Student Worksheet 3.2a My Team Challenge Group Activity One A reference to AFL club songs (audio, data projection, photocopy or website access AFL.com.au is required for this activity. Complete the sentences to each football club s theme song using words from the box below: 1. Like the of old, we're strong and we're bold, for we're from Tiger (yellow and black), we're from. 2. We are, the greatest team of all. 3. You can't beat the boys of the breed, we're the team of the mighty. 4. We re the, we re flying high. 5. We re a happy team at ; we re the mighty fighting. 6. We are the navy, we are the old dark navy. 7. Oh when the go marching in, oh when the go marching in. 8. For the premiership s a cakewalk, for good old. 9. See the fly up, up to win the premiership flag. 10. So join in the chorus, sing it one and all, join in the chorus, are on the ball. 11. We re the pride of South Australia, we re the mighty. 12. heave ho, heave ho! 13. We ve got the to win to rule, come on,. 14. Whether the odds be great or be small, will go in and win overall. 15. It s the emblem of the team we love, the team of the and the. 16. Go, Lions we ll kick the winning score. 17. We are the of the Gold Coast 18. Well there s a big big, from the west of the, its the sound of the mighty Blues Geelong Giants Saints Tigerland Freo Tiger Port West Suns Freo Eagles Bulldog Adelaide Town Adelaide Hawks Blue Bombers Sky Brisbane Blues Crows Sound Power Hawthorn North Melbourne Swans Red Power Lions Saints Collingwood Page 1 of 6
Student Worksheet 3.2b My Team Challenge Group Activity Two Playing for the Jumper A team uniform is worn by a group of people who play and work together to reach their goals. To "Play for the Jumper" means to have respect for the team you represent and the teammates you play with. You show respect for your team by doing your best, being a good team player and wearing the uniform with pride. To supporters and players, the jumper colours and designs of AFL teams are symbols of teamwork, mutual respect and club loyalty. The Internet is required for this activity. Go to AFL.com.au and find out the official club colours for each of the 18 AFL teams. Make sure you record all the information about any stripes, sashes or emblems that appear on the jumpers. Write your findings in the spaces below: Team Name Team Colours and Jumper Appearance Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Cats Hawthorn Gold Coast SUNS GWS Giants North Melbourne Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney Swans Western Bulldogs West Coast Page 2 of 6
Student Worksheet 3.2c My Team Challenge Group Activity Three Coloured pencils and/or textas are required for this activity Using the information you obtained in Group Activity Two, design and colour in the club jumpers below. (This is where all that information about colour, stripes, sashes and emblems comes in handy!) Page 3 of 6
Student Worksheet 3.2d My Team Challenge Group Activity Four Dictionaries are required for this activity. 1. Use your dictionaries to look up the meanings of the following words. 2. In the space provided, write the meaning next to each word. 3. In your workbooks, use each word in a sentence or draw a picture that shows one of the words in action. Word Meaning Skill Leader Support Strength Ability Team Strategy Respect Responsibility Trust Page 4 of 6
Student Worksheet 3.2e My Team Challenge - Group Activity Five Scrap paper is required for this activity. Work together with your team to solve the following number problems. Key Each behind is worth one point. Each goal is worth six points. 1. What is each team s score at the end of the game? 2. Tick the box of the team that won each match. 3. Which team has the largest winning margin? What is the margin? 4. What is the closest match result? 5. Which teams played in that game? 6. Who won? Team Goals Behinds Total Winner Melbourne 11 17 West Coast 11 8 Sydney Swans 15 12 St Kilda 7 8 Adelaide 11 9 Geelong Cats 12 15 Brisbane Lions 16 14 Hawthorn 12 23 Essendon 13 10 Collingwood 12 12 Port Adelaide 15 14 Western Bulldogs 17 20 Carlton 16 15 Fremantle 9 10 North Melbourne 10 3 Richmond 9 6 Gold Coast SUNS 12 13 GWS Giants 11 6 Page 5 of 6
Student Worksheet 3.2f My Team Challenge Group Activity Six This activity should be conducted outside the classroom or in the school hall. Paper and pencils are required to keep score. Work together with your team to achieve the highest possible score in each of the two events. Team Chest Mark Appoint one person in your team as the Official Counter. They will need to have paper and pencil to write down your scores. Get into pairs and start counting how many times you can chest mark a football without dropping it over a set distance. Your Official Counter will write down each successful attempt. Ask your Official Counter to add up your team s total score. Once calculated, let your teacher know the result. Refer to chest mark advice on the NAB AFL Auskick website aflauskick.com.au. This site also has several marking activities that could be used in a lesson. Handball Each member of the group must try to handball the football at a specific target. A chalk-drawn target on a brick wall would suffice as a makeshift target. If the handball target has numbers and zones painted on it, add up the score achieved by each member of the team. If the handball target has a hole in the centre, count the number of times each student gets the football through the hole. Ask your Official Counter to add up your team s total score. Once calculated, let your teacher know the result. Refer to handball advice on the NAB AFL Auskick website aflauskick.com.au. This site also has several handballing activities that could be used in a lesson. Student Name Page 6 of 6