Subject Notes – Walimu
📚 Creative Activities — Grade 1
1.0 Creating & Executing
Overview: Jumping for height and distance, improvising objects, safety precautions.

Specific Learning Outcomes

  • Identify different ways of jumping for body agility
  • Improvise objects for jumping from locally available materials
  • Jump in different ways for coordination
  • Sing songs while jumping for fun
  • Appreciate jumping for enjoyment while observing safety

Key Inquiry Questions

  • Why are jumping activities important as a physical activity?
  • Which objects can be improvised for use in jumping activities?

Core Competencies

  • Creativity & Imagination: improvising objects from locally available materials
  • Communication & Collaboration: discussing ways of jumping with peers

Values

  • Responsibility: observing safety when collecting materials
  • Unity: cooperating while singing action songs

Assessment Methods

Oral questions, practical observation, peer assessment, anecdotal records

Overview: Steady beat, body percussion, clapping and tapping, rhythmic accompaniment.

Specific Learning Outcomes

  • Identify items that maintain a steady pulse for beat articulation
  • Maintain a steady beat using body percussion
  • Play a steady beat on a percussion instrument while singing
  • Create a rhythmic accompaniment to a song using body percussion

Key Vocabulary

  • Beat: a steady, regular pulse in music
  • Rhythm: a pattern of long and short sounds arranged in time
  • Body percussion: using clapping, tapping or stamping to make sound

Assessment Methods

Practical performance, peer assessment, observation checklist

Overview: Types of lines, drawing in different directions, creating patterns.

Specific Learning Outcomes

  • Identify lines for familiarisation with different types
  • Draw lines in different directions for skill development
  • Draw patterns using lines in different directions for self-expression
  • Appreciate drawing for self-expression

Types of Lines

  • Straight lines — horizontal, vertical, diagonal
  • Curved lines
  • Wavy lines
  • Zigzag lines

Assessment Methods

Portfolio assessment, peer assessment, teacher observation