DEAKIN UNIVERSITY: LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATE: School of Education

Date:

Student Group: Grade 4

Mentor Teacher: N/A

School: N/A

Class size: 21
Duration of the lesson: about 30 mins
Title of lesson/activity: Jump Rope Dance (Physical Education)
Intended Learning Outcomes/Learning
intentions:

Students will be able to develop their basic skipping skills.

Students will be able to cultivate their creativity.
What will the students be able to know and do by the Students will be able to work collraboratively with their group members.
completion of this lesson?

Success Criteria:

How will you know that the students have successfully

achieved the learning outcome/intention?

Prior Learning and Experiences:

How will students prior learning and experiences be

used in this lesson?

Links to the curriculum (AusVELS or the Victorian

Curriculum) and to the curriculum planning of the
school

Students will be able to complete jump rope dance with basic

skipping skills collaborating with their group members.
Students have previously learnt basic skipping skills.
They have learnt the song Anta gata doko sa and they planed with
the game in the Japanese class.
Health and Physical Education
- Examine how success, challenge and failure strengthen personal
identities (VCHPEP088)
- Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that
make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe (VCHPEP090)
- Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and
wellbeing (VCHPEP091)
- Describe factors that can positively influence relationships and
personal wellbeing (VCHPEP092)
- Describe strategies to make the classroom and playground healthy,
safe and active spaces (VCHPEP095)
- Participate in outdoor games and activities to examine how
participation promotes a connection between the community, natural
and built environments, and health and wellbeing (VCHPEP096)
- Practise and refine fundamental movement skills in different

movement situations in indoor, outdoor and aquatic settings

(VCHPEM097)
- Perform movement sequences which link fundamental movement
skills (VCHPEM098)
- Practise and apply movement concepts and strategies
(VCHPEM099)
- Examine the benefits of physical activity and physical fitness to
health and wellbeing (VCHPEM100)
- Combine the elements of effort, space, time, objects and people
when performing movement sequences (VCHPEM101)
- Adopt inclusive practices when participating in physical activities
(VCHPEM102)
- Apply innovative and creative thinking in solving movement
challenges (VCHPEM103)
- Apply basic rules and scoring systems, and demonstrate fair play
when participating (VCHPEM104)
Japanese
- Participate in and respond to imaginative texts such as interactive
stories and performances, for example by acting out responses or
making simple statements to identify and compare favourite
characters and elements (VCJAC132)
Dance
- Improvise and structure movement ideas for dance sequences using
safe dance practice, the elements of dance and choreographic
devices (VCADAE025)
- Use choreographic devices to organise dance sequences, and
practise body actions and technical skills (VCADAD026)
- Identify how the elements of dance and production elements
express ideas in dance they make, perform and view (VCADAR028)
Music
- Rehearse and perform songs and instrumental music they have
learnt and composed, shaping elements of music to communicate
ideas to an audience (VCAMUP027)

Resources, Materials and Organisation:

What additional human and physical resources will

be required for this activity?
What specific teaching materials will need to be
prepared?
How will ICT be utilised in the lesson?
What OH&S factors will need to be considered for this
activity?

Teaching Strategies and lesson

structure:
Prompts for your planning:

How will the lesson and ideas be introduced

and made relevant to the students?
How will you engage the class?

What specific teaching and learning

strategies will you use for the lesson?
What exactly will the students be required
to do and what will be your role?
How will you create a collaborative learning
environment and how will the classroom be
arranged to support this?
How will you include all learners? What
Curriculum and Pedagogy adaptations or
modifications will be required?
How will you differentiate learning
opportunities for diverse learners?
How will you ensure the students are ontask and what strategies will you use to
support positive behaviour?
How will you draw ideas together and
conclude the lesson?
How will you conclude the learning
experience/ learning findings?

- Jump Rope
- Music: Anta gata doko sa (Japanese traditional Music 30seconds)

What you as teacher

will do?

What are the students

doing?
Beginning

You Tube Video

think-pair-share
mind map

Timing
5 mins
10 mins

Get jump rope and

review how to basic
skipping
review skipping with
one leg
review skipping with
legs open
Middle
Introducing the task:
Jump rope dancing
make groups of four,
and remind them the
music which is going
to be used. Make sure
everyone remembers
the music from
Japanese class.
This song has been
previously learnt in

7mins

Japanese class.
Introduce some
criteria:
1. Everyone should do
skipping most of the
time while music is
playing (about 30
seconds). You could
swing your rope as a
part of dance (not the
entire time), but make
sure you have enough
space.
put your hands out
2. When they hear
"Sa" sound in the
music, they should do
skipping with special
skills such as skipping
with one leg, skipping
with their legs open, or
changing their position
etc. Every group
member should do
exactly the same
movement.
Instruction
Safety awareness and
teamwork
13 mins
Ask students what
they should be aware
of. (Space, voice, do
not swing their jump
rope randomly)
how could they make
sure they have enough

work together and

think
how they keep
skipping for 30 secs
and what movement

space?
remind them what
could happen if they
swing their jump
ropes.

would be included for

"SA sound"

Team work is
important.
Why? What would you
do if your group
members are not
confident?
Responsibility and
resilience
The music is being
played while students
are practicing.
Make sure every group
finds positions where
they can work safely.
Make sure everyone is
on task.
suggest students if
they need.
Conclusion
Discuss how they
could improve their
dance
Share each groups
idea with a whole class
Make some
suggestions towards
their performance next

10mins

class

Reflection and Self Evaluation:

What aspects of the lesson seemed to be

most valuable?
What aspects of the lesson could be
improved and how could they be improved?
What follow-up will be required from this
lesson?