you could facilitate this:
weekly acknowledgement at morning assemblies highlighting individual and class achievements
presenting mid-Challenge Achievement and Encouragement certificates
celebrating student effort through a special ceremony when handing out award certificate at the end of the 10 weeks.
Remember to acknowledge improvement and participation, not just the achievement of diamond awards.
Provide students with time to log and record their active minutes
Visit the '10wC resources and support' page on the School Sport Unit website to access support on how students to log and record active minutes.
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