Strike for Success

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

• critical thinking
• curiosity
• initiative
• problem solving
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 1 Health and Physical Education

Students can:

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

Year 1 Mathematics

Students can:

• represent collected data for a categorical variable using one-to-one displays and digital tools where appropriate; compare the data using frequencies and discuss the findings (AC9M1ST02)
• acquire and record data for categorical variables in various ways including using digital tools, objects, images, drawings, lists, tally marks and symbols (AC9M1ST01).

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

Relevant parts of Year 1 Mathematics achievement standards: Students collect and record categorical data, create one-to-one displays, and compare and discuss the data using frequencies. 

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, 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
• equipment for chosen sports (please read preparation note)
• Pictograph Worksheet
• Sports of the Commonwealth Games Visual Explainer
• Striking Skills Stations Cards
• Warm-up Cards

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.