Reflection into my current Teaching.

 “Throwing and catching the ball” lesson in T.3

I  was trying to teach ball skills (passing and catching) to my students as part of our P.E and Physio programme. 

Our Learning Goals:

1. To get ready to receive the ball.

2. Catch the ball 

3. Pass the ball to the next person.

The session started but it did not go according to my expectation.

My students did not show any interest in what I was trying to teach. I had realised that I was so excited to teach this new skill that I forgot to use my 4 step procedures.

4 step procedures

Step 1-1:1 session (student and staff)

Step 2-1:1 (student and student) with staff support.

Step 3-1:1 (student and student) in a group with staff supervision

Step 4-all students in a group for up to 5 minutes.

 I ended the session because 1- no one was engaged

                                            2 - the students were not interested.

                                                3 - time waste

I changed the game to a fun racing game. Boy!!...all the students enjoyed the raising game. It was fun and they participated happily. 

Reflection!!

Again I was very excited about the game and assumed that all my students could pass and catch the ball. I only realised this when I was not able to gain my student’s attention to engage in the game. The first session did not work out because they all needed 1:1 support. My game Plan changed - Instead of working on ball skills-passing and catching, we played racing games because I know they all loved it.

What I have to remember?

-To use my 4 steps procedures approach every time I am teaching a new skill.