What Does It Take?

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

• creative thinking
• collaboration
• community engagement
• empathy
• initiative
• reflection
• social skills

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 3 and 4, Health and Physical Education

Students can:

• participate in physical activities in natural and outdoor settings to examine factors that can influence their own and others’ participation (AC9HP4M05)
• apply rules and scoring systems to promote fair play when participating or designing physical activities (AC9HP4M08).

Relevant parts of Year 3 and 4 achievement standards: Students examine factors that influence participation and propose strategies to incorporate regular physical activity into their own and others’ lives. They demonstrate fair play and inclusion through a range of roles in movement contexts.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Literacy, 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 guide students to work collaboratively.

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.

• device capable of displaying audiovisual material
• Planning Template (1 per student)
• Student Worksheet (1 per student)
• whiteboard

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.