JASMINE: Hello and welcome!
JASMINE: I'm Jasmine and joining me as always is Johnny.
JOHNNY: So what are we doing today Jasmine?
JASMINE: Track and field!
JOHNNY: That's right but you don't need a track or field to join in.
JOHNNY: We'll show you how.
JASMINE: It's an athletic challenge Johnny.
JASMINE: There are three events, running, throwing and jumping.
JASMINE: And you can take part too.
JASMINE: Just look out for the Join In symbol.
JOHNNY: Okay, let's see what's happening in the stadium.
JASMINE: And here come the athletes for the first event.
JASMINE: Running, they're lining up waiting for the start.
JOHNNY: We've got a track here but you can run too.
JOHNNY: Get ready to run on the spot.
JASMINE: Ready, steady, go!
JASMINE: Keep going as fast as you can.
JASMINE: Seren is in the lead, she's so quick.
JASMINE: But Ned is close behind her.
JASMINE: Now here comes Ned.
JASMINE: Ned is neck and neck, he's going past her.
JASMINE: But Seren has got great stamina, she's catching up.
JASMINE: She's going past Ned!
JASMINE: She's going to do it!
JASMINE: Seren wins!
JOHNNY: Stop running!
JASMINE: Okay, let’s look at that again.
JASMINE: Seren had great technique, she was pumping her arms
JASMINE: she stayed tall, kept her knees up well while running.
JASMINE: She likes drinking water, so she's well hydrated
JASMINE: and ate her breakfast.
JASMINE: So she had plenty of energy.
JASMINE: In the end she was too strong for Ned.
JOHNNY: Congratulations to Seren.
JOHNNY: Right, next up the high jump.
JOHNNY: The aim here is to see who can jump the highest.
JOHNNY: First, we measure each athlete’s height
JOHNNY: with their arm full stretched
JOHNNY: and mark it with a piece of chalk.
JOHNNY: With chalk in their hand they have two attempts to see how high they jump
JOHNNY: marking the wall at its highest point.
JASMINE: Measure the distance between the standing mark
JASMINE: and the highest jumping mark
JASMINE: to work out how high you've jumped.
JOHNNY: Here's Ned, first jump is great.
JOHNNY: Second is amazing!
JOHNNY: No one's going to beat that surely.
JASMINE: Here comes Anna, first jump, not bad.
JASMINE: Second jump is good!
JASMINE: But it won't beat Ned.
JASMINE: Ned wins!
JOHNNY: Let's look how Ned did that.
JASMINE: He gets nice and low by bending his knees.
JASMINE: He keeps his arms back
JASMINE: springs up through his legs using his arms
JASMINE: to help him and wins.
JOHNNY: Okay, why don't you pick a partner to compete against.
JOHNNY: And see who can jump the highest.
JASMINE: The last track and field event today is target throwing.
JASMINE: Our athletes are lining up, looking at the target
JASMINE: getting ready to throw.
JASMINE: Practice this great technique for throwing with us now.
JASMINE: Make an L-shape with your feet.
JASMINE: Pull back your throwing arm.
JASMINE: Step forward as you push hard with your arm.
JASMINE: Follow through with your body.
JOHNNY: Here they go, Ned throws first.
JOHNNY: It's a miss!
JOHNNY: Seren next, good throw, very accurate.
JOHNNY: Next up Anna, and wow, that was perfect!
JOHNNY: Bullseye!
JOHNNY: You can do it in the playground with soft balls.
JOHNNY: Find out who can throw the furthest.
JASMINE: Okay, so that's us from the stadium today.
JASMINE: Hopefully you've got some great ideas.
JASMINE: You can have races to see who is fastest.
JASMINE: You can see who can jump the highest.
JASMINE: And you can see who can throw a ball at a target.
JOHNNY: And remember eating a good breakfast
JOHNNY: drinking water, getting enough sleep
JOHNNY: and being determined to win, will all help.
JOHNNY: Good luck and have fun!
Join commentators Johnny and Jasmine as they introduce a range of athletics challenges, including sprinting on the spot for 30 seconds, squat high jump and throwing at a target.
Throughout the clip they also provide technical advice for improving your performance; including diet, hydration, sleep and determination.
This is from the series: Let's Get Active
Teacher Notes
You could set up a series of simple events, similar to those in the clip.
This could include a race, vertical jump test, a long jump or indoor shot.
Pupils could also make up new races, such as a fireman’s ladder race, crab race or rolling race.
Key curriculum skills: Running (pump arms, stay tall, knees up, kick out).
Throwing (L-Shape feet, throwing elbow back, pull hard and push, step forwards).
Catching (wide base, fingers together fingers up - catching boxes together or fingers down) Jumping (low squat, arms back, spring up, head leads).
Curriculum Notes
This clip will be relevant for teaching Physical Education. This topic appears in KS1 and KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Early and First level and Second Level in Scotland.
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