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Personal Space Awareness Worksheet

Read each situation and show how you can move safely, communicate clearly and respect other people’s personal space. Personal space changes with the activity and what feels comfortable to each person.

Understand the space around you

Personal space is the area around a person where they feel comfortable. It can change depending on the activity, the environment and the person. In sport, awareness of space helps everyone move safely and take part.

1.Grace is walking along a quiet sanctuary path. Another visitor stands very close behind her even though there is plenty of room. Which response is calm and respectful?

Push past the visitor.
Politely ask for a little more room, then move to a comfortable distance.
Shout at the visitor to go away.
Stand still and hope the visitor notices.

2.At a movement station, Jarrah and Matilda are practising gentle two-person mirror movements. Name one way they can check that both feel comfortable with their spacing.

3.A group is playing a passing game in a marked area. Why is it important to look where you are moving as well as where the ball is going?

Choose a safe movement strategy

Use the sanctuary situations below to practise making thoughtful choices. Personal space is not a fixed measurement: the right distance depends on people and the task.

4.During a slow balance activity, students are spread around the area. Someone begins moving into Grace’s space. What is the best first step?

Keep balancing and bump into them.
Use a clear, calm phrase such as “Space please” and adjust your position.
Grab their arm to move them away.
Tell everyone to stop the whole lesson.

5.In a relay, students may need to come closer briefly to pass a baton safely. Give one reason this closer spacing can be appropriate, and one action that still keeps the pass safe.

6.True or false: Everyone has exactly the same comfortable personal-space distance in every activity.

TrueFalse

7.Complete the idea: When a movement area becomes crowded, I can stay safer by looking around, slowing down and .

8.Two students are moving quickly towards the same open spot. Write a short, respectful phrase one student could use to avoid a collision.

9.Imagine you are one of the students in the movement area. Describe one choice that would help you avoid crossing someone else’s path.

Reflect and make a plan

Respectful communication helps everyone feel included. You can speak clearly, listen to others, and adjust your movement without blaming or touching someone.

10.Name two ways respecting personal space can make a PE activity safer or more inclusive.

11.Write one specific personal-space goal you can use in your next PE activity. Make it something you can see yourself doing.