Suggested HWB Experiences & Outcomes

  • I value the opportunities I am given to make friends and be part of a group in a range of situations. HWB 0-14a
  • I am enjoying daily opportunities to participate in different kinds of energetic play, both outdoors and indoors. HWB 0-25a

Suggested Learning Intentions

  • To recognise that taking part in physical activity can be fun and provide opportunities to make friends.
  • To know how to be physically active both inside and outside the classroom.

Suggested Success Criteria (I can...)

  • Discuss how working and playing together can be fun and form good friendships. HWB 0-14a
  • Choose activities I can take part in with my friends both indoors and outside. HWB 0-25a

Suggested Learning Experiences

COVID Support  - Education Scotland have highlighted physical education as a critical learning opportunity for pupils as they heal, re-connect, and adapt on their return to school.  To support schools with these considerations and others, they have released specific guidelines designed to assist with the planning, decision-making and the safe implementation of curricular physical education.

Large  Space

  • Engage in play with a variety of peers, including those who are friends or not friends.
  • Provide opportunities for children to work on their own/with a partner/in a small group and as a class. Practice being both the leader and follower in a variety of physical activities to allow children to take turns and perform different roles.
  • Practice sharing an object (e.g., ball) and space with another person.
  • Provide a range of activities eg, activity stations that children can choose from to develop specific skills with their peers.
  • Playground games – provide a range of equipment that children can select to invent own games to play on own and with others.

Small space

  • Provide opportunities for children to offer positive feedback to their peers
  • Discuss times when they have worked and played well with others.
  • Create a display of photos of children working co-operatively in the gym hall/during physical activity.
  • Create a poster to promote physical activity as fun.
  • Look at images of children playing together and consider how it makes them feel eg, happy, safe, included.