Let’s Make it Fair

Let’s Make it Fair

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 1 - 2
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Disability
  • Equality
  • Physical Health
  • Sport
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Lesson summary

Students will investigate how to create, modify and adapt rules to promote fair play. Students deepen their understanding of Para-athletes, and how games can be modified to be more inclusive for all participants.

Learning intentions

Students will:

  • discover what ‘fair’ means
  • explore how the Commonwealth Games make sport fair and accessible.

Success criteria

Students can:

  • identify unfair situations in games
  • propose strategies to make games fair.

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Skills

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

  • creative thinking
  • collaboration
  • empathy
  • ethical understanding
  • initiative
  • problem solving

Curriculum Mapping

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:

Year 1 and 2, Health and Physical Education

Students can:

  • investigate different ways of moving their body, and manipulating objects and space, and draw conclusions about their effectiveness (AC9HP2M02)
  • co-construct and apply rules to promote fair play in a range of activities (AC9HP2M04).

Relevant parts of Year 1 and 2 achievement standards: Students apply fundamental movement skills in different movement situations and explain how they move with objects and in space effectively. They develop and apply rules while collaborating with others in a range of movement contexts.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability 

Cross-curriculum priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - facilitate class discussion and provide examples.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

  • Target 10.2: By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.

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Additional Info

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.

Related Professional Learning

Creating an Inclusive Environment - Primary/Secondary

Quick Summary: This course will help you to create an inclusive environment for students and their families.

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