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Year 1 - Physical education

High jumping

Gymnastics: individual movements and balances

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 perform a range of high jumps with good control.

Key Notes

  • Move: high jumping requires swinging our arms and bending our knees to land safely in an upright position with control.
  • Move: high gymnastic jumps show clear shapes in the air with pointed fingers and toes.
  • Think: imagination enables us to create and try a range of different jumps.
  • Feel: self-belief enables us to keep trying, even when it gets difficult.
  • Connect: listening to others and sharing ideas shows empathy.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • high: to move while reaching upwards vertically from the ground or surface
  • jump: use your legs to push yourself up off the ground and into the air for a moment
  • control: using body tension to help balance and hold positions carefully

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils jump too high and lose the quality of shapes. Pupils jump too far around in a half-turn jump and lose control of their landing. Pupils round backs on landing, causing hands to touch the floor.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: high jumping requires swinging our arms and bending our knees to land safely in an upright position with control. Move: high gymnastic jumps show clear shapes in the air with pointed fingers and toes.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'high'

to move while reaching upwards vertically from the ground or surface.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils jump too high and lose the quality of shapes. Pupils jump too far around in a half-turn jump and lose control of their landing. Pupils round backs on landing, causing hands to touch the floor. Correction: Celebrate clear shapes over jumps that are too high. Spend time teaching what 'half-turn' means, reminding pupils to start facing one direction and end facing the opposite direction. Remind pupils to keep their backs straight so they land upright.

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