Foundation Phase

Weekly Lesson Plan Term 1

Life Skills

Week 4 Grade 3 Week Ending 29 March-09 April 2021

Topic: Keeping my body safe

By the end of this activity, the learners will have: Learnt about:

 Keeping my body safe.

 Rules to keep my body.
Outcomes  Trusting Yes and No ‘feelings.
 How to say No ‘to any form of abuse.
 Simple modelling techniques: rolling, pinching, and modelling techniques.
 Role Play
 Navigate a complicated obstacle course including pushing, pulling, climbing, changing direction.
Study Areas Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
TOPIC: Keeping my body TOPIC: Keeping my body TOPIC: Keeping my body
safe safe safe
We are not safe with Trusting Yes and No Trusting Yes and No
everyone ‘feelings. ‘feelings.
Beginning knowledge
and Personal Rules to keep my body How to say No ‘to any How to say No ‘to any
and Social Well-being. Note: This topic should form of abuse. form of abuse.
Hours. focus on the prevention How to report abuse. How to report abuse.
of physical and sexual Note: This topic should Note: This topic should
abuse. focus on the prevention of focus on the prevention of
DBE workbooks 22-25 physical and sexual abuse. physical and sexual abuse.
Infused Grade 2 Topics DBE workbooks 22-2 DBE workbooks 22-25
Everyone is Special, Infused Grade 2 Topics Infused Grade 2 Topics
Healthy living, Everyone is Special, Everyone is Special,
My community, People Healthy living, Healthy living,
who help us My community, People My community, People
who help us who help us
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DBE workbooks 22-25
Alternative activities for
exercise books.

Creative Arts. CREATE IN 3D

2 Hours (constructing)
Visual Arts Teach simple modelling
techniques: rolling,
pinching, and modelling;
include surface textural
treatment.

Performing Arts Warming up: Focusing

Warm up on breathing: e.g.
‘painting with your
breath’, panting like a
dog’ etc.
Main Activity Portraying character and
objects in the role play
using observation,
imitation and
exaggeration.
Cool down Reach up and touch the
sky for 20 seconds. Now,
reach down and touch
toes for 20 seconds.
Repeat until cool.
Physical Education. Kneel on the floor and Stand with your legs
2 Hours keep your heels joined shoulder width apart and
together. arms by your side.
Warm up Bring your body to rest on Bend down from the waist
the heels, with your knees so that your right-hand
wide apart. touches the left foot.
Raise your arms over your Hold position and count
head and slowly bend till 10. Release.
down to touch your Repeat with your other
 forehead to the ground hand.
with your arms on the
sides.
Hold the position and
count till 5.
Main Activity Laterality Spatial Orientation
Kick moving ball with left Changing directions
and right foot. Navigate a complicated
obstacle course including
pushing, pulling, climbing,
changing direction.

Cool down Start on hands and knees, Skip for a designated

with a flat back. Take a distance, gradually
deep breath in and arch reducing the skipping
back so that belly is
speed and length until
moving down towards the
skipping slowly in one
ground and shoulders
move back so “cats” can place. Reduce to a march,
look up. Exhale and then to a walk-in place.
reverse the curve in the
back as the “cats” stretch
their backs.
Assessment Informal(AFL)
Observe if learners can distinguish between safe and unsafe situations.
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Formal (AFL)
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Expanded Opportunities Learners write a short story of unsafe situations.

Reflection
Resources Pictures, Posters, Vocabulary words, Information books, DBE workbooks, Exercise books, , Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Physical Education
equipment.
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