Year 4 Outdoor adventurous activities: solving problems worksheet

“Partner Letter Shapes” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 PE unit “Outdoor adventurous activities: solving problems”, for children aged 8 to 9, 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

Partner Letter Shapes

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · PE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can work with a partner to make letter shapes and keep trying when a try goes wrong.

A Look back2 min

1.
Before you make a letter shape with a partner, what should you do first? Circle the answer.
Agree who makes which partStart moving straight awayMake it on your own
2.
Think of a time you worked with a partner. Write one thing you said to help them.
3.
Where is the safest place to make letter shapes on the floor at home? Circle the answer.
a clear space away from windowsnext to a glass tableon a wet, slippery path

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali and Kit make the letter L together. Use a clear space away from windows, with a grown-up watching.

A clear patch of garden lawn with a soft ball resting on it, no people

Watch me

Say first: Ali lies flat for the bottom bar, Kit kneels for the upright.

Make it and hold for 5 seconds, with both bodies tight.

Check from the front: does it read as an L, not a backwards one?

Now you

1.
Priya and Noah want to make the letter F. Put these steps in order. Write 1 to 4 in each box.
1. Check it from the front
2. Try again if it looks back to front
3. Talk about who makes which part
4. Make the shape and hold it
2.
Kit's letter looks backwards to Ali. What should they do first?
Shout that it is wrong and stopCheck which way it reads from the front, then fix itMake the letter smaller and hope

C Your turn7 min

Two people, one plan. Use a clear space, with a grown-up watching.

Two plastic cones on a flat garden lawn with a rolled towel beside them

1.
Your partner says you can only make letter shapes standing up. Circle the best reply.
Only standing shapes look neat, so stand up.Shapes can be made lying, sitting, kneeling or standing.Shapes must be made lying down, so lie down.
2.
Join each word to its coaching point.
Body tensionBalanceCoordination
Move body parts together smoothlySqueeze your muscles so you don't wobbleKeep your weight steady so you don't fall
3.
Put these steps for holding a shape still in order. Write 1 to 4 in each box.
1. Breathe out slowly and keep going
2. Squeeze your tummy and legs
3. Pick one spot to look at
4. Set your feet or hands, weight steady
4.
Hold one shape for up to 10 seconds. Do three tries with your partner. Write each time in seconds.

Say it out loud: Which coaching point did you use on each try, and what changed from the try before?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Zara says: “Our letter went wrong, so next time I will make it on my own.”

1.
What should Zara do instead?

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Name two things a pair can do before a try. Say why each helps them keep going when it goes wrong.

How did it feel?1 min

Think about how you and your partner worked. Say or write one thing that felt good and one thing that felt hard.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Partner Letter Shapes · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Agree who makes which part

2. Look for: One helpful thing said to a partner, such as sharing out jobs or encouraging them. If your child writes nothing, ask: what did you say before you started, so you both knew your job?

3. a clear space away from windows

B

1. 1 Talk about who makes which part · 2 Make the shape and hold it · 3 Check it from the front · 4 Try again if it looks back to front If the making comes first, they skipped planning. Ask them to say who does what before they move.

2. Check which way it reads from the front, then fix it If they pick the smaller letter, they think size fixes a mirror image. Ask: which way does the watcher read it?

C

1. Shapes can be made lying, sitting, kneeling or standing. If they pick standing only, they think shapes must be upright. Show a lying L from the floor and ask them to try it.

2. Body tension → Squeeze your muscles so you don't wobble; Balance → Keep your weight steady so you don't fall; Coordination → Move body parts together smoothly

3. 1 Set your feet or hands, weight steady · 2 Squeeze your tummy and legs · 3 Pick one spot to look at · 4 Breathe out slowly and keep going If your child picks a spot to look at before squeezing, accept it, as both orders work. Feet or hands are set first and the slow breath comes last.

4. Look for: Three times in seconds, each from 0 to 10, written for Try 1, Try 2 and Try 3.

D

1. Look for: Stays with the partner: talks about what went wrong, agrees who does what, and tries again together. If your child says work alone, ask: who will tell you if your letter looks backwards? Plan the next try together and have another go.

E

1. Look for: Two named actions such as agreeing who does what or talking about the plan, each with a reason linked to communication or trust.

Words to use

Say“Which letter did you make best, and what did your partner do to help you?”

Instead of“Stop wobbling and stand up straight.”

After the sheet

On a soft rug, with a clear space and a grown-up watching, make the letter T together with your child. Say who does what, then check it from the front.

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:

Calm voices, strong teams(with a plan)
Leading with calm words(with a plan)
Solving problems as a team(with a plan)
Scoring together with a plan(with a plan)
Great teamwork in a challenge(with a plan)

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