Develop new skills to navigate the canoe, play games, develop confidence and have fun. Canoeing is a great opportunity to develop teamwork and the ability to communicate effectively.
Canoe – Static Session
Canoe – Static
Half day
Introduction and safey
A range of games, challenges
short upstream journey to develop paddle skills and promote teamwork, resilience and cooperation
Develop new skills to navigate the canoe, play games, develop confidence and have fun. Canoeing is a great opportunity to develop teamwork and the ability to communicate effectively.
Curriculum Links
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- select and use appropriate registers for effective communication
- recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function
- 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
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
- about the benefits of sun exposure and risks of overexposure; how to keep safe from sun damage and sun/heat stroke and reduce the risk of skin cancer
- to identify personal strengths, skills, achievements and interests and how these contribute to a sense of self-worth
- the importance of having compassion towards others; shared responsibilities we all have for caring for other people and living things; how to show care and concern for others
- using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts, including classroom discussion
- develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports [for example, athletics and gymnastics]
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges and be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group
- analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
- lead healthy, active lives
- H1. how we are all unique; that recognising and demonstrating personal strengths build self-confidence, self-esteem and good health and wellbeing
- H14. the benefits of physical activity and exercise for physical and mental health and wellbeing
- H16. to recognise and manage what influences their choices about physical activity
- R14. the qualities and behaviours they should expect and exhibit in a wide variety of positive relationships (including in school and wider society, family and friendships, including online)
- R15. to further develop and rehearse the skills of team working
- R16. to further develop the skills of active listening, clear communication, negotiation and compromise
- R19. to develop conflict management skills and strategies to reconcile after disagreements
- listening and responding in a variety of different contexts, both formal and informal, and evaluating content, viewpoints, evidence and aspects of presentation
- use and develop a variety of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents in team and individual games [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders, rugby and tennis]
- develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports,[for example, athletics and gymnastics], or other physical activities [for example, dance]
- take part in further outdoor and adventurous activities in a range of environments which present intellectual and physical challenges and which encourage pupils to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group
- evaluate their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement across a range of physical activities to achieve their personal best
- H22. ways to identify risk and manage personal safety in new social settings, workplaces, and environments, including online
- L2. to evaluate their own personal strengths and areas for development and use this to inform goal setting