PYP PE: Adventure Challenge for Grade 2

We are nearing the end of our adventure challenge in PE for the grade 2 classes at Nanjing International School in China. We are integrating with the classroom unit of inquiry on 'Rights and Responsibilities' highlighting that all students have a responsibility to:

• communicate positively with their peers
• ensure that their actions are safe and trustful
• cooperate on teams
• truly listen to each other

We have stressed the importance of being 'Open-Minded' throughout the unit as much of Adventure Challenge deals with sharing ideas in order to come up with the most effective ways to solve a problem. Being 'Open-Minded' creates a much more positive environment to share ideas. especially for those students that are shy. In yesterday's class we played the "Move the Ball" game. The challenge was that they had to move various-sized balls across the width of the gym and back. However, each time they went the width and back, they had to move it in a different way. Sounds easy, right?? Well, the teamwork aspect comes into this as there were 3 very important rules that the kids had to follow at all times.

1. Everyone must be in contact with the ball at all times
2. The ball cannot touch the floor at any time
3. Hands cannot touch the ball ever!

Based on these three rules, they had to plan and create ways to move the ball. We started with a dodge ball, moved to a basketball, and finished with a Swiss ball. The kids were super creative and had a lot of fun while doing the activity. See pictures of slide show below.