FAIR PLAY IN SPORT SESSION PLAN

SESSION: FAIR PLAY IN SPORT
Expected Progress:Know about fair play in sport. / Description:Young people learn about the concept of fair play in sport, appropriate behaviour and why rules and regulations in sport are important.
Resources required:
Flip chart
post its
markers
paper
Computer with access to internet
Fair Play in Sport Worksheets / LLN Opportunities:
Take part in informal group discussion / STEM Opportunities
Digital Skills/Navigating the Web
Disseminating and explaining information
Communication Skills
Investigation/Curiosity
Working with data columns – organisation / Qualifications Opportunities:
Participating in Sport
SCQF Participating in Sport
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY / RESOURCES / SUGGESTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Introduction and icebreaker
Fair Play in Sport
Before starting the session, ask young people to define what makes a good discussion and establish rules for discussion – ask young person to record on flip chart. Answers should include: listen to each other; respect each other and the opinions of others; take turns; speak clearly; use appropriate language.
Have a short conversation with young people about what would happen if society didn’t have laws.
Make this more specific by talking about the consequences if sport didn’t have rules, or the players didn’t follow them (for example: players might cheat, people would get hurt, one team might have an unfair advantage)
Ask young people to look online for a definition of “fair play” or get them to write a definition of fair play in their own words – what does it mean to them? / Flip chart, post its and markers (if desired) / Young people understand what is meant by fair play
Good and Bad Sporting Behaviours
Ask the young people to discuss when they have experienced something unfair – either in sport or in another context, if they are not engaged in sport. Could this have been prevented by a rule or by someone enforcing a rule? How did they handle the situation and what would they do differently next time?
Investigating Good/Bad Sporting Behaviour
Make a column for bad and good sporting. Ask young people to fill the columns with examples of what they think bad and good behaviour in sport is. Then, ask them to split into pairs and to go online and find some videos or pictures of good or bad sporting behaviour. They should present their findings to the group, and explain why the example is good or bad.
Young people should be encouraged to think about why the examples they have chosen exemplify good or bad sporting behaviour which will enable higher level learners to review their examples.
Young people use the ‘Fair Play in Sport’ worksheet to list examples of fair and unfair behaviour in sport. / Computer access to Internet
Fair Play in Sport worksheet / Young people can give examples of good and bad sporting behaviour
Rules and Regulations
Young people should work in small groups of two or three to compile a list of rules and regulations for a chosen sport. You might choose for the whole group to work on the same sport, or for each pair to choose a sport of their own. They can either do this based on existing knowledge, use the internet to search for information or a combination of both. / Flip chart or paper and pens / Young people can give examples of rules and/or regulations for a chosen sport
Review
If they have not already, let young people have some time to work quietly and complete their worksheets, based on group discussions and activities.

1 (April 2017)