KS2 · Physical education · Year 6
Running for speed competition
Athletics: athletic challenges refined
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Your learning goal
I can run as fast as possible when taking part in a competition.
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Running for speed competition: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can run as fast as possible when taking part in a competition.
Key learning points
- Move: when sprinting, making sure we have accurate head, arm and leg technique helps us run quicker in a competition.
- Move: when receiving the relay baton, our hand is behind us, palm up and we start to run before receiving it.
- Think: creating and applying various relay tactics can make our team run faster in competition.
- Feel: it is important to try our best when competing against other individuals and teams to show we have integrity.
- Connect: collaborating and organising our team in relay races demonstrates trustworthiness.
Words to know
- technique
- the method we use to perform a task
- team
- a group of people who work together with the objective of achieving the same goal
- compete
- the process or act of trying to win
Common mistakes
Pupils believe that winning is everything and become disappointed if they fail to win every race.
Encourage pupils to focus on personal improvement, teamwork and enjoying themselves.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If there are some teams with extra pupils, due to the group number, ensure they all get the opportunity to compete. Assign roles to any pupils not running, such as official starter and finish line judge. Rotate pupils so they have non running roles at some stage for an equal learning experience.