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High, low, over and under

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 create ways to move and balance in high and low ways, over and under apparatus.

Key Notes

  • Move: performing high quality movements and balances high, low, over, and under the apparatus requires control
  • Think: using a variety of apparatus to create movements and balances requires imagination
  • Think: reflecting on the quality of movements and balances will improve our creativity and ideas.
  • Connect: empathy requires encouraging others to try different ideas on the apparatus.
  • Feel: striving to reflect and improve our ideas shows self-belief.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • over: to cross over the top of a location
  • under: to travel below or underneath a location
  • creative: to do something new or with imagination

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils only use crawling actions to move over or under the apparatus. When reflecting on others' practice, pupils only say whether they liked or disliked their movements.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: performing high quality movements and balances high, low, over, and under the apparatus requires control. Think: using a variety of apparatus to create movements and balances requires imagination.

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

to cross over the top of a location.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Pupils only use crawling actions to move over or under the apparatus. When reflecting on others' practice, pupils only say whether they liked or disliked their movements. Correction: Give pupils other ideas to perform under apparatus, such as balance, swing, or slide, and other ideas to perform over apparatus, such as sliding or balancing on top or jumping over. Encourage pupils to be specific when reflecting on others' actions.

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