Summary

• Description:

  Download high quality Grade 7 Rationalized Creative Arts and Sports Term 3 Lesson Plans 2026 (Swimming Option) designed for junior school educators. This is an editable MS Word document (PDF version is also available upon your request) providing comprehensive coverage of aquatic skills, indigenous games, and performance appreciation.

  Prepared using the Humming Bird Creative Arts and Sports Grade 7 Teacher's Guide (pages 110–128) and Pupil's Book (pages 130–156), this downloadable resource delivers 6 weeks of structured instruction at 5 lessons per week (30 complete lesson plans).

  The Lesson Plans are organized into clear strands and sub-strands as outlined below:

  • Performing and Creating in Creative Arts and Sports: Swimming Option
    • Water entry techniques: video analysis and dry-land positioning for the pencil dive (streamline alignment, minimal splash entry).
    • Crouch dive mechanics: edge stance, head tuck, spring push-off, water entry, and transition into supine flutter kicks.
    • Backstroke fundamentals: supine floating, head alignment (submerged ears, upward gaze), body roll along the longitudinal axis, and flutter kicking from the hips.
    • Backstroke arm stroke mechanics: windmill rotation, thumb-out exit, pinky-first entry, underwater catch and pull.
    • Coordination drills: kickboard supine kicking, single-arm drills, rhythmic breathing, and backstroke gliding relay games.
    • Full backstroke stroke cycle execution and peer assessment using performance rubrics.
  • Performing and Creating: Kenyan Indigenous Games – Rope Games
    • Identifying traditional rope games, cultural origins, equipment setup, and playground safety.
    • Practical execution of Snake game, Mashuha, In-and-Out jumping, and Ngerwa with rhythmic clapping and traditional chanting.
    • Strength and flexibility games: Tug of War (team coordination, backward lean) and Limbo (balance, spinal flexibility).
    • Continuous endurance rope skipping styles and choreographed musical skipping routines.
  • Appreciation in Creative Arts and Sports
    • Analyzing sports skills: criteria for evaluating football trapping (approach, foot cushioning, transition) during matches.
    • Analyzing folk song performances: evaluating pitch, diction clarity, tempo, instrumentation, and traditional attire.
    • Evaluating oral storytelling: voice projection, dramatic gestures, plot pacing, and audience engagement.
    • Visual arts portfolio development: constructing A3 portfolio folders from recyclable cartons, decorative labeling, mounting 2-D drawings, peer critique, and term revision exercises.

  Lessons incorporate safety protocols, warm-up and cool-down routines, video observations, peer coaching, and creative craft work. The resource promotes critical thinking, digital literacy, communication, and self-efficacy, while nurturing values of respect, responsibility, unity, and patriotism. Every lesson contains Key Inquiry Questions, specific learning outcomes, teaching and learning resources, extended activities, and space for Teacher Self-Evaluation.

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  97.34 KB
• Category:

  Lesson Plans
• Level:

  Grade 7
• Subject:

  Creative Arts & Sports
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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