Strand: Athletics
Strand unit: Running
- Jog or run in a non-competitive setting for periods
extending from 30 seconds to 5 minutes
- Sprint distances of 50 m to 70 m developing good
acceleration and finishing technique
- Practise reaction starts
- Practise the standing start
- Practise shuttle sprints (repeat sprints) over a distance
of 30 m
- Practise baton change-over technique while moving in teams
of 4
- Participate in a relay in a straight line
- Participate in a standard relay
- Participate in team-relays using various means of
travelling
- Run a distance of 40 m to 60 m over evenly spaced hurdles
(40 –60 cm high)
- Practise the technique of hurdling
- Run a distance of 150 m approximately over unevenly spaced
hurdles (30 cm high)
Strand unit: Jumping
- Explore skipping activities individually and as part of a
group, with or without a rope
- Explore the various ways of jumping, to include taking off
from one foot or two feet and landing on two feet
- Practise the standing jump for distance
- Develop a short approach run when taking off from one foot
- Practise jumping for height over an obstacle (50 to 60 cm
high) developing a short approach run
Strand unit: Throwing
- Develop the over-arm (javelin) throw from a standing
position using a beanbag, ball or foam javelin
- Develop a short, fast approach run before releasing the
throwing implement
- Develop the shot put or throw from a standing position,
using a primary shot
- Develop a standing putting technique
- Develop the discus throw using a quoit or primary discuss,
practising the grip, swing and release techniques
Strand unit: Understanding and appreciation of athletics
- Develop a better understanding of speed, strength, control
and co-ordination
- Describe and discuss movement and ask and answer questions
about it
- Develop an understanding of the rules of athletics and
apply them in suitable competitive
situations
- Measure an achievement
- Analyse personal performance and performance of partner in
athletic activities
- Know about and participate in local organisations and
clubs involved in the provision of athletic activities and facilities
(Fingallians GFC)
- Begin to acquire an understanding of training to prepare
for performance in selected track and field events
- Become aware of athletic events and athletes locally,
nationally and internationally
Strand: Gymnastics
Strand unit: Movement
- Select and link a range of movement actions to travel on
the floor and on apparatus
- Practise and perform forward and backward rolls with
control
- Show increased control in take-off and landing
- Produce and perform sequences with a partner on the floor
and using apparatus
- Improve quality in body performance, notably in extension,
body tension and clarity of body shape
Strand unit: Understanding and appreciation of gymnastics
- Observe and describe movement and ask and answer questions
about it
- Develop the ability to lift, carry, set up, dismantle and
store apparatus correctly and safely
- Develop awareness of others when using apparatus
- Become aware of local organisations and clubs that promote
gymnastics
- Become aware of local, national and international gymnasts
and gymnastic events
Strand: Games
Strand unit: Sending, receiving and travelling
- Practise skills previously experienced
- Develop further and extend ball-handling skills
- Develop further and extend kicking skills
- Develop further and extend carrying and striking skills
Strand unit: Creating and playing games
- Create and develop games with a partner or with a small
group
- Play small-sided (mini) versions of games
- Play playground games
Strand unit: Understanding and appreciation of games
- Discuss and improve control in movement skills relevant to
games
- Develop an increased understanding of the use of space in
mini-games
- Develop problem-solving and decision-making strategies and
an understanding of the tactics and strategies for use in modified games
situations
- Adopt rules to modify games and keep scores
- Develop the ability to officiate at games
- Avail of the opportunities in the community to participate
in games
- Begin to acquire an understanding of training to prepare
for performance in games
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Become
aware of games events and players locally, nationally and internationally
Strand: Outdoor and adventure activities
Strand unit: Walking, cycling and camping activities
- Undertake walk in a suitable location with appropriate
tasks for completion (use one of the cultural trails of Swords)
- Develop a range of cycling skills
Strand unit: Orienteering
- Find controls on the school site using a map or plan
- Undertake a memory star orienteering course
- Undertake point-to-point orienteering
- Undertake score orienteering
Strand unit: Outdoor challenges
- Undertake an adventure trail
- Undertake simple co-operative activities
- Undertake physical challenges
Strand unit: Understanding and appreciation of outdoor and
adventure activities
- Develop positive attitudes towards caring for the
environment
- Plan, observe, describe and discuss activities outdoors
- Discuss the safety aspects of activities undertaken
Strand: Dance
Strand unit: Exploration, creation and performance of
dance
- Explore more complex movements of body parts and body
actions, to include weight transference
- Explore further different levels, pathways and shape in
space and begin to explore directions
- Continue to explore a range of dynamics of movement
- Explore and communicate through simple body movement a
range of moods and feelings
- Respond imaginatively through movement to stimuli such as
words, stories, poems, pictures, songs and music
- Develop work with a partner and
begin to work in small groups
- Perform a range of simple steps and movements to given
rhythmic and melodic phrases
- Show increased poise, balance and co-ordination while
stopping and moving
Strand unit: Understanding and appreciation of dance
- Observe, describe and discuss simple dances
- Interpret a mood or emotion observed in dance
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Become
aware of local organisations and community groups involved in dance an opportunities in the community to perform in dance
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