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Lesson 10
Lesson aim: To learn and enjoy some parachute games.	Contents: Parachute Games.
Duration : 60 minutes.	Material: Parachutes, balls.
Warm up
Knowing the rules The teacher ask the group to form a circle, the teacher may challenge them by saying they have 10 second to do it. Once the circle is formed, the parachute can be opened and the group should pick a colour on the parachute and hold this colour with both hands, with everyone stepping backwards to stretch out the parachute fully. The parachute should then be held at waist height, whilst the teacher goes over the 5 basic rules: • Do not hold onto or put hands through the black handles. • No body parts should go through the centre “air” hole. • If asked to go under the parachute, do so in a safe, appropriate manner. • If asked to go on top of the parachute, crawl onto it do not walk onto it, the same applies on the way off it. • Listen to your teacher at all times. Once this is completed you are ready to start playing the games.
Main Part
Making Waves The children have to shake the parachute randomly to create ripples across the surface. Teacher tells them they are making waves. Practice making gentle and move vigorous movements to represent a calm or stormy sea. It can also be done kneeling and sitting. Teacher let four children at a time sit “under the sea” to see the effects of the waves above them. Cat and Mouse All the children should sit in a circle holding the rim of the parachute. The group leader/teacher selects the following: • One child to be a “cat” who kneels on top of the parachute on all fours with their eyes closed. • One child to be a “mouse” who goes below the parachute. On the teachers command all of the children start to shake the parachute. The “cat” must then try to catch the “mouse” by moving around on top of the parachute. The “mouse” must try to avoid the “cat” by moving around under the parachute. When the “mouse” is caught by the “cat” they must come out from under the parachute. Popcorn The children are divided into two teams “A” and “B”. Team “A” lets go of the parachute and takes five steps backwards. Team “B” remains holding onto the parachute. Team “A” are going to be catching and throwing the balls back onto the parachute, as team “B” is going to be shaking the parachute so that the balls fly off the parachute. The group leader/teacher will then shout “STOP” and both teams must freeze instantly. Both teams then swap roles and the game is repeated, the team with the least balls on the parachute are declared the winners.
Calm Down
Making a Mushroom Teacher asks the children to take two steps towards the middle so that the parachute sags. Then, the teacher tells them that on the count of “one, two, three, up” they are to raise their arms quickly above their heads together, to make the parachute mushroom upwards. Practice this movement, with everyone counting together, until they master it. Once the children have mastered making mushrooms, they can take turns to sit underneath in groups of three or four while the others make a mushroom.
Observations
When the teacher explains the rules about how to use the parachute it is very important that he/she demonstrates the rules, in order to reinforce what he/she is explaining so pupils can understand these rules. In other lessons, the teacher can change the name of the animals in the activity three in order that pupils learn other vocabulary related with animals. Activity 4 allows students to learn the numbers, when we count the balls, and when we name the points which each team has got.

Lesson 10

Lesson aim:

To learn and enjoy some parachute games.

Parachute Games.

Duration :

60 minutes.

Material:

Parachutes, balls.

Warm up

Knowing the rules

The teacher ask the group to form a circle, the teacher may challenge them by saying they have 10 second to do it. Once the circle is formed, the parachute can be opened and the group should pick a colour on the parachute and hold this colour with both hands, with everyone stepping backwards to stretch out the parachute fully. The parachute should then be held at waist height, whilst the teacher goes over the 5 basic rules:

• Do not hold onto or put hands through the black handles.

• No body parts should go through the centre “air” hole.

• If asked to go under the parachute, do so in a safe, appropriate manner.

• If asked to go on top of the parachute, crawl onto it do not walk onto it, the same applies on the way off it.

• Listen to your teacher at all times.

Once this is completed you are ready to start playing the games.

Main Part

Making Waves

The children have to shake the parachute randomly to create ripples across the surface. Teacher tells them they are making waves. Practice making gentle and move vigorous movements to represent a calm or stormy sea. It can also be done kneeling and sitting. Teacher let four children at a time sit “under the sea” to see the effects of the waves above them.

Cat and Mouse

All the children should sit in a circle holding the rim of the parachute. The group leader/teacher selects the following:

• One child to be a “cat” who kneels on top of the parachute on all fours with their eyes closed.

• One child to be a “mouse” who goes below the parachute.

On the teachers command all of the children start to shake the parachute. The “cat” must then try to catch the “mouse” by moving around on top of the parachute. The “mouse” must try to avoid the “cat” by moving around under the parachute. When the “mouse” is caught by the “cat” they must come out from under the parachute.

Popcorn

The children are divided into two teams “A” and “B”. Team “A” lets go of the parachute and takes five steps backwards. Team “B” remains holding onto the parachute. Team “A” are going to be catching and throwing the balls back onto the parachute, as team “B” is going to be shaking the parachute so that the balls fly off the parachute. The group leader/teacher will then shout “STOP” and both teams must freeze instantly. Both teams then swap roles and the game is repeated, the team with the least balls on the parachute are declared the winners.

Calm Down

Making a Mushroom

Teacher asks the children to take two steps towards the middle so that the parachute sags. Then, the teacher tells them that on the count of “one, two, three, up” they are to raise their arms quickly above their heads together, to make the parachute mushroom upwards. Practice this movement, with everyone counting together, until they master it. Once the children have mastered making mushrooms, they can take turns to sit underneath in groups of three or four while the others make a mushroom.

Observations

When the teacher explains the rules about how to use the parachute it is very important that he/she demonstrates the rules, in order to reinforce what he/she is explaining so pupils can understand these rules.

In other lessons, the teacher can change the name of the animals in the activity three in order that pupils learn other vocabulary related with animals.

Activity 4 allows students to learn the numbers, when we count the balls, and when we name the points which each team has got.