Rugby League in primary schools

[cleary89]

So I'm currently on prac for my teaching degree. The teacher gave me a unit of work from Cricket Australia, which pretty much has every lesson done, all the outcomes, indicators, work sheets, activities. Everything.

So I'm definitely going to teach this on my year 6 class.

My question is does the NRL put out something similar? If not why not? Teachers are lazy, if you do their lessons for them, they will teach it.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Hi Cleary

When I started teaching in 1999 there was a very good coaching resource with activities and cd roms. I haven't coached rugby league for over 5 years so I don't know if it is still available and I don't know what it is called. If schools are into rugby league they may have a copy in their library. It wasn't a teaching unit plan as such - more of a coaching manual with activities for coaching juniors.

If you look below you will see that most of the codes have teaching units on their websites. I even found one for modified gaelic football. Sadly if you do a search for rugby league lesson plans there's not much available.

Also rugby league development might come under the auspice of the ARL and its local subsidiaries such as QRL. Maybe you could email the ARL?

I did find this site useful

http://www.rugbyleaguecoaching.com.au/

and some Year 8 lesson plans from the UK

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/Short_Term_Plan_-_rugby_example.pdf

I have found these sporting units on the net

Fumbleball (Sorry - but you might teach it one day)

http://mm.afl.com.au/afl_archive/cp2/c2/webi/article/149752aq.pdf

Cricket stuff

http://www.cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=in2cricketlessonplans

Rugby Union

http://www.rugby.com.au/edrugby/for_the_classroom/for_the_classroom,22064.html

Touch Football (activities you can use for rugby league)

http://velorum.ballarat.edu.au/~jga...nit Design/Touch Football/Electronic copy.doc

 

[***MH***]

Go to http://www.arldevelopment.com.au and click on Schools.

There is plenty of information there and there will be a link to locate your local Development Officer who can give you everything you need.

 

[simostorm]

So I'm currently on prac for my teaching degree. The teacher gave me a unit of work from Cricket Australia, which pretty much has every lesson done, all the outcomes, indicators, work sheets, activities. Everything.

So I'm definitely going to teach this on my year 6 class.

My question is does the NRL put out something similar? If not why not? Teachers are lazy, if you do their lessons for them, they will teach it.

here's an idea.. when you become a teacher.. bring back the cane!

cane the crap out of those little basterds..

 

[applesauce]

This is a great initiative put out to help children in the bush learn the correct diets, traingin programs and skills to play RL.

http://www.completeleagueplayer.com/index.html

It costs a bit but well worth it!

 

[Lockyer4President!]

here's an idea.. when you become a teacher.. bring back the cane!

cane the crap out of those little basterds..

Not even supposed to raise our voices at the kids, not to sure how corporal punishment would be reiceved these days… :sarcasm:

 

[cleary89]

Thanks for the links. I might email the arl. Would take someone maybe a solid day to put together a decent unit of work. I reckon doing that plus some advertising of it would be better than the aus kick program. Much cheaper, and kids get more out of it than kicking a funny shapped footy around outside for 30 mins a week.

Everyone talks about development, this would probably be the best way to get it into schools.

 

[steven_tiger]

Go to http://www.arldevelopment.com.au and click on Schools.

There is plenty of information there and there will be a link to locate your local Development Officer who can give you everything you need.

Yep - this person knows their stuff.

Your local D.O should be a great help.

They also have a whole program somewhere... readers and the like. They seem pretty good, but I haven't had a close look.

 

[steven_tiger]

I have an email from my local D.O advertising some stuff... PM me with your email and I'll forward it to you.

 

[mattystans000]

Go to http://www.arldevelopment.com.au and click on Schools.

There is plenty of information there and there will be a link to locate your local Development Officer who can give you everything you need.

I can vouch for this, just completed an internship with the NDO for St. George. Went to a few local primary schools doing clinics for the local DragonTag. Great fun seeing the next generation take to the game with such enthusiasm. Unfourtunately, most positive stories about Rugby League don't get a run in the Australian media, unlike most every other sport...

 

[Loudstrat]

here's an idea.. when you become a teacher.. bring back the cane!

cane the crap out of those little basterds..

Pity it never happened to you. Could have beaten some sense into you. Gimp.

 

[cleary89]

Just had a quick look on there, and I get the coming out and getting kids involved, but imo they aren't run as well as they should be. I have only seen them a couple of times at schools, and probably half the coaches are run by people in footy, not by teachers. Its like at uni, I can tell when a science subject is taught by an ex teacher, or a scientist.

Just imo could be run better.

However, all these are just getting kids out doing drills, they ashes unit is a lot about the history, find a words, timeline of Ricky ponting, research projects and sh*t. Not that this couldn't be done by teachers, its just if they were already done with outcomes from the syllabus, indicators and assessment opportunities, it would be f**king easy to teach.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Too rough IMO my boys are all playing Aus kick, aged between 9-12 and all are hugely excited about the Giants playing near our house in 2012, they cant wait to see big Izzy in action!

 

[simostorm]

Pity it never happened to you. Could have beaten some sense into you. Gimp.

Your parents beat you when you were a kid right? :lol::lol:

 

[cleary89]

Too rough IMO my boys are all playing Aus kick, aged between 9-12 and all are hugely excited about the Giants playing near our house in 2012, they cant wait to see big Izzy in action!

I would prefer to have sons than daughters.

 

[TooheysNew]

Won't matter if you do with you as a father...

 

[simostorm]

Too rough IMO my boys are all playing Aus kick, aged between 9-12 and all are hugely excited about the Giants playing near our house in 2012, they cant wait to see big Izzy in action!

Touch Footy.. better then playin AFL..

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Too rough IMO my boys are all playing Aus kick, aged between 9-12 and all are hugely excited about the Giants playing near our house in 2012, they cant wait to see big Izzy in action!

They must live a very sheltered life.

 

[The Electric Horseman]

Too rough IMO my boys are all playing Aus kick, aged between 9-12 and all are hugely excited about the Giants playing near our house in 2012, they cant wait to see big Izzy in action!

Surely this is a gee-up

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

He's just one of those idiots that says what he thinks will get a reaction.

I mean, read his posts, do you really think any God would allow that to procreate?