Year 1 Outdoor adventurous activities: working with others worksheet

“Taking turns with a partner” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 PE unit “Outdoor adventurous activities: working with others”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 30 of the year, 12 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Taking turns with a partner

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · PE · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can wait for my turn and take turns with a partner.

A Look back3 min

1.
Circle the word for the empty box.
Bend your kneesLie downWave your arms
2.
Circle the word for the empty box.
Hold still and balanceHop awayShut your eyes
3.
Circle the word for the empty box.
Put your hands outTurn your backSit down

B Watch me, then you4 min

Mia and Zara play with a soft ball. Mia goes first. Play in a clear space, away from windows, with a grown-up watching.

Watch me

Mia rolls first.

Zara waits and watches until it is her go.

Zara catches, holds it and counts three, then rolls it back.

Now you

1.
Ali rolls the ball to Noah. What does Noah do before he rolls it back? Circle one.
catches it and holds itruns off with itshouts at Ali

C Your turn8 min

Clear space, a soft ball, away from windows, with a grown-up watching. Do each part, then answer.

A soft ball on a garden lawn beside two small cones, with no people

1.
Number the steps from 1 to 5, in the order you do them with a partner.
1. Send the ball back gently
2. Wait and watch your partner
3. Catch it and hold it for three seconds
4. Your partner rolls the ball to you
5. Count three out loud together
2.
Join each word to the coaching point that goes with it.
WaitingWatchingRespectingTaking turns
Cheer your partner onKeep still until it is your goHand the ball over after your goLook at what your partner does
3.
Ola throws a second ball before Sam has caught the first one. What should Ola do next time? Circle one.
Wait until Sam has caught and held itThrow it harderStand closer and throw
4.
Roll and catch with your partner three times. After each try, make a tally mark if you both waited. Then write one way you helped yourself wait.

Say it out loud: What changed between the first question and the last one? Did waiting get easier or harder?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A soft ball rolling across short grass toward a pair of trainers, with no people

Lou says: “I can have two goes in a row.”

1.
Why is this wrong? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper3 min

Two cones on a garden lawn with a soft ball beside them, no people

1.
Make up your own partner game using the cones. Write one rule about taking turns and one rule about waiting.

How did it feel?2 min

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Taking turns with a partner · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Bend your knees If your child picks Lie down, they may not be thinking about being ready to move. Ask them to show the ready stance.

2. Hold still and balance If your child picks Hop away, they are moving when the step asks them to stay steady. Try the balance together and count slowly.

3. Put your hands out

B

1. catches it and holds it If your child picks runs off with it, they are rushing ahead of their partner. Say: a good partner waits until the ball is in their hands.

C

1. 1 Wait and watch your partner · 2 Your partner rolls the ball to you · 3 Catch it and hold it for three seconds · 4 Count three out loud together · 5 Send the ball back gently If your child sends the ball back before counting, they have skipped the hold. Say: count three first, then send it back.

2. Waiting → Keep still until it is your go; Watching → Look at what your partner does; Respecting → Cheer your partner on; Taking turns → Hand the ball over after your go If your child joins Respecting to Keep still, they may be mixing up waiting and respecting. Ask: what does your partner need from you?

3. Wait until Sam has caught and held it If your child picks Throw it harder, they think speed is the fix. Ask: has Sam had his go yet?

4. Look for: A tally mark for each try where both waited. One way to wait, such as watching.

D

1. Look for: Says Lou should wait, because each partner has a turn before anyone goes again. If your child agrees with Lou, ask: when does your partner get a go?

E

1. Look for: Two sensible rules for a partner game, one about taking turns and one about waiting for a partner's go.

Words to use

Say“Which part was hardest to wait for, and what helped you watch your partner?”

Instead of“Well done, you were perfect at waiting.”

After the sheet

Play the roll-and-count game in a clear room or garden with a soft ball and a grown-up watching. Swap who goes first each round.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

11 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Talk Before You Throw(with a plan)
Solving it together(with a plan)
Playing against a partner(with a plan)
Scoring points together(with a plan)
Working well together(with a plan)
Playing fair in a team(with a plan)
Calling and listening(with a plan)
Solving problems together(with a plan)
Working together in a team(with a plan)
Working together in games(with a plan)
Making good team decisions(with a plan)

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