Health and physical education / Year 3 and 4 / Movement and Physical Activity / Understanding movement

Curriculum content descriptions

Combine elements of effort, space, time, objects and people when performing movement sequences (ACPMP047)

Elaborations
  • demonstrating acceleration and deceleration of movement in physical activities
  • discussing and demonstrating different levels, movement pathways, and use of space and flow in movement sequences
  • using the body to demonstrate an understanding of symmetry, shapes and angles when performing movement skills, balances or movement sequences
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Sports,  Shape (Dance),  Spatial levels (Dance),  Human movement,  Movement pathways

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Playing for life activity cards (3-4)

The cards include a variety of games designed to develop the skills of a range of sports and to encourage children to have fun and get active by focusing on skills not drills. The activities are based on the Game Sense approach, with the objective to develop in school-aged children a love of physical activity that will ...

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Yulunga: tarnambai

Although not a universal activity, athletics-type events were common. On Tiwi (Bathurst) Island the children collected the seed heads of the ‘spring rolling grass’ (Spinifex hirsutis) that grew on the sand hills near the coast. These were taken to the beach and released. The children allowed these to be blown along by the ...

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Yulunga: kangaroo

Imitation activities were a favourite and popular activity for children everywhere. In one activity children would copy the actions of the kangaroo. This is a jumping relay race based on the actions of a kangaroo jumping. The Yulunga: Traditional Indigenous Games resource was developed to provide all Australians with a ...