Saturday, March 11, 2017

Kaka at Tennis

Learner: Kaka
Date: 07.03.17
Learning Area: LH1
Learning Coach: Priscilla Lavakula


NZ Curriculum Achievement Objectives
Health and Physical Education Level One
Participate in creative and regular physical activities and identify enjoyable experiences.
Develop a wide range of movement skills, using a variety of equipment and play environments

Learning Observed:
This session is the third of four week sessions of tennis for the learners habitat. Each session is 30 minutes with coach Marcel from AceSports on a Thursday. Tennis is a competitive sport in New Zealand that has two players. A player has to hit the tennis ball over the net back and forth to their competitor. The object of the sport is to win the set or until you reach a tie breaker.

This is Kaka's first session at tennis. He has been learning to hold and use a racket correctly to hit a tennis ball. He practiced balancing the tennis ball on his racket without dropping it. During this session, Kaka began hitting the tennis ball over the net to a partner.

Key Competencies/ Vision Principles:

During this learning, Kaka demonstrated that he was:
  • Connected - actively taking part in physical and education activities.
  • Capable - developing skills to play tennis
  • Collaborative - working with others to hit the tennis ball over the net
  • Thinking  - listening carefully to instructions and learning how to apply them

Next Learning Steps:
Continue learning motor skills of holding the racquet and hitting the ball accurately and with control.




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