Activity/length: Year/Class: Resources:

Field Hockey 6 Year 7 Hockey sticks, Stack of cones, Hockey balls (Range of size and weight), hoops, Tall cones, cue cards.

hours KS3

Curriculum Aims: Aims/objectives:

To take part in physical Through taking part in the field hockey unit students will start to develop awareness of how a team work
activity whilst being to: together and the effectiveness it can have to win competitions and how this skill can be transferred over into
other sports such as football. In addition to be able to use a wide range of skills and technique to beat
- Use a range of opponents.
tactics and strategies
to overcome 1. Students will be able to successfully choose the correct pass to another team mate ensuring the
opponents in direct safety of the ball and position.
competition 2. Students will be able to effectively use a range of skills consistently to outwit their opponents to
through team and create space in the game.
individual games 3. Students will be able to work as a team successfully both when attacking and defending.
- Develop their
technique and Numeracy: Students will be able to develop their numeracy from understand how long a hockey game lasts,
improve their how the card system works and being able to keep score during matches.
performance in other
competitive sports Language and Literacy: Students will be able to read and absorb information being displayed on cue cards to
help set up drills on their own or as a group and to know the teaching points linked to the skill/ drill.

Health & Safety: Inclusion Strategies:

People: Staff Have drills
and activities already setup Setting suitable learning challenges:
in advance appropriate
footwear and clothing as a - Allow for all students to achieve and experience success in all lessons in a range of different
good role model. activities.
Students Correct shoes
correct equipment (Gums Responding to pupils needs and overcoming potential barriers for individuals and groups of pupils:
shield, shin pads)
Context: - More able learners can be given the chance to lead a small group to help the less able to
Follow risk assessment for develop their ability. In addition have hard activities planned in advance ready to be used in
hockey astro Enforce the individuals require more challenge.
rules on how to hold and
use the sticks and balls - Have a range of different size hockey balls and weight. Leading to higher success rate for all
Organisation: students and allows all ability to improve at the participants pace.
Promote a safe environment
when teacher is teaching or
students are leading.
 Outcome/Process: Core tasks: Weeks 1-3 Compelling /
irresistible learning:

Week 1: Introduction and ball handling Lessons will change

Students will start to from being
learn the basic skills - Intro Game Dribbling freely trying to find space in errorless to error
needed to be able to the square full as they
play hockey and start to
- Teaching points Reverse (Indian), strong side progress as
challenge themselves
and their ability when - Main theme Relay races, Obstacle course participants
trying to beat an - Plenary Q&A on types of dribbling and benefits of abilities improve.
opponent. each dribble
Competition
throughout all
Week 2: Passing lesson between all
students in mini
- Intro Game Shark attack Trying to keep the ball games
for as long as possible without losing it.
- Teaching points Push, Slap, Hit Guided discovery
- Main Theme Square Passing, 3v1 passing drill students to read
- Plenary Q&A on how different types are used in a cue cards and
game practice on their
own or as group

Week 3: Movement and Passing Literacy Cue cards

require reading and
- Intro Game Shark Attack with more defenders being able to
- Teaching points ball position when passing and understand what
dribbling they are asking for
- Main Theme Advance passing square with the participant to
defenders in, 360 degree passing complete.
- Plenary Little game of block breakers (Get the ball
over the opponents line), Q&A on when its beneficial
to pass and how to pass on the move
 Outcome/Process Core tasks: Weeks 4-6 Compelling /
cont. irresistible learning
cont.

Week 4: Shooting and Advance skills

Students will further
improve their ability and
become more successful - Intro 3 man weave and shot in goal for bonus point
in a game. In addition - Teaching points Clip hit, slap hit, drag, reverse hit Literacy
students will be able to - Main theme 300 game - 2 teams both shooting Communication from
work as a team and have into a different goal and points for corner shots and all participants when
affective communication
(Literacy) distance first to 300 wins as a team to be able
- Plenary Around the world hitting each corner of to work effectively
the goal, Q&A on when its best to use different types
of shoots Pier evaluation of
other students to
recognise relevant
Week 5: Attacking and Defense teaching points

- Intro Position Attacking team have to try keep the

ball as long as possible as one by one defender joins
in to help
- Teaching Points Formation and positions,
responsibilities
- Main Theme Hockey half pitch One side is
attacking the goal and the other defend. Once they
clear the ball past 25 it rotates. Have team talks
throughout to plan.
- Plenary Q&A what went well and why did it go well

Week 6: Game play and assessment

- Intro Shark game rotate defenders so everyone

gets ago
- Teaching points Everything that has been learnt in
past 5 weeks
- Main Theme Small game - Pupils per assess another
student when not in play
- Plenary - Feedback to student on what they did well
and how to improve their ability for future games