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Year 1 - Physical education

Link two movements together

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 link two movements together and apply quality gymnastics to the performance.

Key Notes

  • Move: linking skills together requires performing one action after another without stopping and with control.
  • Think: choosing the best two movements to link together requires effective reflection and evaluation.
  • Connect: listening to feedback, watching others perform and suggesting ways to improve shows empathy.
  • Feel: striving to improve our skills through practice shows self-belief and a commitment to the best performance.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • linking: successfully adding two movements together so that they flow one after the other
  • performance: a display of your very best gymnastic skills
  • quality: the good parts of the performance that suggest the movements and balances are performed correctly

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Peer feedback refers to liking jumps rather than the quality of skills. Pupils only practice one combination of skills. Pupils think they will be judged negatively in their performance.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Move: linking skills together requires performing one action after another without stopping and with control. Think: choosing the best two movements to link together requires effective reflection and evaluation.

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

successfully adding two movements together so that they flow one after the other.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Peer feedback refers to liking jumps rather than the quality of skills. Pupils only practice one combination of skills. Pupils think they will be judged negatively in their performance. Correction: Model good feedback, referring to the quality of skills. Encourage pupils to move around the apparatus trying a range of combinations. Encourage pupils to ensure this is a positive experience for all and that they should talk kindly to one another.

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