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School: Sunshine college West Campus Gymnasium
Focus Area
Indigenous Games
POLT The principles of learning and teaching.
3.1 Teaching strategies are flexible and
responsive to the values, needs and
interests of individual students
6.2 The teacher plans for students to
interact with local and broader communities
Year Group 9/10
Learning Intentions
By the end of the lesson, students will start to
develop a greater understanding and
appreciation of Indigenous culture. The purpose
is to guide to inclusive, structured sport within
the school.
Organisation / Student Groups
Whole class
Date: 20.05.16
Australian curriculum
Modify rules and scoring systems to allow for fair play,
safety and inclusive participation (VCHPEM141).
Examine the role physical activity, outdoor recreation
and sport play in the lives of Australians and investigate
how this has changed over time (VCHPEM157)
Special Considerations
The surroundings of the gymnasium to avoid
any collisions with objects or furniture.

Key Vocabulary Focus Questions References / Sources / Materials / Resources and

Linked to Learning Intentions Equipment
Pirrha
Buroinjin How do we feel appreciation to the Discs (Frisbees)
Jillora Indigenous people? Wooden balls billiardballsorlargemarbles.
Reconciliation What is reconciliation? A size 2 or 4 soccer ball as the buroinjin (ball).
Custodians Why is it important to develop an High-jump stand or mark a line as the score line.
understanding of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people?

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 INTRODUCTION
Establishing prior knowledge. Tuning in activity.
Focus questioning
Assessment criteria: Assessment FOR learning
Warm up activity: Pirrha 10 minutes
The game is one of ball spinning. The objective is to
try to make the ball spin for as long as possible.
Theballisspunonthesurfaceofan
upturneddisc(frisbee)orsimilarobject.
Theplayerpreparesbyholdingthediscin
onehandorplacingitonaflatsurface
withtheotherhandreadytospinthe
ball.Thespinisusuallymadebyflicking
thethumbandfirstandsecondfingers.
Thesignaltostartisgivenandtheballis
spun.
Astop-watchisusedtotimehowlongthe
ballspins.Whenthespinistimed,the
stop-watchisstartedasthehandislifted
awayfromtheballandthetimeis
recordeduntilitstopsturning.
Playersaimtoachievetheirbesttimeor
beatasettime(suchas45seconds).
Scoring:Theplayerwhoseballspinsfor
thelongesttimewinsthegame.Players
MAIN BODY CONCLUSION
Guiding Inquiry and Practise Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Share time. Student reflection. What do they now
Assessment Criteria: Assessment AS Learning know?
Assessment Criteria: Assessment OF Learning
Main activity: Buroinjin: 35 minutes Cool down activity: Jillora 5 Minutes
Theburoinjinisthrownintotheairinthe Playersattempttomaketheballspinforas
middleoftheplayingareatobeginthe longaspossible.
game.
Playersuseoneorbothhandstospinthe
Theaimisforaplayerofoneteamtorun largeballsonasmoothsurface.Younger
asfaraspossiblewiththeballandcross
playersmayneedhelpfromotherplayersin
overalineattheotherendofthefield.He
spinningtheballs.
orsheattemptstodothiswithoutbeing
touchedbyanopponent.
Debrief about todays lesson and then allow students to
get changed. 10 minutes
Therearenoplayerpositionsoroffside,
Where did the games originate from?
andtheburoinjincanbethrowninany
Are you able to explain the meaning of pirrha,
direction.Theburoinjinmaybepassed
fromplayertoplayerbutitcannotbehit buroinjin and Jillora.
withthefistorkicked.
Thegameisplayedbyrunningand
passinganddoesnotstopifaplayerdrops
theburoinjin.Playersmaynotdiveonthe
buroinjinifitisonthegroundthey
mustbendoverandpickitup.
Immediatelyaplayerwiththeburoinjinis
touched,ithastobethrownupandaway
(atleast23metresintheair)bythat
player,forteam-matesortheopposing
playerstoattempttopickup.Theplayer
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havethreeattemptsandthebesttime whowastouchedmaynotcatchthe
counts. buroinjin.

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Pre-service Teacher Reflection Mentor Teacher Feedback
Did students achieve the Learning Intentions? Strengths / Areas for Improvement
Success Criteria How will we work to improve them?
What were the successful strategies?
How did you the teacher get them to the end result?
Where to from here? Whats next?

Pre-service Teacher Name ________________________________________ Mentor Teacher Name___________________________________________

Signature________________________________ Date ___________________ Signature________________________________ Date __________________

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