Perfect your Throw

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

• critical thinking
• curiosity
• digital literacy
• problem solving
• prototyping
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 4 Health and Physical Education

Students can:

• refine and apply fundamental movement skills in new movement situations (AC9HP4M01)
• apply and adapt movement strategies to achieve movement outcomes (AC9HP4M02).

Year 4 Mathematics

Students can:

• conduct statistical investigations, collecting data through survey responses and other methods; record and display data using digital tools; interpret the data and communicate the results (AC9M4ST03).

Relevant parts of Year 4 Health and Physical Education achievement standards: Students apply fundamental movement skills and demonstrate movement concepts across a range of situations. They adapt movement strategies to enhance movement outcomes.

Relevant parts of Year 4 Mathematics achievement standards: Students use surveys and digital tools to generate categorical or discrete numerical data in statistical investigations and communicate their feelings in context. 

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.

• Device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Sports equipment - cricket ball, basketball, netball, and rugby ball
• Student devices for individual research
• Throwing Data Sheet
• Throwing Stations
• Weekly Training Planner

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.