JHS1 Physical Education And Health · Term 3 Week 8: Organised Sports and Physical Activity Participation

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.2.3.3.2 - Apply movement concepts, principles and strategies in performing beginning level martial art (e.g., judo, taekwondo, and karate) to develop critical thinking and decision-making

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Demonstrate at least three basic martial art stances (e.g., ready stance, front stance, and horse stance) with correct body alignment and balance.
Perform a basic punch and a basic front kick, applying the movement concepts of space, dynamics, and relationship as taught.
Apply the principles of specificity, adaptation, and progression when practising martial art techniques at their own pace.
Make reasoned decisions about when to use different techniques in a paired drill, explaining their choice using martial art vocabulary.
Record their practice duration and number of repetitions in a personal self-journal and set a simple improvement target for the following week.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity Education (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Organised Sports and Physical Activity Participation (2.3)
Content standard: B7.2.3.3 - Demonstrate the ability to apply movement concepts, principles, and strategies in performing full-contact sports (e.g., invasion sports, martial art and traditional wrestling) to develop critical thinking and decision-making
Indicator: B7.2.3.3.2 - Apply movement concepts, principles and strategies in performing beginning level martial art (e.g., judo, taekwondo, and karate) to develop critical thinking and decision-making
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Physical Education and Health, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 18
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

1. Apply movement concepts (space, dynamics, relationship, etc.), principles (specificity, adaptation, progression, etc.) and strategies in learning beginning level martial art based on individual adaptation and pacing.
2. Use adapted rules and equipment to foster inclusion.
3. Create and organise small-group competitions to develop confidence, empowerment and collaboration.
4. Record estimate of duration/measure of performance in your self-journal as your effort to increase involvement in physical activity.

Figure from the jhs1 physical education and health curriculum, printed page 18

Martial Art