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Marching!

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Beyond Living Memory: Commemorating History The Monarch's Official Birthday

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Objectives

History

  • Discover events beyond living memory that are significant nationally and are commemorated through anniversaries.

PE

  • Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

Lesson Planning

Practice marching; Learn about ‘Trooping the Colour’ - design own colour to troop to.

Teaching Objectives
 To learn about the annual commemoration to mark the official birthday of the Monarch ‘Trooping the Colour’.
To march in time to a beat, maintaining co-ordination.

Children will:

  • Experience marching to follow a colour.
  • Understand the purpose of ‘Trooping the Colour’.
  • Design and make their own colour.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • ‘Colours’: flags made from single colour A4 paper attached to dowel or metre rules
  • Large paper, felt tip pens or oil based pastels for children’s own ’colour'
  • Means to attach colours from ceiling (as in St George’s chapel see weblink).

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