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Year 6 PE

Year 6 PE runs to 66 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 10 to 11 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes leader, effective, communication, integrity, delegate, team, non-verbal communication, verbal communication, encouragement, STEP principle, space, game.

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 6 PE lesson

In the order they are taught. 66 lessons.

Outdoor adventurous activities: leadership

  1. Effective Leaders
  2. Communicating as a Leader
  3. Introduce the STEP Principle: Why Space Changes Everything
  4. Focusing on the Task
  5. Organising People
  6. Using Equipment to Adapt a Task

Invasion games: scenarios, tactics and power play in ball games

  1. Possession Scenarios
  2. Defensive Scenarios
  3. Attacking Tactics in Games
  4. Defensive Tactics in Games
  5. Application of 'Powers' into Game Play to Challenge Tactical Thinking
  6. Game Application Through Competitions

Invasion games: scenarios, tactics and power play through tag rugby

  1. Passing and Moving to Create Attacking Opportunities in Tag Rugby
  2. Defending as a Team in Tag Rugby
  3. Create and Apply Defensive Tactics in Tag Rugby
  4. Create, Understand and Apply Attacking Tactics in Rugby
  5. Application of 'Powers' into Game Play to Challenge Tactical Awareness
  6. Consolidate Attacking and Defending in Mini Games

Net and wall games: tactics to overcome an opponent through badminton

  1. Badminton: Outwitting an Opponent
  2. The Forehand
  3. The Backhand
  4. Applying the forehand and backhand: creating space to win a point
  5. Controlling the Game from the Serve in Badminton
  6. Game Application: Consolidate Outwitting an Opponent

Striking and fielding games: striking and fielding tactics through rounders

  1. Rounders: Playing the Full Game
  2. Fielding Tactics in Rounders
  3. Backstop Brilliance: Fielding When the Batter Misses or Hits Backwards
  4. Batting Tactics in Rounders
  5. Game Play with Tactics
  6. Game Play: Batting and Fielding

Gymnastics: matching and mirroring

  1. Matching
  2. Matching on Apparatus
  3. Mirroring
  4. Mirroring on Apparatus
  5. Matching and Mirroring Sequences
  6. Matching and mirroring sequences: group performance

Dance: the power of unity

  1. Actions: the domino effect
  2. Actions: Newton's Cradle
  3. Actions: Unity and Cohesion
  4. Space: Levels
  5. Space: Proximity
  6. Space: Formations
  7. Dynamics: Force
  8. Dynamics: Speed
  9. Dynamics: Force and Speed
  10. Contact Work: Counter Balances
  11. Contact Work: Supports
  12. Contact Work: Counter Balances and Supports

Health and wellbeing: stamina, strength and flexibility refined

  1. Being Active, Fit and Healthy
  2. Improve My Cardiovascular Fitness
  3. Improve My Flexibility
  4. Improve My Strength
  5. Staying Active, Fit and Healthy with Others
  6. Achieve a Personal Best

Athletics: athletic challenges refined

  1. Running for Speed Competition
  2. Running for Distance Competition
  3. Throwing Competition
  4. Jumping Competition: Long Jump and Triple Jump
  5. Individual Athletics Competition
  6. Team Athletics Competition

Parkour: developing confidence and creative movement

  1. Travelling over equipment: vaulting
  2. Controlling the Body: Jumps and Landings
  3. Controlling the Body: Balance and Control
  4. Performing Spinning Movements
  5. Advanced Movements: Tic Tacs and Wall Runs
  6. Combining movement and control: putting it all together

Each of the 10 units has a free printable Year 6 PE worksheet, with the answers on a separate page.

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Common questions

What does Year 6 PE cover?
Year 6 PE runs to 66 lessons across a 36 week year, covering leader, effective, communication, integrity, delegate, team and more.
How many PE lessons are in Year 6?
66 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 6?
Children in Year 6 are 10 to 11 years old during the school year in England and Wales.