Agility, Space and Movement - Unit Overview

The Striver Lesson Plans for Reception focus on Agility, Space and Movement (A, S & M), providing a comprehensive unit overview for early years physical education. The curriculum is designed to foster pupils' self-awareness and awareness of others, as they develop fundamental movement skills. Throughout the unit, children will learn to move with control, coordination, and creativity. They'll practise travelling in various ways, including different movements and directions, and they will also work on different jumping techniques. The aim is to build on their existing abilities in agility, balance, coordination, movement patterns, and navigating obstacles at varying speeds and directions.

Teaching tips within the unit suggest that activities should be kept simple to accommodate the pupils' developmental stage, with the possibility of increasing complexity as they progress. Teachers are advised to adjust lesson timings to suit shorter sessions and to focus on repetition to ensure mastery of fundamental movement skills. For pupils who excel, the plans include recommendations for setting individual challenges to further their development. Each lesson has clear learning objectives and success criteria, guiding pupils from listening and showing awareness to completing movement patterns while balancing and collecting objects. The unit is structured to ensure that by the end of the lessons, children are confident in their movement skills and have an improved understanding of their physical capabilities.