Teaching outdoor and adventure activities: an investigation of a primary school physical education professional development p

Scheme of Work for Physical Education
 
 
Strand – Outdoor and Adventure Activities
 
Class – 1
st
 and 2
nd
 
Duration - 6 lessons each
 
Resources 
 
Control cards, Record cards, benches, activity cards, maps, photo orienteering cards, crayons, 
blindfolds, simple equipment such as cones, hoops, caterpillar run, bean bags, ropes, plastic 
bags etc
Expectations / Aims 
 
Children should be able to;
 
use simple maps, 
respond to a challenge they are set, 
work co-operatively with others, 
develop trust
discuss how to follow trails and solve problems, 
comment how they went about tasks, 
use ideas they have learned from one task to help them solve another, 
recognise other possible approaches
Cross curricular links/Integration
 
Literacy/Numeracy and Oral Language Development – use of control cards and simple 
tasks as well as describing what they did and how.
SESE – early use of maps, revision through history/geography trails
SPHE – myself and others – trust activities
Drama – scenarios based on challenges that can be discussed in class/physical 
games/sensory games

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Organisational Strategies
 
Children work individually, in pairs and in groups.
Some activities are whole class while others are carried out in grids or stations
Warm Up 
(From PSSI – Warm Up Bank)
 
Pulse Raiser – Tails, bean game, ship to shore (advanced), peg game (2
nd
), stuck in the mud
Stretches and Mobility – See Be Active Programme booklet/Action for Life