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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: jumping high and leaping requires bending the knees, swinging the arms up and reaching tall.
- Think: curiosity supports the exploration of jumping high and leaping, to figure out the most effective technique.
- Feel: trying hard to improve our technique for jumping high and leaping requires self belief.
- Connect: sharing ideas and playing by the rules promotes empathy and fairness.
Keywords
High - how far into the air we have jumped
Leap - a jump where we travel upwards and forwards moving from one foot to the other
Over - a push off the ground and into the air using the legs travelling over an object
Common misconception
Pupils confuse the techniques for leaping and jumping. Pupils focus on not being tagged and forget to jump or leap properly.
Demonstrate both techniques. Explain the importance of using the correct technique and demonstrate. Bring in a rule that if pupils run instead of using their jumping skills, they have 'tagged' themselves and must stop and perform 5 star jumps.
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Jumping high, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 1 physical education lesson on: Jumping high, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom.
Explore more key stage 1 physical education lessons from the Locomotion: running and jumping unit, dive into the full secondary physical education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
bibs, 30+ floor markers, 30+ cones, 15+ skipping ropes
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - physical activity
Supervision
Adult supervision required
