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ES PE: Grade 3

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Central Idea:
  • Groups work together, using social and communication skills, to solve problems.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • Solving group challenges requires co-operation
  • Effective communication can help groups solve a challenge
  • Using the Challenge Cycle (Plan, Perform, Reflect) can help groups solve problems
Essential Questions:
  • What does effective teamwork look like?
  • How can we communicate effectively in a group?
  • Why is the 'Challenge Cycle important in group challenges?
Central Idea:
  • People use rules, skills and strategies to play games.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • Skills that are necessary to play different games
  • Importance of rules when playing games
  • Strategies that can be used in games
Essential Questions:
  • How do we send and receive a ball effectively?
  • Why are rules important when we play games?
  • What are some strategies that can be used in games?
Central Idea:
  • Understanding and training different types of fitness help to keep us physically healthy.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • How to improve components of fitness
  • Different Components of Fitness (Power, flexibility, co-ordination, agility, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance)
Essential Questions:
  • What are some different components of fitness?
  • What training can we do to improve the different components of fitness?
Central Idea:
  • Multiple elements can be combined to create a movement performance.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • Correct technique
  • Designing, refining and performing a movement performance
Essential Questions:
  • Why is correct technique important in gymnastics?
  • How does the Design Cycle help us create a 'quality' gymnastics performance?
  • What elements can be used to enhance a gymnastics performance?
Central Idea:
  • Athletes use an understanding of rules and techniques to improve their performance.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • How the development of correct technique improves performance
  • How rules influence technique
Essential Questions:
  • What techniques enable us to run faster, jump longer, and throw further?
  • How can we train so that our technique improves?
Central Idea:
  • People use rules, skills and strategies to play games.
Lines of Inquiry:
  • Techniques and skills that are necessary to play different games
  • Strategies that can be used in games
  • The importance of rules when playing games
Essential Questions:
  • How do we send and receive a ball effectively?
  • Why are rules important when we play games?
  • What are some attack and defense strategies that can be used in games?

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