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Year 2 PE

Year 2 PE runs to 66 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 6 to 7 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes dodging, defenders, space, avoid, attackers, react, tactics, team, score, game, competitive, jumping.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 2 PE lesson

In the order they are taught. 66 lessons.

Locomotion: running, jumping and dodging

  1. Dodging: Move Into Space!
  2. Dodging in Simple Games
  3. Dodging When Attacking and Defending
  4. Dodging in Teams
  5. Where and Why to Dodge in a Game
  6. Dodging in Competitive Games
  7. Jumping Higher
  8. Skipping and Jumping in Games
  9. Linking Jumping
  10. Jumping Combinations: Jump Further Every Time!
  11. Jumping combinations: hop, step, jump
  12. Jumping Competitions

Health and wellbeing: agility, balance and coordination

  1. Agility: Moving Quickly and Changing Direction
  2. Balance: Move with Steadiness and Control
  3. Coordination: Hand/Eye and Foot/Eye Skills
  4. Agility Circuit
  5. Balance Circuit
  6. Coordination Circuit

Dance: my world, weather

  1. Weather: Gestures, Turns, Travel and Jumps
  2. Sunshine and Rain: Size and Levels
  3. Snow and Ice: Contrast and Mirroring
  4. Storms: Speed and Force
  5. Wind and Clouds: Travel and Size
  6. Weather Conditions: Performing as a Duet or Trio

Ball skills: passing, dribbling and scoring

  1. Dribbling and Keeping Possession Using Our Hands
  2. Dribbling to Score: Using Your Hands
  3. Passing and Receiving Using Our Hands
  4. Passing, Receiving and Dribbling to Score a Point
  5. Dribbling and Keeping Possession Using Our Feet
  6. Passing and Receiving Using Our Feet
  7. Dribbling to Score: Using Your Feet in a Game
  8. Combine Dribbling, Passing and Receiving with Your Hands
  9. Underarm Throwing: Aim and Score!
  10. Underarm Throwing to Beat an Opponent
  11. Overarm Throwing
  12. Overarm Throwing to Win a Game

Gymnastics: linking movements and balances

  1. Linking: Joining Movements Together
  2. Linking on Apparatus
  3. Jump, Roll, Balance Sequences
  4. Jump, Roll, Balance on Apparatus
  5. Creation of Sequences
  6. Completion of Sequences and Performance
  7. Zigzag Pathways
  8. Zigzag Pathways on Apparatus
  9. Curved Pathways: Moving with Flow
  10. Curved Pathways on Apparatus
  11. Creation of Pathway Sequences
  12. Pathways Sequences: Practise, Improve and Perform!

Outdoor adventurous activities: team building

  1. Working as a Team
  2. Working Together — Including Everyone
  3. Trust and Communication
  4. Roles and Responsibilities: Everyone Has a Job!
  5. Cooperation and Communication
  6. Showing Respect Through Listening
  7. Showing Respect by Supporting and Encouraging Others
  8. Helping My Teammates
  9. Using Simple Strategies
  10. Collaborating Successfully When Playing Simple Games
  11. Working Together and Competing as a Team
  12. Collaborating in Teams

Ball skills: hitting and striking

  1. Striking the Ball with Accuracy Using a Racket or Bat
  2. Hit the Ball: Accuracy and Power
  3. Hit It Away: Striking a Ball with Accuracy and Power
  4. Hitting a Ball into Space
  5. Hitting the Ball with Power and Accuracy
  6. Striking the Ball into Space to Beat an Opponent

Each of the 7 units has a free printable Year 2 PE worksheet, with the answers on a separate page.

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Common questions

What does Year 2 PE cover?
Year 2 PE runs to 66 lessons across a 36 week year, covering dodging, defenders, space, avoid, attackers, react and more.
How many PE lessons are in Year 2?
66 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 2?
Children in Year 2 are 6 to 7 years old during the school year in England and Wales.