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Year 3 Outdoor adventurous activities: team challenges worksheet

“Plans that can change” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 PE unit “Outdoor adventurous activities: team challenges”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 20 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 1 to 3 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Plans that can change

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can create and use a simple tactic with my team and change it when it does not work.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    Before you throw, which way should you face? Circle one.

    Step forwardThrow
    towards the targetaway from the target
  2. 2.

    Which part of a PE lesson comes first? Circle one.

    Main game
    warm upcool down
  3. 3.

    Which is a ready, balanced stance? Circle one.

    Ready
    feet apart, knees bentfeet together, knees locked

B Watch me, then you4 min

Safety first: use a clear space away from windows, with a soft ball and a grown-up watching. Ola and Sam must roll a ball to each other without it stopping early.

Watch me
Plan: roll gentlyBall stops earlyPlan: roll harder

Our plan was to roll gently to Sam.

The ball stopped early, so we changed the plan.

New plan: roll a little harder and try again.

Now you
  1. 1.

    Your team rolls the ball to Leo. It stops too early. Circle the better change.

    Plan: roll to LeoBall stops early
    roll it a little harderstand still and wait

C Your turn8 min

Stay in a clear space away from windows, with a soft ball and a grown-up watching. Do each row. Change one thing at a time.

  1. 1.

    Number these team challenge steps in the right order. Write 1, 2 or 3 in each box.

    1. Talk about what to change
    2. Try the challenge
    3. Talk about the plan
  2. 2.

    Your team keeps dropping passes, so you change one thing in your plan. Circle the change that helps the ball reach your catcher.

    ThrowCatch
    Call the catcher's name before you throwThrow without lookingEveryone shouts at once
  3. 3.

    As a team, move the cushions one at a time from the pile into the box. Time three tries and write each time in seconds in the bars. Change one thing in your plan before each new try.

    Our three tries (seconds)051015202530354045505560Try 1Try 2Try 3
  4. 4.

    Join each signal to what it is. Draw a line from the left to the right.

    Choose a signalGive the signalPass the ball
    Eye contactHand signalCalling “Switch!”
    Words, said out loudNo words, a waveNo words, a look

Say it out loud: What did your team change between tries, and did the change help?

D Spot the mistake2 min

Mia says: “Our plan is so good that it will work every time.”
PlanTryDid it work?Keep it or change it
  1. 1.

    Is Mia right? Explain why.

E Think deeper3 min

  1. 1.

    Your team’s plan keeps failing. Write two changes you could make and say why each one could help.

    PlanFails

How did it feel?

Think about your team. What helped you most? What would you do differently next time?

I can do it Nearly Not yet
StudyDen · Year 3 · PE · Outdoor adventurous activities: team challengesAnswers are on the grown-up page

For the grown-up

Plans that can change · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. towards the target

2. warm up

3. feet apart, knees bent

B

1. roll it a little harder

C

1. 1 Talk about the plan · 2 Try the challenge · 3 Talk about what to change

2. Call the catcher's name before you throw

3. Look for: Three numbers of seconds, one for each try, written in the bars.

4. Eye contact → No words, a look; Hand signal → No words, a wave; Calling “Switch!” → Words, said out loud

D

1. Look for: Says no, and that tactics can fail, so teams should adapt or change plans. If your child says yes, ask what the team would do if the ball kept stopping early. Then agree that a plan can need changing.

E

1. Look for: Two sensible changes to the plan, each with a reason why it could help.

Words to use

Say“What was the plan? What did you change when it did not work, and why?”
Instead of“Just say well done, you were right, and move on.”

After the sheet

In a clear space away from windows, with a soft ball, set out cushions and a box. Time three tries together. Change one thing, then try again.

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

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

  1. Leading your team(with a plan)
  2. Talk, listen, then move(with a plan)
  3. Talking and signalling(with a plan)
  4. Working as a Team(with a plan)
  5. Keeping the plan in play(with a plan)

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