Year 1 - Physical education
Apparatus
Gymnastics: individual movements and balances
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Unit Summary
This unit will introduce pupils to creating movements and balances whilst developing movement competence. Pupils will explore moving and balancing in high, low, wide, narrow and curled ways, on the floor and on apparatus. Pupils will add movements together and reflect on their ideas.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to move on, off, and around the apparatus safely.
Key Notes
- Move: moving on, off, and around a variety of apparatus safely requires control while trying a range of ideas.
- Move: jumping off the apparatus carefully ensures everyone is safe.
- Think: moving on the apparatus safely requires us to take our time and be aware of others around us.
- Connect: ensuring we work safely around each other on the apparatus shows empathy.
- Feel: trying movements on a variety of apparatus shows self-belief.
Vocabulary To Learn
- apparatus: equipment made for a particular task
- safe: actions we take to prevent ourselves and others from harm
- landing: absorbing the force of a jump so we can stand upright
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils queue for their favourite piece of apparatus. After a jump, pupils don't hold the landing position for long enough. Pupils jump from wall bars or climbing frames.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: moving on, off, and around a variety of apparatus safely requires control while trying a range of ideas. Move: jumping off the apparatus carefully ensures everyone is safe.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'apparatus'
equipment made for a particular task.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils queue for their favourite piece of apparatus. After a jump, pupils don't hold the landing position for long enough. Pupils jump from wall bars or climbing frames. Correction: Encourage pupils to use all of the apparatus and find ways to enter and exit the apparatus rather than waiting in a queue. Tell pupils to 'land and stand' after a jump and hold still for 2 seconds. Tell pupils they can only jump from a flat surface.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Curled movements Study Guide
- High and low on apparatus Study Guide
- High jumping Study Guide
- High movements Study Guide
- High, low, over and under Study Guide
- Link two movements together Study Guide
- Low movements Study Guide
- Narrow movements Study Guide
- The difference between wide, narrow and curled Study Guide
- Transition between wide, narrow and curled movements Study Guide
- Wide movements Study Guide
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