CRICKET PLAYGROUND & INDOOR PLANS | YEARS 3-6 Dan Partridge PE Planning Cricket Year 3 to 6 – Playground and Indoor Plans Overall LO - To develop practical skills in order to participate, compete and lead a healthy lifestyle. Lesson LO Warm up Acquire and Develop skills / Select and Apply Skills Cool Down (With plenary and evaluation) 1 To bowl a Throw throw throw Circuits: Top tips ball Each pupil has a ball (Various 1.Bowling accuracy Pupils travel sized for differentiation). 2.Bowling technique (3 attempts) accurately. Pupils travel around the area 3.Batting practice to all throwing and bouncing the classmates ball from different heights. To strike a Encourage jazz hands (Thumbs Split class into 3 groups of similar ability. Set up the 3 stations below - Each group starts at a different station. and give ball with a together and in front of face) 1. Bowling accuracy them a top cricket bat when catching above head and Split group into teams of 5. Each team has a set of stumps or a rebound net. Pupil 1 is the wicket keeper, pupils 2, 3, 4 and 5 are tip related little fingers together when the bowlers with a ball each 5 to 8 yards away. accurately. catching below head. Pupil 2 bowls the ball at the stumps and runs to become wicket keeper, the wicket keeper gathers the ball and runs behind pupil to cricket – 3. Pupil 3 underarm bowls at the stumps and so on. Teams get 1 point if they hit the stumps. Share the Pupils then travel to Highest scorers win. knowledge! classmates and attempt to Catchphrase – ‘Watch the wicket and you’re likely to hit it!’ throw the ball at the same Additional key teaching points: time and catch (G and T can Recap key have 1 person bouncing and 1 -Point opposite foot towards stumps (Looking foot). throwing / throwing away -Aim looking over top of ball. points from from torso – distal) -Bring ball past hip and smoothly throw from low to high in a rainbow shape. the lesson. -Weight and accuracy of bowl. Peer and Pupils get into pairs – 1 leader, Progression – Overarm bowl if space available and safe to do so. self-assess 1 shadow with a ball. On 2. Bowling technique teacher’s call of ‘Turn’ the Split group into pairs. They stand opposite each other with a spot in-between 5 yards away. Pupil 1 has 3 tennis balls and bowls throughout. leader turns and attempts to catch the ball thrown by the 1 at a time attempting to hit to the spot, pupil 2 stops the each ball ready for their turn. Ball 1 = hold at chest (So you can see shadow (Shadow can throw ball) and push towards spot. Ball 2 = Hold ball straight in the air above head (So you cannot see the ball) and throw down towards spot keeping arm straight. Ball 3 = Overarm bowl – TIPS – Hold ball by mouth, put other arm straight in the air, weight high, low, straight, left or right). Encourage leader to set on back foot, take ball down back and round and transfer weight onto front foot - their body with bent knees Head forwards (Not to the side) / High arm / Straight arm (Not darts throw). ‘Down, back and round.’ and hands ready. Shadow First pupil to 5 points wins. must give partner chance to 3. Batting practice catch. Split group into 5’s. Have 1 batter in the middle and 4 bowlers (2 either side with a ball each). Each bowler takes turns to bowl at the batter who strikes the ball back. If the bowler catches the ball the team wins 1 point. The first team to 5 points wins. Dynamic stretches – Question the body parts used for cricket Repeat with a different bowler. Key teaching points – Stand side on, feet shoulder width apart, strike with the flat side of the and stretch muscles. bat in a low to high motion. AS indoors encourage a gentle stroke – accuracy rather than power. Time – 5 Time – 5 mins Rotate stations every 10 - 12 minutes. mins Time – 40 mins Dan Partridge PE Planning Cricket Year 3 to 6 – Playground and Indoor Plans Warm up – Throw throw throw Acquire and Develop Skills – Circuits: 1.Bowling accuracy (2 areas) 2.Bowling technique (Pairs) 3.Batting practice (2 areas) Wicket keeper Bowlers Run Run Batter Bowl Bowler 1 Select and Apply Skills – Improve score / technique Cool down – Top tips Whole part whole teaching (Observe children playing, then stop and work on specific aspect e.g. how they should be holding bat) Dan Partridge PE Planning Cricket Year 3 to 6 – Playground and Indoor Plans Lesson LO Warm up Acquire and Develop skills Select and Apply skills Cool Down (With plenary and evaluation) 2 LI – To Match the muscles Pass move pass. Rebound ball (Work on speed of pass and Choose the corner develop (Teacher or TA will need to print Split class into pairs. Have 6 movement into space to receive pass – which Choose 1 pupil to stand in the handling and off 10 x pictures of individual children around the edge in is the most appropriate pass? Can you centre of the hall with a bib accuracy skills. muscles / bones with the name of their own hoop disguise your pass?) wrapped around their eyes the muscle/bone on a separate (Goalkeepers) and 4 rebound (Blindfold). The class slowly card prior to the warm up). nets (Have 4 other Split class into teams of 5. travel around the area and must be at a corner of the hall goalkeepers if rebound nets Place rebound nets either end of the hall with by the time the centre pupil Pupils get into groups of 3 and are not available). a small semi-circular area around each net. gets to ‘0’ (Counting down stand in a hoop around the edge Play with 1 ball and teams score by throwing from 5). They then point to a of the area (3 yard safety gap In pairs children have 1 ball the ball off the rebound net and it hitting the corner – whoever is in that between each pair). and pass and move around floor. The opposite team attempts to catch corner is out. Keep playing until there is a winner. Pupils Place a bag of cards with the the area taking a maximum the ball and not let it hit the floor. who are out sit in the middle. names of muscles in and pictures of 3 steps. They score a goal If players have the ball they have to stay still of matching muscles 5 yards away if they get their ball to a but can pass to a team mate. from each team towards the goalkeeper or bounce off a The opposite team cannot intercept, they just centre of the hall. On teacher’s rebound net and catch. get into position to catch the ball off the command pupil 1 runs to the bag rebound net. and brings 1 card back, pupil 2 Progression – Add 2 Teams can attack either rebound net and no repeats until all cards are defenders – Defenders one is allowed in the area. collected. Pupils then match up attempt to stand in positions the muscles to the picture. to make it awkward for Team 3,4,5 and 6 have certain jobs: 1 point for the 1st team back, 2 attackers – pupils therefore Team 3 = Timekeeping with a stopwatch 1 points for every correct muscle. have to choose which between 2. goalkeeper or net to attack. Team 4 = Scorekeeping (1 point every time Repeat but with bone cards and the ball hits the floor off a rebound net or the skeleton. Increase speed and distance. opposition score when the rebound net is missed after a shot). Perform dynamic stretches in Rotate positions. Team 5 and 6 assess and give a bonus point preparation for cricket. Question for the team they think performed well (E.g. each muscle to reinforce learning. most encouragement / Involved all players / Passed quickly and accurately etc). Swap teams every 4 minutes. If space play 2 games at once. Time – 10 mins Time – 10 mins Time – 25 mins Time – 5 mins Dan Partridge PE Planning Cricket Year 3 to 6 – Playground and Indoor Plans Warm up – Match the muscles = Bag with pictures of muscles / bones in Acquire and Develop skills – Pass move pass = Goalkeepers / = Players passing to each other scoring by passing to goalkeepers or bouncing off rebound nets. Select and Apply skills – Rebound ball Cool down – Choose the corner (Blue = blindfolded player) (Yellow = children travelling to corners) Dan Partridge PE Planning Cricket Year 3 to 6 – Playground and Indoor Plans Lesson LO Warm up Acquire and Develop skills Select and Apply skills Cool Down (With plenary and evaluation) 3 To develop Frogs, flies and lizards Trees and leaves (Trees on Bounce twice to score Shadows reactions a spot with a ball, leaves Split class into 6 teams. (Catching) Set out a 30x30yard jogging from tree to tree Set up 3 areas with a line of cones across the centre. Have a 1 Pupil’s get with a area. Choose 5 children without a ball) yard gap between each court. partner and to be catchers in bibs. Each team stand in one half of a court – 3 matches going on at travel around the Choose 3 children to be Spread out 15 spots around once. Play with 1 large bouncy ball per game to begin. Teams area performing lizards with a ball. the area. Half the class attempt to bounce the ball in the opponent’s half – if it bounces cool down The remaining children stand on a spot with a ball more than once they win a point for their team (You can have a movements.