Tennis

This physical education scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to develop and refine skills needed when playing strokes and shots during a game of tennis. The PE lesson plan gets the class to practise performing forehand and backhand strokes and volley shots to utilise when trying to win a game.

Develop and refine some of the skills that are needed when playing different strokes and shots during a game of tennis

Lesson One : Racquets and Balls
Investigate how to develop and practise a range of skills when controlling the movements and position of a ball when using a tennis racquet

Lesson Two : Racquet Bounces
Practise some of the different ways that can be used to control the movement and position of a ball when using a racquet in a game of tennis

Lesson Three : Forehand Strokes
Develop and practise some of the skills that are required when sending a ball across a net using a forehand stroke during a game of tennis

Lesson Four : Backhand Strokes
Develop and practise some of the skills that are required when sending a ball across a net using a backhand stroke during a game of tennis

Lesson Five : Volley Shots
Develop and practise some of the special skills that are needed to control and return a tennis ball across a net when using a volley shot

Lesson Six : Short Tennis
Explain and model how to play a game of short tennis to practise some of the skills that are needed when sending and receiving a ball across a net
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Homophones Matching
Explore the spelling and meaning of some different words that are homophones by matching and listing pairs of words with the same pronunciations
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Friction
Investigate, describe and test the effects of air and water resistance and friction on different objects and materials presenting results using graphs and tables
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Capacity Conversions
Explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres
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Story Conjunctions
Identify and model how to link clauses in sentences related to some of the special characters and events that feature in different stories