3.16 Who Wants to be a Spirit of Cricket Centurion – Guidelines

Activity title: Who Wants to be a Spirit of Cricket Centurion
Curriculum area: CPSHE & P.E
NC objectives: CPSHE: 3a) & P.E: 2c)

Main learning objective:

To understand the importance of the spirit of cricket.
Timing Lesson plan and supporting resources
   
Introduction
15 minutes
  • Discuss the aims of the game and basic rules of the game of cricket.
  • Select a couple of pupils to try to explain the game to the rest of the class, making it as simple as possible and then moving to a few more of the complicated and unknown rules.
  • Also discuss the spirit of cricket and what the class know about this. Use any of the supporting sheets to help with discussion if required.
   
Main Activity
25 Minutes
  • Open ‘Who wants to be a spirit of cricket centurion quiz’ in the Activity section and begin the slideshow. Alternatively, you can use the PPT in the Downloads section of the module.
  • Use the quiz as a competition between teams or use it as a whole class quiz and discussion of each of the points to help the pupils build an understanding of the spirit of cricket.
  • When a question is answered incorrectly, start back to the beginning to reinforce the topics covered so far.
   
Plenary
10 Minutes
  • Move around the class and ask the pupils to tell the rest of the class something that they have learnt about the spirit of cricket throughout the lesson.
Interactive Resources
  • The following resource is available as an interactive activity within this module. Click on the link below to access it from the Activity section. Alternatively you can download the activity as a PowerPoint presentation from the Downloads section.

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