Play the game

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

Objectives

PE

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

English

  • Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.

Lesson Planning

Have a tennis tournament of your own. Decide whether to play singles or doubles, and give out roles like ball-boy and ball-girl, referee, commentator.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To take part in a tennis tournament.
  • To take on different roles in the tournament.

Children will:

  • Play a game of tennis.
  • Keep track of the points of a tennis game.
  • Commentate on a tennis game.

You Will Need

  • Tennis equipment and court
  • Audio recording equipment