Jump to New Heights

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• adaptability
• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• curiosity
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 2 Health and Physical Education

Students can:

•  practise fundamental movement skills and apply them in a variety of movement situations (AC9HP2M01).

Year 2 Mathematics

Students can:

• measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary (AC9M2M01)
• acquire data for categorical variables through surveys, observation, experiment and using digital tools; sort data into relevant categories and display data using lists and tables (AC9M2ST01).

Relevant parts of Year 2 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students apply fundamental movement skills in different movement situations and explain how they move with objects and in space. 

Relevant parts of Year 2 Mathematics achievement standards: Students use a range of methods to collect, record, represent and interpret categorical data in response to questions. They use uniform informal units to measure and compare shapes and objects.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy, Numeracy, Personal and Social Capability 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate class discussion and supervise physical activities.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education, leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.

• cones
• device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• measuring tape
• set of stopwatches
• optional: digital devices to record videos
• Sports of the Commonwealth Games Visual Explainer
• Chart of Champions Measurement Poster
• Jump Recording Activity Sheet

These resources have been created with the support of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, via Commonwealth Games Australia.

The Australian Commonwealth Games Team are set to take on the athletes of he world at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games from next year, and together the more than 250 athletes in green and gold aim to be the top nation at the Games in terms of gold and overall medals won, the number of medallists, and the number of sports winning medals.

You can cheer on Australia’s best across the screens of 7 and 7Plus from 23 July 2026.