Year 4

Curriculum

• Autumn 1-Invasion Games and Gymnastics

Invasion Games

• I can develop passes specific to each invasion game (push:hockey, chest, bounce, shoulder; netball, backwards; tag rugby)

• I can develop passing and dribbling to create space for attacking opportunities.

• I can begin understanding the importance of defending

Gymnastics Unit 1

• To become increasingly competent and confident to perform skills more consistently 

• Be able to perform in time with a partner and group

• Use compositional ideas in sequences such as changes in height, speed and direction

• Autumn 2- Football and Dance

Football

• Introduce some defensive skills 

• Dribbling in different directions using different parts of thier feet

• Passing for distance 

• Evaluating skills to aid improvement 

Dance Unit 1

• Work to include freeze frames in routines

• Practise and perform a variety of different formations in dance

• Develop a dance to perform as a group with a set starting positions

• Spring 1- Basketball/Netball and Gymnastics

Basketball/Netball

• To increase confidence and selection of basic skills such as dribbling, throwing and shooting

• Develop a range of ball handling skill 

• Use footwork rules in a game situation and explore basic marking

Gymnastics  Unit 2

• Develop an increased range of body actions and shapes to include in a sequence

• Define muscle groups needed to support the core of thier body 

• Refine taking weight on small and large body parts e.g. hands and shoulder

• Spring 2- Tennis and Dance 

Tennis

• Explore different shots (forehand, backhand)

• Work to return the serve

• Demonstrate different court positions in gameplay

Dance Unit 2

• Developing choreography and devising skills in relation to a theme

• Exploring dynamic quality and formations to communicate character

• Concentrating on one simple theme throughout and linking all activities to the communication of this to an audience

• Summer 1- Cricket and OAA( Outdoor Adventurous Activity)

Cricket

• To develop the range of cricket sakills they can apply in a competitive contect

• Choose and use a range of simple tactics in isolation and an a game context

• Consolidate existing skills and apply with consistency

OAA(Outdoor Adventurous Activity)

• Work well in a team or group within defined and understood roles

• Plan and refine stratagies to solve problems

• Identify the relevance of and use of maps,compass and symbols

• Identify what they do well and suggest  wht they could do to improve

• Summer 2- Athletics and Rounders

Athletics 

• Using running, jumping and throwing stations, children investigate in small groups different ways of performing these activities

• Using a variety of equiptment, ways of measuring and timing, comparing the effectiveness of different styles of runs, jumps and throws

Rounders

• To develop a range of rounders skills that can be applies in a competitive context

• Choose and use a range of simple tactics in isolation and a game context

• Identify different positions in rounders and the roles of those positions