When and where?

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Sports Tournaments History of Cricket

Objectives

History

  • Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
  • Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

PE

  • Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, (e.g. badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis), and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.

PSHE

  • Deepen their understanding of risk by recognising, predicting and assessing risks in different situations and deciding how to manage them responsibly.

Lesson Planning

Research the history of cricket, including protective equipment, from historical drawings and sources. Discuss where you think cricket was invented. Play French cricket.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out about the history of cricket.
  • To play French cricket.
  • To decide on measures to lessen the risk of getting hurt while playing French cricket.

Children will:

  • Make interpretations based on historical evidence.
  • Assess risk.
  • Play French cricket.

Provided Resources

  • Sources of cricket history
  • Risk assessment template

You Will Need

  • Cricket bats or tennis racquets and balls