Sharing equipment

• I can share a ball with a friend
• I can wait while my friend has a turn
• I can help tidy up

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development: work and play cooperatively and take turns with others
• Physical Development: negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others
• Gross Motor Skills ELG: demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing

1. Walk around; on the drum, find a hoop house and share it with a friend (both stand inside).
2. Walk on and find a new house.

Today we are sharing champions. Show 'my turn, your turn' with a ball and an adult, and how to ask kindly: 'Can I have a turn please?'

Organisation: 7 minutes. Pairs spread across the middle of the hall, with one of the 15 large soft balls per pair. Leave enough space for each pair to stretch out without touching another pair. The teacher stands where everyone can see the swap signal; any additional adult moves between pairs.

1. Tell children, ‘You and your partner are sharing a friendly planet!’ Give each pair one large soft ball and their own clear space.
2. Demonstrate a gentle bounce and catch, or a small roll just in front of your feet. One child copies while their partner counts slowly to 10, stepping gently on the spot.
3. Sound the drum softly after the count. Say, ‘Planet swap!’ The holder stops the ball and hands it to their partner; both children say, ‘Your turn.’
4. Repeat several rounds, changing who uses the ball and who counts. Help pairs keep the counting slow so turns last equally long.
5. Invite pairs to choose bouncing or rolling for their final two turns. Finish with both partners holding the ball still together.

Organisation: 7 minutes. Up to six teams of four or five, each with one storage basket, one hoop and one beanbag per child; use no more than 30 beanbags. Place each hoop a short walk from its basket in a separate team area. Children collect around the basket rather than forming a queue. The teacher stands centrally; any additional adult supports fair collection between adjacent teams.

1. Explain, ‘Our team is packing a picnic. Everyone needs a fair share.’ Form teams of four where possible, using teams of five if needed to keep to six baskets.
2. Give each team one basket containing one beanbag per child and one nearby hoop. Show children a separate place around the hoop where each can make their own little pile.
3. Children approach their basket from different sides, each take one beanbag and walk to place it in their own part of the hoop. Everyone then returns beside the basket.
4. Ask, ‘Has everyone delivered the same number?’ Children count their own pile and check that every teammate has one.
5. Children each retrieve their own beanbag and return it to the basket. Repeat the picnic delivery with a new movement on the empty-handed return, such as tiny steps or slow marching.
6. For the last round, ask teams to explain how they know the sharing was fair, then leave their beanbags in the hoop for tidying.

Organisation: 7 minutes. Keep the same teams of four or five. Position the six baskets along the edge, with two separate approach spaces at each equipment home. Teams begin in their own areas with the lesson's used balls, hoops and beanbags. The teacher supervises the hoop home and redirects children from busy baskets; any additional adult watches the ball and beanbag homes.

1. Tell children, ‘We are the equipment rescue team!’ Gather the beanbags from the previous game into small team piles beside the hoops so the baskets are empty.
2. Move the six baskets into three clearly separated equipment homes: two for balls, two for beanbags and two for hoops. Show children an example of the item belonging at each home.
3. Allocate each team nearby equipment to rescue. Each child chooses one item, carries it to its matching home and returns to find another item.
4. Show children how to place hoops upright together inside their baskets. If a basket becomes full, direct children to the other basket for that equipment.
5. When a team's area is clear, ask its members to walk around their own space checking for forgotten items and point them out to a teammate who is still collecting.
6. Finish with teams visiting the three homes. Children check the sorting and tell a partner one way they helped the team.

1. Sit in a circle and say thank you to the friend you shared with.
2. Breathe slowly together.

• Walk to collect equipment
• Carry one item at a time
• Put equipment down, never throw it into baskets
• In Share and swap, keep bounces below waist height. If a ball escapes into another pair's space, stop and ask for help rather than chasing through them.
• In Basket share, keep hoops flat and place beanbags from outside the rim so feet do not catch under it.
• In Team tidy, carry hoops upright beside the body, never around the neck or waist; keep stacked hoops stable and basket approaches clear.