The document discusses the Game Sense approach to physical education and sport. Game Sense aims to develop students' decision making, problem solving, and understanding of sports through modified games. It focuses on playing the game rather than just teaching skills. Game Sense helps students develop skills like self-expression, social skills, and conflict resolution that are part of the physical education curriculum. It has strengths like increasing participation, rewarding both athletic and cognitive students, and developing leadership and social skills.

1. Information for Parents and Students.

2. Game Sense
Game sense approach is one method that
develops a broader meaning of sport and
physical activity. (AusSport)
Game sense approach is used so that students
are placed in situations that both decision
making and problem solving are used for a
successful outcome.
Game sense approach requires students to have
a basic understanding of the sport so that they
are able to adjust a game that is challenging for
themselves. Children are then able to
understand similarities between games and
explore common principles (Curry 2011)

3. • Game sense approach helps students develop self-expression,
socialisation skills and conflict resolution with others. All of which are
important point in the syllabus of stage 2 subject matter. Which can be
found on the board of studies Pages 42-43: http://goo.gl/c47BZP
• The Game Sense approach is organised into 4 categories of games:
- Invasions
- Net/Court
- Striking/Fielding
- Target

4. Why do we do This?
• Cognitive thinking is used through critical thinking and movement of the
body during the game.
• There are three main outcomes that we focus on in a game sense
approach
- To get students to understand the aim and purpose of the game they are
playing
- To get students to understand what they need to be successful in the game,
such as skills and tactics
- To help students discover how many of the skills and tactic's they learn are
transferrable across the sporting arena.
• Game Sense Approach enhances and develops cognitive thinking through
questioning and discussion of strategies and tactics that are used within a
game. (Light, 2006)

5. How Do We Implement Game Sense?
• The Game Sense approach places an emphasis on
the playing of the sport rather than the teaching
aspect of the sport.
Game Sense Teaching Sequence
Warm-up
Initial Game
Q&A- Setting New Challenge
Practice Task’s*
Game Progression
Question & Answer
*Do this if necessary
• By using modified games, that
ask the students to use
decision-making, problem solving
and skill development throughout a lesson.

6. Strengths
• More children get involved with the game, because there is a more holistic
approach to playing the game.
• Both thinking students and physically gifted students are rewarded when
playing.
• Develops leadership among peers and students feel more part of a social
setting.
• Social skills are being developed both verbal and non-verbal due game
sense interactive approach.

7. References
• Brookes, L. (n.d.). How The Game Sense Approach in Physical Education
Develop Cognitive Thinking
• Curry, C. (2011). ‘Using the Game Sense Approach in Physical Education’.
Engaging Learning, pp.8-12
• Curry, C., & Light, R. (2006). Addressing the NSW Quality teaching
framework in physical education: Is Game Sense the answeer. In Asia
Pacific conference on Teaching Sport and Physical Education for
Understanding, pp.7-19.

8. References
• Light, R. (2004). Coaches' experiences of Game Sense: opportunities and
challenges. Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy, 9(2), 115-131
• Light, R. (2003) ‘The Joy of Learning: emotion and learning in games
through TGfU’. Journal of physical education New Zealand.
• Teaching games for understanding. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30th,
2014, from http://www.ausport.gov.au/
• PDHPE Syllabus K-6, Board Of Studies. Retrieved from
http://k6.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/330e5ccb-782a-
432b-8ce5-122a8c42967e/k6_pdhpe_syl.pdf?MOD=AJPERES