Notes on context (ie safety, ethics,

support)

Outdoor Education Camp

Tawharanui2015

PE Lesson Plan 4

Year
Year level: BPE1

First Aid Kit

Number of students: 9

Topic: Kayaking
Learning Intention:
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To develop water safety skills in regards to kayaking

To learn a range of kayaking strokes that will enable turns, stops, and manoeuvers
Students will develop confidence on the water for different situations

Equipment
- x12 Sit on top Kayaks
- x12 Paddles
- x2 Large cones
- x12 lifejackets (in a variety of sizes)
- x2 balls
Activity
Approx
Time- Rope

Teaching Points

Organisation

(What is the purpose or the learning?)

(eg groups,
transitions etc)

Fitting a Lifejacket - Students will get into

pairs to fit each-others lifejackets, they
need to look at the size of the life jacket
beforehand. Zip first, then buckle, pull
tight. If jacket lifts above ears it is either
too loose or too big.

Making sure students were fitting their lifejackets correctly before

going into the water. Made this the first priority so students felt
comfortable wearing it and moving around.

Ice-breakers:
Name Game Passing a ball around the
group. Firstly, say your name and then
throw to someone in the group. Does not
have to stay in a specific order. Once the
ball has gone around the group a few
times, you then have to throw the ball but
calling the persons name before releasing
the ball.

Referring to session goal 1 creating positive relationships between

students and teachers. This enables students to feel able to
approach us with concerns or for general questions. We are then
able to develop an open and positive learning environment.
To develop confidence with students names, before taking them out
onto the water.

Left/right Student will get into a circle

The purpose of this activity is to get the students up and moving

Get into pairs

Ball

Resources

each holding a paddle. Paddle is in a

vertical position. If the teacher says right
students have to catch the paddle to the
right. And vice versa on the left hand side.

around before getting them into the water. This activity also develops
concentration, which will be beneficial before they head out into the
water activities
These possible questions would be asked to discover what the
students already know, and gives them the opportunity to ask more
questions to further learning.

Paddle Each, into

a circle

Paddle Brief Learning about the safety

aspects of a paddle as well as learning the
basic strokes forwards/left/right/back and
360.

Students individually sit in their kayaks in a circle. Teachers asks the

following questions:
Who has done kayaking before?
How do you walk with a paddle?
How do you hold the paddle while kayaking?
What do you notice about the paddle?
Teacher will teach students how to hold the paddle during the activity.
Teacher will also go over safety.
Hold raised end of paddle in dominant hand and rotate the
paddle with this hand.
Enter paddle at the knee as close to the kayak as possible
and then pull back the stroke back to your hip.
Pull this side out of the water and then rotate the paddle
and repeat on the opposite side.

Students sitting
on their kayak in a
circle

To turn a kayak, repetitively stroke in the same direction for

the direction that you wish to travel or pull the stroke wide
to turn in that direction. to do a 360 degree turn paddle
forward with one hand and to a backwards stroke with the
other.

Safety Talk
How do we know when to come
into shore?
How to fit a lifejacket?
What if you fall out?
Teacher will go over these safety
procedures, and will get students to ask
questions.

Safety Briefing
Whistle - Teacher on the shore will blow their whistle 3 times in
long blows and wave both hands above their head (incase it is too
windy to hear whistle from the shore), students will paddle back
into shore as quickly as they can. Teacher supervising out on the
water will respond with three long blows so that students can hear
this whistle clear whilst on the water.

Students still sitting in

their kayaks

One whistle out of bounds, misbehaving getting students

attention
Three whistles Come back to shore

What if you fall out? Depending on the surf Rough condition

First instinct resurface with arms above head to protect self from
kayak. Try and avoid kayak if you come off in a wave.
Flat conditions Resurface with arms above head. With
buddies assistance help to get back onto your kayak.
1. The purpose of this activity is to allow students to
discover how to maneuver their kayak without the
guidance of the teacher. If a student is struggling, the
teacher will be there to clarify misunderstanding.

10
Into the water!
Paddle Each students needs a kayak
and a paddle. Allow students to paddle

Students will be given the opportunity to paddle around once they

had got onto the water. One teacher will be waiting out on the

Head towards teacher

on the water

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around and the new strokes they have

learnt

water for the students. This gives the students time to get confident
at their paddling, before the next set of activities.

10
.
Paddle Tag Whilst on the water. The
teacher will name who the tagger is.
Students have to get away from the
tagger. The tagger has to tag the end or
the front of their peers kayak.

This is an opportunity for students to have a sense of direction and

moreover the kayak.

Kayak Surfing All students to

practice catching a wave into shore.

Develop students strokes, balance, and direction and progress

them to surf their kayaks into shore.
Make sure you are perpendicular to the wave and paddle
hard when wave is approaching.
When riding the wave push the paddle flat against your
kayak and have your arms at 90 degree angles to the
paddle. When the kayak begins to move off course push
the paddle out and down on the side that you want to
correct.
Keep the kayak with its nose facing towards the land for
the whole duration of the wave ride

Battleships The aim of the game is to

use the paddle to throw the ball into
someone elses kayak. And making sure
each member is a meter away from each
other, so avoiding injury.

The purpose to enhance paddle control, direction, steering and to

moreover the kayak in a small space.

Teacher on land blows whistle three times to come back into

shore.
On your marks Students begin on

land, they have to paddle their kayak out

to the teacher who is on the water, and
quickly make their way back to shore.

This works on speed, and maneuvering the kayak at speed.

Students collaborate all teaching points into one large scenario.

Raft up Teacher on the water will blow

his/her whistle twice. Students then have
to bring their kayaks together in a line.
Teacher will ask two students to swap
places with each other.
Capsizing Students work into pairs. No
more than two people in the water at one
time.

The Purpose for this activity allows the group to be stable, can talk
to the group at once and makes it easier to hold onto the kayaks in
a group.
This also creates teamwork and communication between one
another, and being conscious safety when coming in together a a
group.
Allow students to put all skills learnt throughout the lesson
together, to be more competent with Kayaking.
Students are able to confidently assist others who have capsized
to get into their own kayak. If feeling confident enough, students
can practice getting into their own kayak without anyones
assistance. This will aid them when they find themselves in a
situation where they have capsized when no one is around to
assist.
Three long blows with the whistle to come back to shore.

Debrief In the water

What did you enjoy?
What did you learn?
Did you feel unsafe?
Was there anything we could
do better? Or explained better?
Was there anything you wanted
to learn more?
What was something new you
learnt that you did not know
before?

Having students debrief in shallow water, without their

kayak. This enables them to focus better as they still feel
that the lesson is still in session. This enables us to gain
better feedback from them. (discretion needs to be made
if the waves are too rough)

These debriefing activities allows immediate feedback on the

session. Reflection on the session and goals that were laid out at
the beginning of the session. We are able to receive feedback for
the teachers on what we could improve to feedback forward onto
our next teaching round.