SHS2 Physical Education Health Core · Semester 1 Week 1: Sports Participation

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis - Service and reception in table tennis).

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Describe the correct technique for serving in table tennis, including the toss, contact point, and follow-through.
Describe the correct technique for receiving a serve in table tennis, including ready position and return angle.
Demonstrate a legal table tennis serve that lands in the correct service court.
Demonstrate controlled reception of a serve, returning the ball onto the opponent’s side of the table.
Give constructive feedback to a partner on their serve and reception technique using clear, respectful language.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Physical Activity and Health (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Sports Participation (1.2)
Content standard: 2.1.2.CS.1 - Demonstrate the ability to apply various skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., Table tennis, netball, volleyball, etc). 2.1.2.LO.1 Demonstrate the ability to use basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis, netball, etc).
Indicator: 2.1.2.LI.1 - Apply basic skills in performing individual and team sports (e.g., table tennis - Service and reception in table tennis).
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 1 (Week 1 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: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 48

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Game-based Learning: Learners in mixed-gender and mixed-ability groups play a service and return challenge game .
Collaborative Learning: Learners of different skill levels pair up to play a game concentrating on the basic skills and give constructive feedback to partners.

Assessment (2.1.2.AS.1): Level 2: Describe how to serve and receive in table tennis. Level 3: Demonstrate how to serve and receive in table tennis.

Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Online resources
- Pictures/charts
- Phones/laptops
- Projectors
- Footballs
- Handballs
- Volleyballs
- Basketballs
- Football Field
- Handball Court
- Volleyball Court
- Basketball Court
- Football nets
- Handball nets
- Volleyball nets
- Basketball nets
- Inflator
- Markers
- Training bibs
- Textbooks Supplementary materials